The Proverbs of Alfred, a thirteenth-century work, contains sayings that are not likely to have originated with Alfred but attest to his posthumous medieval reputation for wisdom.

* Proverbs 15: 11 Hell ( Sheol ) and Destruction ( Abaddon ) are before the LORD, how much more than the hearts of the children of men?

* Proverbs 27: 20 Hell ( Sheol ) and Destruction ( Abaddon ) are never full ; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

" There are also references within Proverbs to Agur ( 30: 1 ) and Lemuel ( 31: 1 ) as authors distinct from Solomon.

Proverbs are often borrowed from similar languages and cultures, and sometimes come down to the present through more than one language.

Proverbs are often borrowed across lines of language, religion, and even time.

Proverbs are used by speakers for a variety of purposes.

Proverbs in various languages are found with a wide variety of grammatical structures.

Proverbs are used in conversation by adults more than children, partially because adults have learned more proverbs than children.

Proverbs, because they are indirect, allow a speaker to disagree or give advice in a way that may be less offensive.

Proverbs are often poetic in and of themselves, making them ideally suited for adapting into songs.

Probably the most famous examples of depicting proverbs are the different versions of the paintings Netherlandish Proverbs by the father and son Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Pieter Brueghel the Younger, the proverbial meanings of these paintings being the subject of a 2004 conference, which led to a published volume of studies ( Mieder 2004a ).

Proverbs are frequently used in advertising, often in slightly modified form.

Of these, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, The Yale Book of Quotations and The MacMillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases are considered among the most reliable and comprehensive sources.

They are sometimes also divided into such categories as Sifrei Emet ( ספרי אמת, literally " Books of Truth ") of Psalms, Proverbs and Job ( the Hebrew names of these three books form the Hebrew word for " truth " as an acrostic, and all three books have unique cantillation marks ), the " wisdom books " of Job, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs, the " poetry books " of Psalms, Lamentations and Song of Songs, and the " historical books " of Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles.

The targumim of Psalms, Proverbs, and Job are generally treated as a unit, as are the targumim of the five scrolls ( Esther has a longer " Second Targum " as well.

For example, in his analysis of the Book of Proverbs he argues that its sayings are " inferior in keenness to the proverbs of the Spaniards, and not more wise and economical than those of the American Franklin ".

Readings from the Old Testament are also increased, with the Books of Genesis, Proverbs and Isaiah being read through almost in their entirety at the Sixth Hour and Vespers ( during Cheesefare Week, the readings at these services are taken from Joel and Zechariah, while during Holy Week they are from Exodus, Ezekiel and Job ).

In the Bible, nose-jewels are mentioned in Isaiah 3: 21, and referred to in Ezekiel 16: 12, Genesis 24: 47, Proverbs 11: 22, and Hosea 2: 13.

According to Brichtothe, other Biblical names for Sheol were: Abaddon ( ruin ), found in Psalm 88: 11, Job 28: 22 and Proverbs 15: 11 ; Bor ( the pit ), found in Isaiah 14: 15, 24: 22, Ezekiel 26: 20 ; and Shakhat ( corruption ), found in Isaiah 38: 17, Ezekiel 28: 8.

The expression, found in the Book of Proverbs, is figuratively applied to the Torah itself.

* Ole ( cantillation ), a cantillation marks found in Psalms, Proverbs, and Job

One fine example of rhyme and meter in ancient Hebrew texts is found in the Book of Proverbs, 6: 9, 10.

Further information about the nature of Wisdom is found in Proverbs 8: 22-30.

" In this way, the " foreign woman is a counterpart to Wisdom and can be interpreted symbolically as her alternate designation, " foolish woman " found in Proverbs 9. 13-14.

The book itself early in reading makes the claim that it makes its appearance in one's life when the time is appropriate and includes variations of material found in the book of Proverbs.

Biblical support for attrition can be found in Proverbs 13: 13, Proverbs 14: 26-27, Proverbs 19: 23, Matthew 10: 28, and Philippians 2: 12 in The New King James Version of the Bible.

Proverbs from many periods, collected and uncollected, embody traditional moral and practical advice of diverse cultures.

The painting Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Breugel the Elder illustrates many of the themes in this story including a shot-window in use, a man with his backside on fire, a falling through a basket from a roof, pious hypocrisy, and cuckolding.

