18 Bible Verses about Wise Proverbs
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and he that is endued with understanding shall obtain wit to perceive a parable, and the interpretation thereof; the words of the wise, and the dark speeches of the same.
Like as in a lame man his legs are not equal, even so is a parable in the fool's mouth.
A parable in a fools mouth is like a thorn that pricketh a drunken man in the hand.
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say: "Go to Heshbon and let the city of Sihon be built and made ready! For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the city of Sihon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites and the men of the hills of Arnon! Woe be to thee, Moab! O people of Chemosh, ye are forlorn! His sons are put to flight and his daughters brought captive unto Sihon, king of the Amorites!read more.
Their light is out, from Heshbon unto Dibon! And we made a wilderness even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba!"
And Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs. And his songs were a thousand and five.
I will incline mine ear to the parable, and show my dark speech upon the harp.
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet son is a heaviness unto his mother.
These also are the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah gathered together.
The same preacher was not wise alone, but taught the people knowledge also: he gave good heed, sought out the ground and set forth many parables.
And he began his parable, and said, "Balak the king of Moab hath fetched me from Mesopotamia out of the mountains of the east saying, 'Come and curse me Jacob, come and defy me Israel.'
And he took up his parable and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! And hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor!
And he took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor hath said;
And he began his parable and said, "Balaam the son of Beor hath said; and the man that hath his eye open hath said;
And he looked on Amalek and began his parable, and said, "Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall perish utterly."
And he looked on the Kenites, and took his parable, and said, "Strong is thy dwelling place, and put thy nest upon a rock.