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.

Open Word Bible

  1. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    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…

  2. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    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.…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    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…

  4. Growing in Wisdom · Ochorus Originals

    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.…

  5. Faithful With Little · Ochorus Originals

    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…

  6. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    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…