proverbs
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Proverbs¹
proper noun Proverbs · the Proverbs · Proverb · Prov.
- A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims. The Proverbs are an excellent springboard for broad-ranging Bible study. If you study Solomon’s pearls of wisdom, you will find the Spirit of God leading you (by chain references or quiet remembrance) all over the Old and New Testaments for confirming, clarifying examples.
proverbs²
noun
- plural of proverb
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of proverb
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: byword, adage, saw, adages, saws, sayings, aphorisms, maxims, axioms, platitudes, truisms, bywords, gnomes, mottoes, dictums, precepts
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name book of the Bible
| Español | Proverbios |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잠언 Jameon |
| 日本語 | 箴言 Shingen |
| 中文 | 箴言 Zhēnyán |
| हिन्दी | नीतिवचन nītivcan |
| Kiswahili | Mithali |
| Português | Provérbios |
| Français | Proverbes |
| Deutsch | Sprüche |
| Italiano | Proverbi |
| Ελληνικά | Παροιμίες Paroimíes |
| Română | Proverbe |
| Русский | Кни́га При́тчей Соломо́новых Kníga Prítčej Solomónovyx, При́тчи Prítči |
| العربية | اَلْأَمْثَال al-ʔamṯāl |
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