'Proverbs' in the Bible
Thus the ones who quote proverbs say, "Come [to] Heshbon! Let it be built! And let the city of Sihon be established.
He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.
Your maxims [are] proverbs of ashes; your defenses [are] defenses of clay.
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.
These are also proverbs of Solomon which officials of Hezekiah king of Judah copied:
The Teacher was full of wisdom, and he taught the people with knowledge. He carefully considered many proverbs and carefully arranged them.
And I will set my face against that person, and I will make him to [be] a sign and [make him] into [the subject of] proverbs; and I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you will know I [am] Yahweh.