Proverbs
Treated in 518 passages across the library.
A collection of wise sayings, most attributed to Solomon, teaching how to live well in the fear of the Lord, which is "the beginning of knowledge." It contrasts the way of wisdom and the way of folly in matters of speech, work, money, friendship, marriage and the raising of children. It closes with the portrait of the virtuous woman.
Chapters
The verses these writers stop at
- 3:5 Trust the LORD with your whole heart, and do not rely on your own insight. 30
- 22:6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not leave it. 19
- 31:8 Open your mouth for those who have no voice, for the cause of all who are left to perish. 18
- 4:23 More than anything you protect, protect your heart, because the whole course of your life flows out of it. 15
- 13:20 Spend time with the wise and you will grow wise; keep company with fools and you will get hurt. 13
- 24:11 Rescue those being dragged off to death; hold back those who are stumbling toward slaughter. 13
- 27:6 A friend's wounds can be trusted, but an enemy's kisses come in plenty. 13
- 28:13 Whoever hides their sins will not succeed, but whoever admits them and turns away from them will receive mercy. 13
Open Word Bible
Where it is preached
- A Body of Divinity ·
A Preliminary Discourse to Catechising cites Prov 16:31
…he will be zealous for the truth, and walk in close communion with God. And his honour. Prov 16:31. ‘The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.’ It is…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Prefatory Address to King Francis cites Prov. 22:28
…thus warned by Solomon, “Remove not the ancient landmarks which thy fathers have set” (Prov. 22:28). But the same rule applies not to the measuring of fields and the obedience of faith.…
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.2 Love cites Prov 23: 26
…does not need our love, and yet he seeks it. Why does he desire us to give him our heart? Prov 23: 26. Not that he needs our heart, but that he may make it better. (2) Great will be our…
- Growing in Wisdom ·
Introduction: God's Plan for You cites Proverbs 2:6
…matters. "For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." — Proverbs 2:6 This book has fifteen chapters, each one teaching you practical and spiritual lessons.…
- Faithful With Little ·
Made to Work, Called to Keep cites Proverbs 10:4
…in a single line: “A slack hand leads to poverty, but hard-working hands bring wealth” (Proverbs 10:4). It isn’t a guarantee. Some people work very hard and stay poor, and the Bible knows…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Third Stage cites Prov. 23:34
…he might awake them, and cried, you are like them that sleep on the top of a mast, Prov. 23:34, for the Dead Sea is under you, a gulf that hath no bottom: awake, therefore, and come…
The books that return to it most
- A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson 20 passages
- Institutes of the Christian Religion John Calvin 20 passages
- The Ten Commandments Thomas Watson 17 passages
- Growing in Wisdom Ochorus Originals 14 passages
- Faithful With Little Ochorus Originals 13 passages
- The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan 13 passages