# Proverbs

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**Master hub:** [Bible Verses](/codex/bible-verses/)

The book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
131 distinct passages cited
across the source notes (440 total citations).
Each entry below links to a per-passage stub.

## Most cited

- [Proverbs 1.7](/codex/proverbs-1-7/) _(28× cited)_
- [Proverbs 8.22](/codex/proverbs-8-22/) _(20× cited)_
- [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) _(20× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.3](/codex/proverbs-16-3/) _(15× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.9](/codex/proverbs-16-9/) _(15× cited)_

## By chapter

### Chapter 1

- [Proverbs 1](/codex/proverbs-1/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 1.1](/codex/proverbs-1-1/) _(3× cited)_
- [Proverbs 1.7](/codex/proverbs-1-7/) _(28× cited)_
- [Proverbs 1.9](/codex/proverbs-1-9/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 1.10](/codex/proverbs-1-10/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 1.12](/codex/proverbs-1-12/) _(4× cited)_
- [Proverbs 1.27](/codex/proverbs-1-27/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 1.29](/codex/proverbs-1-29/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 2

- [Proverbs 2.1-9](/codex/proverbs-2-1-9/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 2.6](/codex/proverbs-2-6/) _(6× cited)_
- [Proverbs 2.9](/codex/proverbs-2-9/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 2.10](/codex/proverbs-2-10/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 2.18](/codex/proverbs-2-18/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 3

- [Proverbs 3.1](/codex/proverbs-3-1/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.1-2](/codex/proverbs-3-1-2/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.3](/codex/proverbs-3-3/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.5](/codex/proverbs-3-5/) _(7× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.5-6](/codex/proverbs-3-5-6/) _(3× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.5-7](/codex/proverbs-3-5-7/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.7](/codex/proverbs-3-7/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.11-12](/codex/proverbs-3-11-12/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.12](/codex/proverbs-3-12/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.17](/codex/proverbs-3-17/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.18](/codex/proverbs-3-18/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.19](/codex/proverbs-3-19/) _(3× cited)_
- [Proverbs 3.31](/codex/proverbs-3-31/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 4

- [Proverbs 4.3](/codex/proverbs-4-3/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 4.7](/codex/proverbs-4-7/) _(6× cited)_
- [Proverbs 4.23](/codex/proverbs-4-23/) _(7× cited)_

### Chapter 5

- [Proverbs 5](/codex/proverbs-5/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 5.18-20](/codex/proverbs-5-18-20/) _(2× cited)_

### Chapter 6

- [Proverbs 6.13](/codex/proverbs-6-13/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 6.16-17](/codex/proverbs-6-16-17/) _(3× cited)_
- [Proverbs 6.18](/codex/proverbs-6-18/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 6.34](/codex/proverbs-6-34/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 6.35](/codex/proverbs-6-35/) _(5× cited)_

### Chapter 8

- [Proverbs 8](/codex/proverbs-8/) _(14× cited)_
- [Proverbs 8.8](/codex/proverbs-8-8/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 8.22](/codex/proverbs-8-22/) _(20× cited)_
- [Proverbs 8.22-30](/codex/proverbs-8-22-30/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) _(20× cited)_

### Chapter 9

- [Proverbs 9.1](/codex/proverbs-9-1/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 9.7-8](/codex/proverbs-9-7-8/) _(3× cited)_
- [Proverbs 9.10](/codex/proverbs-9-10/) _(5× cited)_
- [Proverbs 9.18](/codex/proverbs-9-18/) _(2× cited)_

### Chapter 10

- [Proverbs 10.1](/codex/proverbs-10-1/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 10.4](/codex/proverbs-10-4/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 11

- [Proverbs 11.14](/codex/proverbs-11-14/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 11.16](/codex/proverbs-11-16/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 11.25](/codex/proverbs-11-25/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 12

- [Proverbs 12.10](/codex/proverbs-12-10/) _(8× cited)_
- [Proverbs 12.15](/codex/proverbs-12-15/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 12.17](/codex/proverbs-12-17/) _(4× cited)_
- [Proverbs 12.19](/codex/proverbs-12-19/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 12.22](/codex/proverbs-12-22/) _(5× cited)_

### Chapter 13

- [Proverbs 13.7](/codex/proverbs-13-7/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 13.8](/codex/proverbs-13-8/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 13.12](/codex/proverbs-13-12/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 13.20](/codex/proverbs-13-20/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 13.22](/codex/proverbs-13-22/) _(7× cited)_
- [Proverbs 13.24](/codex/proverbs-13-24/) _(13× cited)_

