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Meanings of Proverbs in English
Portuguese
livro dos provérbios An Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
Usage of Proverbs in English
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In the twentieth chapter of Proverbs v. 17, we find the maxim:
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As it says in Proverbs, the words of the meek break bones.
3
The Book of Proverbs also is full of the same lashing scourge.
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The personified Wisdom of Proverbs is the personal Word of John's prologue.
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Riddles and Proverbs are found among the Babylonians, as among all peoples.
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A passage from Proverbs his father had often quoted returned to him.
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The Proverbs are inexhaustible in moral force, and have universal application.
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This is perhaps the profoundest note in the book of Proverbs.
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This passage contains the general introduction to the book of Proverbs.
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Again the preface to the book of Proverbs clearly expresses this educational ideal:
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I read the letters carefully, teasing out the words from Proverbs.
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But the sermon text, by some perverse chance, is from Proverbs:
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But here's the thing: I agree with the gist of Proverbs.
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The history of the book of Proverbs is therefore reasonably clear.
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Some of them remind us of some of the best Proverbs of Solomon.
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Another from the Proverbs of Solomon, speaking of wisdom or virtue:
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