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1. There is a famous proverb that I believe to be of Chinese origin – “You are what you eat
2. Proverb: 3:6: In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he
3. Proverb: 4:7: Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding
4. Proverb: 16:7: When a man's ways please the LORD, he
5. of the proverb, muffles the word of life and victory in Christ
6. Relief from his sentence could be a real plus, but the continued harangue reminded him of an old proverb, ‘be careful what you wish for
7. Listening an old proverb goes: “A wise old owl sat on a perch
8. Money, says the proverb, makes money
9. Theoton bid goodnight to his friends, reciting the ancient proverb with a chuckle:
10. It is better, says the proverb, to play for nothing, than to work for nothing
11. Jack-of-all-trades will never be rich, says the proverb
12. Light come, light go, says the proverb ; and the ordinary tone of expense seems everywhere to be regulated, not so much according to the real ability of spending, as to the supposed facility of getting money to spend
13. Trying to explain it, is like trying to explain a Proverb
14. I recently came across a Yiddish proverb that says a lot about fatherhood in very few words
15. They also wore the normal SAP COIN T-shirts emblazoned with the proverb “Killing is our business and business is good,” quite proudly
16. In my mind, I repeated the famous proverb, “wherever a Russian soldier places his foot, it will remain there forever
17. Thus the impossibility that any of my men could ever follow that proverb was the very reason why I read it
18. This proverb is about the regrets associated with old age when men who were once strong and mighty find themselves looking vulnerable to people who would have offered no challenges to them when they were in their prime
19. This proverb is about God helping those who help themselves
20. This proverb is about realizing our different circumstances and why we should not do things because others are doing them
21. This proverb is directed at people whose words and actions always lead to bad and unexpected results
22. A friend of mine used this proverb when I met him at a beer parlor
23. This proverb is almost the same as 164 above
24. This proverb is about situations that are attractive, yet presented with no foreseeable solution
25. This proverb is the Igbo version of live and let live
26. 13 As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked, but mine hand shall not be on you
27. 2Pet 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire
28. increase in learning and the man of understanding shall obtain wise counsel to understand the proverb and the interpretation and the
29. and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them
30. 21 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel,
31. cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say to them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision
32. proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter
33. 1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, 2 What mean you, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
34. occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel
35. taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself
36. derision, and a proverb of reproach:
37. 48 And everyone who heard of the acts of Mardon the son of Nimrod would say, concerning him, From the wicked goes out wickedness; therefore it became a proverb in the whole Earth, saying, From the wicked goes out wickedness, and it was current in the words of men from that time to this
38. 37 And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the Lord shall lead you
39. And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country
40. Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!(Hab
41. 48 And everyone who heard of the acts of Mardon the son of Nimrod would say concerning him From the wicked goes out wickedness; therefore it became a proverb in the whole Earth saying From the wicked goes out wickedness and it was current in the words of men from that time to this
42. As part of his introduction to the ceremony, Dean Robert Swieringa quoted an ancient Chinese proverb before honoring me with a kind tribute: If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain
43. 3 Remember me and look on me punish me not for my sins and ignorances and the sins of mg fathers who have sinned before you: 4 For they obeyed not your commandments; therefore you have delivered us for a spoil and to captivity and to death and for a proverb of reproach to all the nations among whom we are dispersed
44. There is a proverb that says, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”
45. 36 And when Jesus had finished all these parables he moved from there and came to his city; and he taught them in their synagogues so that they were perplexed; And when the Sabbath came Jesus began to teach in the synagogue; and many of those who heard marvelled and said How came these things to this mane And many envied him and gave no heed to him but said What is this wisdom that is given to this man that there should happen at his hands such as these mighty workse Is not this a carpenter son of a carpentere and is not his mother called Marye and his brothers James and Joses and Simon and Judase And his sisters all of them note are they not all with use How has this man all these thingse And they were in doubt concerning him; And Jesus knew their opinion and said to them Will you haply" say to me this proverb Physician heal first yourself and all that we have heard that you did in Capernaum do here also in your own city? And he said Truely I say to you A prophet is not received in his own city nor among his brothers for a prophet is not despised save in his own city and among his own kin and in his own house
46. My taste in clothes may differ from yours, but remember the Proverb about a book and its cover
