18 Bible Verses about Wise Proverbs

By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Useless are the legs of the lame, and a proverb, in the mouth of a dullard.

A brier cometh into the hand of a drunken-man, a proverb into the mouth of dullards.

But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass's colt, is born a man!

For this cause, say the poets - Enter ye Heshbon, - Built and prepared be the city of Sihon; For, a fire, hath come forth out of Heshbon, A flame, out of the stronghold of Sihon; It hath consumed Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab, Thou art lost, O people of Chemosh, - He hath given up his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto the king of the Amorites, Sihon.read more.
Then we shot them - Heshbon is destroyed, as far as Dibon, - Then laid we waste as far as Nophah, A fire reacheth unto Medeba.

And he spake three thousand proverbs, - and it came to pass that, his songs, were a thousand and five.

I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son, maketh a glad father, but, a foolish son, is the grief of his mother.

These also, are proverbs of Solomon, - which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.

Besides that, the Proclaimer being wise, - still further taught knowledge unto the people, and weighed and searched, arranged proverbs in abundance.

So he took up his parable and said, - From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel.

Then took he up his parable and said, - Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me son of Zippor!

and he took up his parable, and said, - The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye;

So he took up his parable and said, - The oracle of Balaam, son of Beer, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye;

And, when he saw Amalek, he took up, his parable, and said - The beginning of nations, - Amalek, But his latter end is even to perish.

And when he saw the Kenite, he took up hi parable, and said, - Enduring thy dwelling-place, Set thou then in the crag, thy nest;

And he took up his parable, and said, - Alas who shall survive its fulfillment by GOD;