48 Bible Verses about Proverbs
Want to know what the Bible says about Proverbs? Here are 48 Bible verses about Proverbs from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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1 Samuel 10:12 NIV
A man who lived there answered, “And who is their father?” So it became a saying: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
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1 Samuel 24:13-14 NIV
13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds, ’ so my hand will not touch you.
14 “Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
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2 Samuel 3:8 NIV
Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, “Am I a dog’s head —on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman!
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2 Samuel 20:18 NIV
She continued, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Get your answer at Abel,’ and that settled it.
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1 Kings 20:11 NIV
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him: ‘One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.’”
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Ezekiel 12:22-23 NIV
22 “Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by and every vision comes to nothing’? 23 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to put an end to this proverb, and they will no longer quote it in Israel.’ Say to them, ‘The days are near when every vision will be fulfilled.
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Ezekiel 16:44 NIV
“‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”
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Ezekiel 18:2-4 NIV
2 “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:
“‘The parents eat sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
3 “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. 4 For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.
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Jeremiah 31:29 NIV
“In those days people will no longer say,
‘The parents have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
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