Haller's Concordance: PROVERB
- And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord. Gen. 10:9
- Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up: Num. 21:27
- And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in. Dt. 28:37
- And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets? 1 Ki. 10:12
- And he stripped himself also of his garments, and prophesied with the rest before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and night. This gave occasion to a proverb: What! is Saul too among the prophets? 1 Ki. 19:24
- As also it is said in the old proverb: From the wicked shall wickedness come forth: therefore my hand shall not be upon thee. After whom dost thou come out, O king of Israel? 1 Ki. 24:13
- For David had offered that day a reward to whosoever should strike the Jebusites and get up to the gutters of the tops of the houses, and take away the blind and the lame that hated the soul of David: therefore it is said in the proverb: The blind and the lame shall not come into the temple. 2 Ki. 5:8
- And she again said: A saying was used in the old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in Abela: and so they made an end. 2 Ki. 20:18
- I will take away Israel from the face of the land which I have given them; and the temple which I have sanctified to my name, I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb, and a byword among all people. 3 Ki. 9:7
- And this house shall be for a proverb to all that pass by, and they shall be astonished and say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house? 2 Par. 7:21
- It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old, he will not depart from it. Pr. 22:6
- And I will deliver them up to vexation, and affliction, to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a reproach, and a byword, and a proverb, and to be a curse in all places, to which I have cast them out. Jer. 24:9
- Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel? saying: The days shall be prolonged, and every vision shall fail. Ezec. 12:22
- Say to them therefore: Thus saith the Lord God: I will make this proverb to cease, neither shall it be any more a common saying in Israel: and tell them that the days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. Ezec. 12:23
- And I will set my face against that man, and will make him an example, and a proverb, and will cut him off from the midst of my people: and you shall know that I am the Lord. Ezec. 14:8
- Behold every one that useth a common proverb, shall use this against thee, saying: As the mother was, so also is her daughter. Ezec. 16:44
- That you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge. Ezec. 18:2
- As I live, saith the Lord God, this parable shall be no more to you a proverb in Israel. Ezec. 18:3
- This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them. Jn. 10:6
- His disciples say to him: Behold, now thou speakest plainly and speakest no proverb. Jn. 16:29
- For, that of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog is returned to his vomit; and: The sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 2 Pet. 2:22