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Proverbs
prov·erb P0621500 (prŏv′ûrb′)n.1. A short pithy saying in frequent and widespread use that expresses a basic truth or practical precept.2. Proverbs(used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.
[Middle English proverbe, from Old French, from Latin prōverbium : prō-, forth; see pro-1 + verbum, word; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]Proverbs (ˈprɒvɜːbz) n (Bible) (functioning as singular) a book of the Old Testament consisting of the proverbs of various Israelite sages including SolomonProv•erbs (ˈprɒv ərbz)
n. (used with a sing. v.) a book of the Bible, containing the sayings of sages. ProverbsSee also wisdom.
adagea maxim, axiom, proverb, or old saying.analect1. a fragment or extract from literature.
2. a collection of teachings, as the Analects of Confucius.aphorisma terse saying embodying a general truth, as “Time flies.” — aphorist, n. — aphorismic, aphorismical, aphoristic, adj.apothegmatist, apophthegmatista creator of short, pithy instructive sayings; aphorist. — apothegmatic, apophthegmatic, apothegmatical, apophthegmatical, adj. — apothegm, apophthegm, n.bromidea trite saying; a platitude.epigrama pithy statement, often containing a paradox. — epigrammatist, n.gnomonology1. a collection or anthology of gnomes, or aphorisms.
2. aphoristic writing.logiamaxims or sayings attributed to a religious leader. See also christ.maxima short, pithy statement that serves as a motto. — maximist, n.paroemiaa rhetorical proverb. — paroemiac, adj.paroemiography, paremiography1. the writing of proverbs.
2. the collecting of proverbs. — paroemiographer, n.paroemiology, paremiologythe study of proverbs. — paroemiologist, paremiologist, n.proverbiology1. proverbs taken as a group.
2. proverbs taken as a field of study. — proverbiologist, n. — proverbiological, adj.smartisman aphorism or witty saying.Maxims, Proverbs and Sayings - Browsing through a book of proverb … it’s like taking a turn in a garden … full of roses and fruit, where the bushes speak to you; and I come back rested, with smiles in my mind —Anatole France
- Figures of speech are risky; for in art, as in arithmetic, many have no head for figures —G. K. Chesterton
- Genuine proverbs are like good (kambrick) needles, short, sharp, and shiny —Josh Billings
The first word was originally in Billings’ phonetic dialect: ‘ginowine.’ - His sayings are generally like women’s letters; all the pith is in the postscript —William Hazlitt
The man with the pith in his postscripts was Charles Lamb. - Like many cliches, it has the ring of truth —Anon
- A man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that eye placed in the back of his head —Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Maxims are like lawyers who must needs see but one side of the case —Gelett Burgess
- Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions —Ralph Waldo Emerson
- A proverb without wisdom is like a body without a foot —Moses Ibn Ezra
- Rustic sayings which she threw, like flowers, into the conversation —Anatole France
- A saying is like a fruit; one has first to eat it … before one can know its taste —Sholem Asch
- Sayings by wise men … they are like burning glasses, as they collect the diffused rays of wit and learning in authors, and make them point with warmth and quickness on the reader’s imagination —Jonathan Swift
- Sayings by wise men … they are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the sparks of diamonds —John Tillotson
- Similes are like songs on love: they much describe; they nothing prove —Matthew Prior
- Similes dangle like baubles from me —William H. Gass
- A word [that’s been overused] … lost its identity like an old coat in a second-hand shop —Anaĩs Nin
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Proverbs - an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)Book of ProverbsOld Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian BibleHagiographa, Ketubim, Writings - the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scripturessapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature - any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom |
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Proverbs
Proverbs, book of the Bible. It is a collection of sayings, many of them moral maxims, in no special order. The teaching is of a practical nature; it does not dwell on the salvation-historical traditions of Israel, but is individual and universal based on the observation of nature. There are eight divisions, some having traditional ascriptions, including three to Solomon, one to Agur (unknown), and one to King Lemuel. The book is an early example of wisdom literature (see Wisdom of SolomonWisdom of Solomon
or Wisdom,
early Jewish book included in the Septuagint and the Vulgate but not in the Hebrew Bible. The book opens with an exhortation to seek wisdom, followed by a statement on worldly attitudes.
..... Click the link for more information. ), where wisdom is often personified. The dating of the final shape of Proverbs is post-exilic. Although tradition attributes Proverbs to Solomon, the book is probably a collection of various origins dating from the 9th to the 2d cent. B.C. Proverbs does insist that the fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge, thus placing the instruction within the framework of faith. Bibliography See B. Lang, Wisdom and the Book of Proverbs (1986); R. Alter, The Wisdom Books (2010). Proverbsprecepts for living according to God’s law and common sense. [O.T.: Proverbs]See: CounselAcronymsSeePVProverbs
Synonyms for Proverbsnoun an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)SynonymsRelated Words- Old Testament
- Hagiographa
- Ketubim
- Writings
- sapiential book
- wisdom book
- wisdom literature
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