18 Bible Verses about Wise Proverbs

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their riddles.

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

For a vain man will be wise, when a man is born a wild donkey's colt.

Therefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and established: For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it has consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to you, Moab! you are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, 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 them waste even unto Nophah, which reaches unto Medeba.

And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

I will incline my ear to a proverb: I will disclose my riddles upon the harp.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

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

And moreover, 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 oracle, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse for me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel.

And he took up his oracle, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, you son of Zippor:

And he took up his oracle, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said:

And he took up his oracle, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said:

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his oracle, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish forever.

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his oracle, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock.

And he took up his oracle, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this!