From Nave’s Topical Bible
Proverbs
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 22Passages listed
- 12Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Design ofProverbs 1:1–4
- Written by SolomonProverbs 1:1Proverbs 25:1
- MISCELLANY OF1 Samuel 10:121 Samuel 24:131 Samuel 24:142 Samuel 3:82 Samuel 20:181 Kings 20:11Proverbs 1:17Ezekiel 12:22Ezekiel 12:23Ezekiel 16:44Ezekiel 18:2–4Jeremiah 31:29Hosea 4:9Matthew 12:33Luke 4:23Luke 6:44Luke 14:34John 1:461 Corinthians 15:33Galatians 6:7
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The passages, in Bible order (22)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- 1 Samuel 10:12
Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
Commentary on 1 Samuel 10:121 voice
27. What is it that up to this point it was said of Saul alone: "What has happened to the son of Kish?" And now, as if concerning many, the answer is given: "And who is their father?" But if this is understood according to history, it can in no way stand. It remains therefore that the meaning which is taken from the letter must be sought in spiritual signification. When therefore it is said: "Who is their father?" not only Saul prophesying is considered, but that entire company of prophets.
Gregory the Dialogist· Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 5, 604Patristic
- 1 Samuel 24:13
As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 24:131 voice
As saith the proverb of the ancients,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Samuel 24:14
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
Commentary on 1 Samuel 24:141 voice
The Creator compares himself to the lowest of his creatures so that you may regard nothing as despicable which is known to have been fashioned by his agency. As Scripture has it, "God made all things very good." Thus David too followed his Teacher and …
Cassiodorus· EXPOSITION OF THE PSALMS 21.7, 585Patristic
- 2 Samuel 3:8
Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:81 voice
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Samuel 20:18
Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 20:181 voice
Then she spake, saying, they were wont to speak in old time,.... It was a common saying, a proverbial expression among the ancient sages: saying, they shall surely ask counsel at Abel, and so they ended the matter.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
Commentary on 1 Kings 20:111 voice
The hump alludes to thinking or doing something that is ugly for the soul, and it is always a certain twisted deformity of mind that reaches for impure things and is distracted from the sacred threshold of the church by worldly concerns. It seems to …
Maximus of Turin· SERMON 32.1, 465Patristic
- Proverbs 1:1–4
These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
Commentary on Proverbs 1:1–41 voice
You ask me … why it is that sometimes in my writings I quote examples from secular literature and thus defile the whiteness of the church with the foulness of heathenism. I will now briefly answer your question.… Both in Moses and in the prophets there are passages cited from Gentile books, and … Solomon proposed questions to the philosophers of Tyre and answered others put by them.
Jerome· LETTER 70.2, 420Patristic
- Proverbs 1:17
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
Commentary on Proverbs 1:171 voice
If then nets are not wrongfully stretched for birds, as it is said in Proverbs, but God justly leads men into the snare, as it is said, "You led us into the snare," and if not even a sparrow, cheapest of birds, falls into the snare without the will of the Father (its fall into the snare being due to its failure to use properly the power of its wings given to it to soar), let us pray to do nothing to deserve being brought into temptation.
Origen of Alexandria· ON PRAYER 29:16, 253Patristic
- Proverbs 25:1
These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:
Commentary on Proverbs 25:11 voice
And where is all this rich knowledge? and where are these mysteries? and where are the books? For the only ones extant are Proverbs, and Wisdom, and Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. What then? Does the Scripture speak falsely? God forbid. But the matter of his writings was various, as is shown in the phrase "Song of Songs; "for that indicates that in this one book he digested the contents of the 5,000 songs. In the days moreover of Hezekiah, there were some of the books selected for use, and others set aside.
Hippolytus of Rome· Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments, 235Patristic
- Jeremiah 31:29
“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:291 voice
(Verses 29-30) In those days, they shall no longer say, 'The fathers ate sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge,' but each one shall die for his own iniquity. Every person who eats a sour grape, their teeth will be stunned.
Jerome· Commentary on Jeremiah, 420Patristic
- Ezekiel 12:22
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
Commentary on Ezekiel 12:222 voices
(Verse 21 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying: The days are prolonged, and every vision fails? Therefore say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I will make this proverb to cease, and it shall be used no more in Israel. Speak to them, and say: The days are at hand, and every vision shall be fulfilled. For there shall no longer be any false vision, nor ambiguous divination in the midst of the children of Israel.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ezekiel 12:23
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.
Commentary on Ezekiel 12:232 voices
Tell them therefore,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
(Verse 21 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying: The days are prolonged, and every vision fails? Therefore say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I will make this proverb to cease, and it shall be used no more in Israel. Speak to them, and say: The days are at hand, and every vision shall be fulfilled. For there shall no longer be any false vision, nor ambiguous divination in the midst of the children of Israel.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
- Ezekiel 16:44
Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
- Ezekiel 18:2–4
“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’?
Commentary on Ezekiel 18:2–41 voice
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Hosea 4:9
And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Commentary on Hosea 4:91 voice
"and it shall be as the people, so the priest, and I will visit upon him his ways, and render to him his thoughts." LXX: "and it will be as the people, so also the priest, and I will take vengeance on him for his ways, and render to him his thoughts." Hence, both the people and the priest will equally endure the sentence of God's indignation; for not only will He visit the works that they call "ways," in which they walk, but also the thoughts which they have entertained to do such things.
Jerome· Commentary on Hosea 4:7-9, 420Patristic
- Matthew 12:33
Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
Commentary on Matthew 12:331 voice
Thus He holds them in a syllogism which the Greeks call 'Aphycton,' the unavoidable; which shuts in the person questioned on both sides, and presses him with either horn. If, He saith, the Devil be evil, he cannot do good works; so that if the works you see be good, it follows that the Devil was not the agent thereof. For it cannot be that good should come of evil, or evil of good.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
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