Proverbs from The Bible
Found 195 related proverbs across 38 works. Click on any proverb below to view the full analysis and original text.
Genesis
6 related proverbs.
Exodus
3 related proverbs.
Deuteronomy
3 related proverbs.
Joshua
1 related proverb.
1 Samuel
3 related proverbs.
1 Kings
1 related proverb.
Job
5 related proverbs.
Psalms
11 related proverbs.
- vii:15 He falls into the PIT he digs for another
- xxii:14 To melt like WAX
- xxxvii:16 A LITTLE with honesty is better than a great deal with knavery
- xxxix:5 LIFE is a span
- lviii:4 As deaf as an ADDER
- lxxxix:48 All MEN must die
- xciv:1 VENGEANCE belongs only to God
- cvii:18 To be at DEATH's door
- cvii:27 To stagger like a drunken MAN
- cxxvii:1 To labor in VAIN
- cxxxvii:1 To hang one's HARP on the willow
Proverbs
34 related proverbs.
- i:17 In VAIN the net is spread in the sight of the birds
- vi:9 The SLUGGARD's guise, loath to go to bed and loath to rise
- ix:17 Stolen WATERS are sweet
- x:26 It is VINEGAR to the teeth
- xi:15 He that will be a SURETY shall pay
- xiii:12 HOPE delayed afflicts the heart
- xiii:24 Spare the ROD and spoil (spill) the child (He that spares the rod hates the child)
- xiv:15 A FOOL believes everything
- xv:1 Soft (Fair, Gentle) WORDS pacify (appease) wrath
- xv:15 A contented MIND is a continual feast
- xv:30 A good REPUTATION is a fair estate
- xvi:16 WISDOM (Knowledge) is better than riches
- xvii:28 FOOLS are wise as long as silent
- xviii:13 A MAN must not shape an answer before that he know the question (errand)
- xviii:16 A MAN's gift makes room for him
- xviii:24 He that would have FRIENDS must show himself friendly
- xix:4 The RICH have many friends
- xix:17 That which is given to the POOR is lent to God
- xx:3 FOOLS will be meddling
- xx:14 He that BLAMES would buy
- xxii:1 A good NAME is better than riches (gold)
- xxiii:5 RICHES have wings
- xxv:11 APPLES of gold in pictures of silver
- xxv:15 The TONGUE breaks bone though itself has none
- xxv:27 Too much HONEY cloys the stomach
- xxvi:5 Answer a FOOL according to his folly
- xxvi:11 The DOG returns to his vomit
- xxvi:12 There is more HOPE of a fool than of him that is wise in his own eyes
- xxvi:13 A LION in the way
- xxvii:17 IRON whets iron
- xxvii:22 Bray a FOOL in a mortar, you cannot make him leave his folly
- xxviii:1 The WICKED flee when no man pursues
- xxviii:20 RICHES and sin are oft married together
- xxx:18 A SHIP, a man, a bird, and a snake go an uncertain way
Ecclesiastes
18 related proverbs.
- i:9 There is no new THING under the sun
- ii:11 All worldly THINGS are transitory
- iii:1 There is a TIME for all things (Everything has its time)
- iii:20 ALL are of the same dust
- iv:6 It is better to enjoy a LITTLE with quietness than to possess much with trouble
- iv:9 TWO are better than one
- iv:10 WOE to him that is alone
- vii:7 OPPRESSION makes the wise man mad
- ix:4 A living DOG is better than a dead lion
- x:1 Dead FLIES corrupt the most precious ointments
- x:1 A SPOONFUL of skitter¹ will spill² a potful of skink³
- x:16 WOE to the land (kingdom) whose king is a child
- x:19 MONEY answers all things
- x:19 Good WINE makes a merry heart
- xi:3 Where the TREE falls there it shall lie
- xii:5 He is gone to his long (last) HOME
- xii:8 ALL is vanity
- 30:23 CARE will kill a cat
Isaiah
3 related proverbs.
Jeremiah
3 related proverbs.
Lamentations
2 related proverbs.
Ezekiel
4 related proverbs.
Daniel
1 related proverb.
Hosea
2 related proverbs.
Habakkuk
1 related proverb.
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
6 related proverbs.
1 Esdras
1 related proverb.
2 Esdras
2 related proverbs.
Matthew
34 related proverbs.
- iv:6 The DEVIL can cite Scripture for his purpose
- v:7 He shall find MERCY that merciful is
- v:9 Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS
- v:15 To hide one's LIGHT (candle) under a bushel
- v:45 The SUN shines upon all alike
- vi:3 His one HAND wots not what the other is doing
- vi:21 Where TREASURE is the heart is
- vi:24 We cannot serve GOD and Mammon
- vi:24 No MAN can serve two masters
- vii:2 With what MEASURE you mete it shall be measured unto you
- vii:3 You can see a MOTE in another man's eye but cannot see a beam in your own
- vii:6 Cast not PEARLS before swine
- vii:8 He that SEEKS finds
- vii:12 DO as you would be done to
- vii:15 A WOLF in a lamb's (sheep's) skin
- vii:16 One cannot gather GRAPES of thorns or figs of thistles
- vii:26 To build on SAND
- viii:20 Not to have a HOLE to put one's head in
- x:16 As innocent (harmless) as a DOVE
- x:16 To have MORE of the serpent than the dove
- xii:25 Every KINGDOM divided soon falls
- xii:33 The TREE (fruit) is known by the fruit (tree)
- xii:34 Of the ABUNDANCE of the heart the mouth speaks
- xiii:57 No MAN is a prophet in his own country
- xiii:57 No MAN is a prophet in his own country
- xviii:9 Better EYE out than always ache
- xx:15 May we not do with our OWN what we list?
- xxii:21 Render unto CAESAR the things which are Caesar's
- xxiii:24 To strain at a GNAT and swallow a camel
- xxiii:27 Whited SEPULCHERS (Women are whited sepulchers)
- xxiv:28 Where the CARCASS is there the eagles will gather
- xxvi:41 FLESH is frail
- xxvi:41 The SPIRIT is willing but the flesh is weak
- xxvii:24 To wash one's HANDS of a thing
Mark
3 related proverbs.
Luke
8 related proverbs.
- iv:23 PHYSICIAN, heal thyself
- vi:39 If the BLIND lead the blind they both fall into the ditch
- vi:43 An evil TREE brings forth ill fruit
- viii:17 There is NOTHING so secret but it may be discovered
- x:7 The LABORER is worthy of his hire
- xi:9 He FINDS that seeks
- xvi:22 ABRAHAM's bosom
- xviii:27 MAN's extremity is God's opportunity
John
6 related proverbs.
Acts
3 related proverbs.
Romans
6 related proverbs.
1 Corinthians
5 related proverbs.
2 Corinthians
3 related proverbs.
Galatians
3 related proverbs.
1 Thessalonians
1 related proverb.
2 Thessalonians
1 related proverb.
1 Timothy
1 related proverb.
Titus
1 related proverb.
Hebrews
2 related proverbs.
1 Peter
3 related proverbs.
2 Peter
1 related proverb.
1 John
1 related proverb.
Revelation
3 related proverbs.