NOUN
- an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
How To Use Book of Proverbs In A Sentence
- In the mid-1500s, English writer John Heywood penned the phrase "wolde you bothe eate your cake, and have your cake?" in his book of proverbs entitled, A dialogue Conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of All the Prouerbes in the Englishe Tongue. Sam Dudley: Melo Is Full of...
- In both the biblical book of Proverbs and the apocryphal book of Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom is personified and is said to participate in God's creative activity.
- The Bible, in keeping with other ancient Near Eastern cultures, includes a book of proverbs, and in the Book of Kings we read of the parable of the trees who gathered to elect a king - a natural rather than an animal fable.
- As the book of Proverbs says "A wise man ignores an insult: it is to his glory to overlook an offense.
- Your Book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament, as you call it. FLASH POINT
- And not only does the book of Proverbs have this potential, but almost all the books of the Bible.
