'Sayings' in the Bible

Then she told the king, “The report which I heard in my own land about your words and wisdom is true!

She said to the king, “The report which I heard in my own land regarding your [accomplishments and your] words and your wisdom was true,

Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are written in the writing of the prophet Iddo.

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

Yet their voice [in quiet evidence] has gone out through all the earth,Their words to the end of the world.In them and in the heavens He has made a tent for the sun,

This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident,And of those after them who approve [and are influenced by] their words. Selah.

I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

To understand a proverb and a figure [of speech] or an enigma with its interpretation,And the words of the wise and their riddles [that require reflection].

Hear, my son, and accept my sayings,And the years of your life will be many.

My son, pay attention to my words and be willing to learn;Open your ears to my sayings.

These also are sayings of the wise:To show partiality in judgment is not good.

The words of the wise are like [prodding] goads, and these collected sayings are [firmly fixed in the mind] like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.