Proverbs
Biblical wisdom collection
Proverbs is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, traditionally attributed to King Solomon.
It consists of pithy sayings and longer discourses offering moral and practical guidance on righteous living, wisdom, and the fear of God.
The book of Proverbs says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. (Lowercase proverbs are traditional sayings expressing common wisdom.)
Hebrew wisdom book
- SolomonPeaceable Hebrew name
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- gospelSacred choral tradition
scripture · biblical · religious · sacred · devotional · spiritual · sermon · Old Testament
Good judgment from experience
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- moral guidanceTeaching right from wrong
- instructionGuidance for action
- teachingProfession of instructing others
Ecclesiastes
Hebrew wisdom book
gospel · scripture · biblical · religious · sacred · devotional · spiritual · sermon · Old Testament · Hebrew Bible
wisdom
Good judgment from experience
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- moral guidanceTeaching right from wrong
- instructionGuidance for action
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Adam, Moses
- Hebrew BibleTanakh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
- holy textsBible, Koran, Torah, Tanakh, Old Testament
- Jewish ScriptureTorah, Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, Pentateuch, Genesis
- Wisdom BooksJob, Ecclesiastes
- Wisdom SourcesAesop's fables, Ecclesiastes, Tao Te Ching, Meditations, folk wisdom
ProverbsGenesis
First biblical book
Exodus · Revelation · Kings · Isaiah · Ezekiel
Proverbsapocalyptic vision
Prophetic image of cataclysm
prophecy · divine revelation · revelation · narrative · treatise
- proverbial wisdomKnowledge in traditional sayings
- old proverb
- ancient proverbsVenerable traditional sayings
- traditional proverbsTime-tested folk sayings
- proverbial sayingsTraditional expressions of wisdom
- African proverbsTraditional African sayings