Dictionary of Bible Themes
Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5481 proverb
A popular saying, regarded as conveying wisdom. Scripture records a great number of didactic proverbs and also preserves some popular sayings.
Proverbs identified with wisdom
Proverbs 26:7See alsoPsalm 49:1-4;Proverbs 1:1-6;Proverbs 26:9;Ecclesiastes 12:9-11
Solomon's many proverbs
1 Kings 4:29-34See alsoProverbs 1:1;Proverbs 10:1;Proverbs 25:1;Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
Kinds of proverb
On wisdom
Proverbs 15:33See alsoProverbs 10:13;Proverbs 11:2;Proverbs 12:8;Proverbs 13:10;Proverbs 14:8;Proverbs 16:16;Proverbs 18:4;Proverbs 19:8;Proverbs 21:30;Proverbs 23:4,9;Proverbs 28:26;Proverbs 29:15
On righteousness and wickedness
Proverbs 10:3See alsoProverbs 10:16,28-32;Proverbs 11:10;Proverbs 12:3,10,21,26;Proverbs 13:9;Proverbs 14:32;Proverbs 16:31;Proverbs 18:10;Proverbs 21:15;Proverbs 25:26;Proverbs 29:2
On wealth and poverty
Proverbs 10:22See alsoProverbs 11:4,28;Proverbs 15:16;Proverbs 22:1-2,4;Proverbs 23:4-5;Proverbs 28:6,11;Proverbs 29:3
On speech and silence
Proverbs 10:19See alsoProverbs 11:12;Proverbs 12:18-19;Proverbs 15:4;Proverbs 17:20,28;Proverbs 18:21;Proverbs 21:6,23;Proverbs 25:15;Proverbs 28:23
Longer discourses
Proverbs 1:10-19See alsoProverbs 3:1-10,13-18;Proverbs 5:1-23;Proverbs 7:1-5;Proverbs 30:15-16,21-31;Proverbs 31:10-31
Popular sayings
1 Samuel 24:12-13See also1 Samuel 10:9-12;Samuel 19:23-24;Ezekiel 12:21-25;Ezekiel 16:44-48;Ezekiel 18:1-4;Luke 4:23-30;2 Peter 2:17-22
See also
5118 Solomon
5438 parables
5503 rich, the
5546 speech
5779 advice
5923 public opinion
5935 riddles
7150 righteous, the
8365 wisdom, human
