'Proverbs' in the Bible

He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.

“Your memorable sayings are [worthless, merely] proverbs of ashes;Your defenses are defenses of [crumbling] clay.

The proverbs (truths obscurely expressed, maxims) of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

The proverbs of Solomon:A wise son makes a father glad,But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.

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

Furthermore, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered and searched out and arranged many proverbs.

“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’