Proverbs in Calormene culture ( as in so many real cultures ) are the domain of adults, especially older, wiser adults.

Among his many theological works, An Exposition of the Epistles to the Seven Churches ( 1877 ), The Spirits in Prison ( 1884 ), The Book of Proverbs ( which he annotated in the Speaker's Commentary ), the Synoptic Gospels, Acts, and II Corinthians, in Charles Ellicott's New Testament Commentary, and Life and Letters of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells ( 1888 ) are most notable.

With the encouragement of her grandmother, and later Mrs. Hawley, from the age of ten, Crosby had memorized five chapters of the Bible each week, until by the age of fifteen Crosby had memorized the four gospels, the Pentateuch, the Book of Proverbs, the Song of Solomon, and many of the Psalms.

Rabanus ' works, many of which remain unpublished, comprise Scriptural commentaries ( Genesis to Judges, Ruth, Kings, Chronicles, Judith, Esther, Canticles, Proverbs, Wisdom, Sirach, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Maccabees, Matthew, the Epistles of St Paul, including Hebrews ); and various treatises relating to doctrinal and practical subjects, including more than one series of Homilies.

The parts which have been published are: on the Psalms and the Song of Solomon, by Abbé Bargès ( Paris, 1861, 1884 ); on Proverbs, by Z. Auerbach ( Bonn, 1866 ); on Hosea, by Tottermann ( Leipsic, 1880 ) and Polliack and E. Schlossberg ( 2009 ); on Daniel, by Margoliouth ( in " Anecdota Oxoniensa ", Semitic Series, i., vol.

Three pedagogic works on Hebrew were A New and Easy Method of Learning Hebrew without points, to which is added by way of Praxis the Book of Proverbs divided according to the metre, with the Masoretical readings in Roman letters ( 1739, 3 parts ), Tabula exhibens Paradigmata Verborum Hebraicorum ( 1739 ), and Historia Josephi Patriarchi ; praemittitur nova methodus Hebraice discendi.

In the Old Testament, parts of Book of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom, and Sirach survived.

There is no cantillation mode for the books of Psalms, Proverbs and the poetic parts of Job.

While some philosophers such as Aristotle ( and George Bernard Shaw ) consider pride a profound virtue, some world religions consider it a sin, such as is expressed in Proverbs 11: 2 of the Old Testament.

government of the world ; Proverbs, Psalms 37, 119, Ben-Sira, Tobit 4, 12: 7-11, Pirke, are manuals of conduct, and 4th Maccabees treats of the autonomy of reason in the moral life ; Psalms 8, 29: 3-10, 90: 1-12, 107: 17-32, 131, 144: 3f., 147: 8f.

with wisdom and knowledge ," which were the implements by means of which God created the world, as stated in Proverbs 3: 19, 20 ( Berakhot 55a ).

Proverbs of Hendyng, a manuscript from some time before 1325, includes the advice:

Just as rhyme was seen in some Anglo-Saxon poems ( e. g. The Rhyming Poem, and, to some degree, The Proverbs of Alfred ), the use of alliterative verse continued into Middle English.

In masoretic manuscripts ( and some printed editions ), Psalms, Proverbs and Job are presented in a special two-column form emphasizing the parallel stitches in the verses, which are a function of their poetry.

# Jerome also mentions having read some commentaries on the gospel and on Proverbs, which bore Theophilus's name, but which he regarded as inconsistent with the elegance and style of his other works.

Cheviot's Proverbs ( 1896 ) mentions some folklore about the character:

Wisdom is a central topic in the " sapiential " books, i. e. Proverbs, Psalms, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Book of Wisdom, Wisdom of Sirach, and to some extent Baruch ( the last three are Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament.

The wisdom books do maintain the old high standard of Hebraic morals, and in some instances go beyond it, as in the injunctions to be kind to enemies ( Proverbs 25: 21 f .) and to do to no man what is hateful to one's self ( Tobit 4: 15 ).

Each parashah, or weekly lesson, is prefaced by an introduction preparing the reader for the fundamental ideas to be discussed ; and this introduction bears a motto in the form of some verse selected from the Book of Proverbs.