Quotes about Proverb
The ancient proverb says, "Satiety produces disgust
— John Calvin
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
— Ezekiel 18:2
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
— Psalm 49:4
Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
— Proverbs 26:9
Sweat cleaned you as effectively as water. But this was the race which had invented the proverb that cleanliness was next to godliness - cleanliness, not purity.
— Graham Greene
A jest breaks no bones.
— Samuel Johnson
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
— Ezekiel 12:23
Hence the German proverb: "All mischief begins in the name of God.
— Martin Luther
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
— 1 Kings 4:30
I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
— Ezekiel 14:8
Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
— Luke 4:23
Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
— Matthew 24:28