47. The proverb says that two in a bed can keep each other warm and if one falls in a ditch, the other can help him out
48. A proverb credited to Cato the Elder has it that wise men learn more from fools than
49. History, as we know it, is a record of the wars of the world, and so there is a proverb among Englishmen that a nation which has no history, that is, no wars, is a happy nation
50. Ingersoll once parodied that proverb by reversing it, and saying that an
1. It includes proverbs, idioms, phrasal verbs, and many fixed expressions
2. Lets look into Proverbs 2
3. If I read Proverbs correctly, one of the key components of a father is that he corrects his children
4. In this God has shown that the proverbs are true
5. The beginning of knowledge is the fear of the Lord (Proverbs 1:7), and the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10)
6. " He immediately launched into a recitation of many biblical passages exhorting one to speak the truth to the master like 1 Kings 22:16 and all those in Proverbs all the way to Zachariah 8:16, dozens of passages in all
7. Remember Proverbs 23:7, “As a man thinketh in his
8. (Proverbs 20:27 KJV) If you were to receive a dream from your own spirit it would be comparable to what psychologists call a dream from the subconscious
9. I was lead to Proverbs 11:11,which says, by the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked
10. overthrown by the mouth of the wicked (Proverbs 11:11)
11. but advance in ranks (see Proverbs 30:27), because they follow
12. sevenfold in Proverbs 6:31; and Isaiah 30:26 states that the sun shines
13. In Proverbs 22:6 it says, “Train up a child in
14. As soon as writing came into fashion, wise men, or those who fancied themselves such, would naturally endeavour to increase the number of those established and respected maxims, and to express their own sense of what was either proper or improper conduct, sometimes in the more artificial form of apologues, like what are called the fables of Aesop; and sometimes in the more simple one of apophthegms or wise sayings, like the proverbs of Solmnon, the verses of Theognis and Phocyllides, and some part of the works of Hesiod
15. The last section in the Jewish Bible is the Ketuvim or "writings" and contains the poetic and philosophical works such as Psalms, Proverbs and Songs of Solomon
16. -- Proverbs and Song of Solomon ascribe themselves to Solomon
17. We see that Proverbs talks about the fountains of the deep that were strengthened – this shows that it contained a body of water
18. Psalm 136 and Proverbs 30 refer to the Earth as being stretched out over the waters and the waters being bound in a garment, giving us further confirmation of the actual layout of the Earth before the Flood occurred
19. This is why Proverbs 18:21, states, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof
20. Proverbs 4:20-22, says that,
21. "Could I help? I know a lot of rhymes and tags of proverbs and things
22. “The and the scorner is an abomination to men” (Proverbs
23. Proverbs 2:6 says, “For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding
24. (Proverbs 22:6 NIV) If you are consistent, your children will clearly see the difference in lifestyles and when they are old enough, they will choose their own way
25. Once, being obnoxious according to the perplexed Chaplain, I asked why the issued Bible repeated itself in the first four books of the New Testament and would it not be better just to choose one gospel and get done with? It was not as if you needed more than one statement on the same subject because the Apostles were fairly reliable witnesses and would not any of the gospels do? And then add something practical, like Proverbs perhaps? He had no answer, and just shook his head and muttered to himself under his breath about the obnoxiousness of Flying Squad members
26. As a sergeant on the border I would always read from Proverbs something like “Enjoy the life which God has given you with the woman you love,” etc
27. I respectfully asked a SAP COIN instructor during a scramble up and down some mountain (Boleo probably) whether he believed in the Bible, particularly Proverbs 28:1, which reads: “Only the wicked shall flee without being chased
28. Hope you enjoyed the proverbs
29. “How does a man become wise? The first step is to trust and reverence the Lord” (Proverbs 1:7, TLB)
30. the Lord? Have we tapped into the truth of Proverbs 3:5-6? “Trust
31. The Book of Proverbs in the Bible
32. 32 And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five
33. The Book of PROVERBS: (The Proverbs of the kings)
34. 10 - The Proverbs of Solomon
35. These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out
36. (END OF THE PROVERBS)
37. · "The wages of the righteous bring them life, but the income of the wicked brings them punishment (Proverbs 10:16, NIV)
38. · "Understanding is a fountain of life to those who have it, but folly brings punishment to fools" (Proverbs 16:22, NIV)
39. · "If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered" (Proverbs 21:13, NIV)
40. (Bible, Proverbs 23:7)
41. 8 Despise not the discourse of the wise, but acquaint yourself with their proverbs, for of them you shall learn instruction, and how to
42. show how hard this woman works! Proverbs 31: 13 to 22 seems to support
43. (Proverbs 27: 15 to 17; Proverbs 17: 10 to 15; Matthew 5: 5)
44. Mount; Matthew 5: 24, and this is also a quotation of Proverbs 25: 21 and 22
45. 16 He declared the proverbs of Solomon, who says, He is a tree of life to all those who do His will
46. Look what His Word says to us in Proverbs 8:17,
47. many proverbs passed down to me from the older generations
48. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared;
49. Proverbs goes further and tells us what the Lord thinks of pride and the proud:
50. In fact if we read Proverbs 31, one of the things that make a wife virtuous is her ability to do business
