Proverbs

She hilariously explains Chinese proverbs when someone sneezes off-camera during interviews.

This makes proverbs not only a clever form of verbal art, but also a potent tool of verbal combat!

When you think of proverbs, you picture expressions of ancient wisdom.

He reminded the audience of the words of Proverbs: As iron sharpeneth iron, so a friend sharpens the mind of his friend.

Scripture is real clear in Proverbs 15:1, ‘A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.’

He will search out the hidden meanings of proverbs, and will be conversant in the secrets of parables.

Both of these readings appeal to the Solomonic portrait of the virtuous woman, in Proverbs xxxi.

In early English literature there was at one time a tendency to ascribe to Solomon various proverbs not in the Bible.

He was wise enough to understand the proverbs, “Lʼunion fait la force,” and “A house divided against itself shall surely fall.”

Each of these sticks is inscribed with a certain number, corresponding with a sentence in a book of proverbs.