Found 24 Results for: proverb

• The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it. (Proverbs 22, 6)

• And I will give them over, with upheaval and affliction, to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a disgrace, and a parable, and a proverb, and a curse in all the places to which I have cast them out. (Jeremiah 24, 9)

• “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel? saying: ‘The days shall be extended in length, and every vision shall perish.’ (Ezekiel 12, 22)

• Therefore, say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I will cause this proverb to cease, and it shall no longer be a common saying in Israel. And tell them that the days are approaching, and the word of every vision. (Ezekiel 12, 23)

• And I will set my face against that man, and I will make him an example and a proverb. And I will perish him from the midst of my people. And you shall know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 14, 8)

• Behold, all who speak a common proverb will take this up against you, saying: ‘Like the mother, so also is her daughter.’ (Ezekiel 16, 44)

• “Why is it that you circulate among yourselves this parable, as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’ (Ezekiel 18, 2)

• As I live, says the Lord God, this parable shall no longer be a proverb for you in Israel. (Ezekiel 18, 3)

• And you shall speak, through a proverb, a parable to the inciting house. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Set out a cooking pot; set it out, I say, and put water into it. (Ezekiel 24, 3)

• Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them. (John 10, 6)

• His disciples said to him: “Behold, now you are speaking plainly and not reciting a proverb. (John 16, 29)

• For the truth of the proverb has happened to them: The dog has returned to his own vomit, and the washed sow has returned to her wallowing in the mud. (2 Peter 2, 22)