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US
/ˈpɹɑvɝbz/
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[ UK /pɹˈɒvɜːbz/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɒvɜːbz/ ]
NOUN
- an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
How To Use Proverbs In A Sentence
- Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
- Some of these examples are maxims, precepts, quips, proverbs and epigrams.
- Riddles and proverbs can influence each other and sometimes a piece of advice in proverb form can be turned into a riddle, or vice versa.
- Riddles, proverbs, and sayings that describe proper behavior for both young and old Kenyans are still common.
- They still exchange mnemonic sayings, adages and proverbs.
- Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
- Yet proverbs were objects of curiosity, collected on an encyclopedic scale by Italian virtuosi as well as other European scholars throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- Although it is variously described as a devouring beast that is never satisfied (see Proverbs 27:20) and a gloomy abode (see Job 10:21), it was not a place of punishment, but rather the destiny of all human souls. Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible
- ‘Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty’ (Proverbs 23: 20-21 KJV)
- Quoting Proverbs, the priest said virtue would elevate a nation to a higher plane, while vice would degrade it.