18 Bible Verses about Wise Proverbs
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To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt.
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established: For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.read more.
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, And we have laid waste even unto Nophah, Which reacheth unto Medeba.
And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and'set in order many proverbs.
And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;
And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.
And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.
