55 Bible Verses about Proverbs

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. Both low and high, together rich and needy. My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.read more.
I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence, For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,read more.
For giving to simple ones -- prudence, To a youth -- knowledge and discretion. (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.) For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that is on the edge of the sea; and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt; and he is wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the nations round about.read more.
And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs are five, and the chief one; and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes, and there come out of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.

Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: --

The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, And before honour is humility!

In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly is wisdom.

According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.

A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.

Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked is singing.

A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous.

A crown of beauty are grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.

A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

To do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked.

In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

The blessing of Jehovah -- it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

Better is a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace. Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all is Jehovah.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing. The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

A healed tongue is a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing. If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause, We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down to the pit,read more.
Every precious substance we find, We fill our houses with spoil, Thy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is -- to all of us.' My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path, For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood. Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird. And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives. So are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee. Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,read more.
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man. Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil. Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones. Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase; And filled are thy barns with plenty, And with new wine thy presses break forth.

My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear, To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep. For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil is her mouth,read more.
And her latter end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword with mouths. Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of. The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not. And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth. Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house, Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce, Lest strangers be filled with thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger, And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food, And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised, And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear. As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company. Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters. Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee. Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually. And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman? For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering. His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden. He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee. Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye. Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.read more.
Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!' To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

To the leech are two daughters, 'Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said 'Sufficiency;' Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it is not satisfied with water, And fire -- it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies is her price. The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not. She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life.read more.
She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands. She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread. Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels. She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms. She hath perceived when her merchandise is good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night. Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff. Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy. She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed with scarlet. Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple are her clothing. Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land. Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant. Strength and honour are her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day. Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness is on her tongue. She is watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not. Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her, Many are the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.' The grace is false, and the beauty is vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself. Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!