### Chapter 14

- [Proverbs 14.12](/codex/proverbs-14-12/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 14.29](/codex/proverbs-14-29/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 14.30](/codex/proverbs-14-30/) _(5× cited)_
- [Proverbs 14.34](/codex/proverbs-14-34/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 15

- [Proverbs 15.3](/codex/proverbs-15-3/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 15.11](/codex/proverbs-15-11/) _(3× cited)_
- [Proverbs 15.18](/codex/proverbs-15-18/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 15.27](/codex/proverbs-15-27/) _(4× cited)_

### Chapter 16

- [Proverbs 16.1](/codex/proverbs-16-1/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.1-9](/codex/proverbs-16-1-9/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.2](/codex/proverbs-16-2/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.3](/codex/proverbs-16-3/) _(15× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.4](/codex/proverbs-16-4/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.5](/codex/proverbs-16-5/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.9](/codex/proverbs-16-9/) _(15× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.18](/codex/proverbs-16-18/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.23](/codex/proverbs-16-23/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.27](/codex/proverbs-16-27/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.28](/codex/proverbs-16-28/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.32](/codex/proverbs-16-32/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 16.33](/codex/proverbs-16-33/) _(5× cited)_

### Chapter 17

- [Proverbs 17.3](/codex/proverbs-17-3/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 17.14](/codex/proverbs-17-14/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 17.22](/codex/proverbs-17-22/) _(5× cited)_

### Chapter 18

- [Proverbs 18.10](/codex/proverbs-18-10/) _(4× cited)_
- [Proverbs 18.13](/codex/proverbs-18-13/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 18.21](/codex/proverbs-18-21/) _(3× cited)_

### Chapter 19

- [Proverbs 19](/codex/proverbs-19/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 19.2](/codex/proverbs-19-2/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 19.17](/codex/proverbs-19-17/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 19.20](/codex/proverbs-19-20/) _(4× cited)_

### Chapter 20

- [Proverbs 20.27](/codex/proverbs-20-27/) _(4× cited)_

### Chapter 21

- [Proverbs 21.1](/codex/proverbs-21-1/) _(9× cited)_
- [Proverbs 21.18](/codex/proverbs-21-18/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 22

- [Proverbs 22.1](/codex/proverbs-22-1/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 22.3](/codex/proverbs-22-3/) _(4× cited)_
- [Proverbs 22.4](/codex/proverbs-22-4/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 22.7](/codex/proverbs-22-7/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 22.15](/codex/proverbs-22-15/) _(12× cited)_

### Chapter 23

- [Proverbs 23.9](/codex/proverbs-23-9/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 23.13-14](/codex/proverbs-23-13-14/) _(4× cited)_
- [Proverbs 23.14](/codex/proverbs-23-14/) _(13× cited)_
- [Proverbs 23.23](/codex/proverbs-23-23/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 23.33](/codex/proverbs-23-33/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 25

- [Proverbs 25.1](/codex/proverbs-25-1/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 25.2](/codex/proverbs-25-2/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 25.21-22](/codex/proverbs-25-21-22/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 25.24](/codex/proverbs-25-24/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 25.28](/codex/proverbs-25-28/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 26

- [Proverbs 26.1](/codex/proverbs-26-1/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 26.4](/codex/proverbs-26-4/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 26.4-5](/codex/proverbs-26-4-5/) _(5× cited)_
- [Proverbs 26.5](/codex/proverbs-26-5/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 26.11](/codex/proverbs-26-11/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 27

- [Proverbs 27.3](/codex/proverbs-27-3/) _(2× cited)_
- [Proverbs 27.6](/codex/proverbs-27-6/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 27.17](/codex/proverbs-27-17/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 28

- [Proverbs 28.13](/codex/proverbs-28-13/) _(11× cited)_
- [Proverbs 28.19](/codex/proverbs-28-19/) _(1× cited)_

### Chapter 30

- [Proverbs 30.3-4](/codex/proverbs-30-3-4/) _(4× cited)_
- [Proverbs 30.4](/codex/proverbs-30-4/) _(3× cited)_
- [Proverbs 30.5](/codex/proverbs-30-5/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 30.8](/codex/proverbs-30-8/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 30.16](/codex/proverbs-30-16/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 30.19](/codex/proverbs-30-19/) _(6× cited)_
- [Proverbs 30.31](/codex/proverbs-30-31/) _(1× cited)_
- [Proverbs 30.32](/codex/proverbs-30-32/) _(3× cited)_

### Chapter 31

- [Proverbs 31](/codex/proverbs-31/) _(5× cited)_
- [Proverbs 31.8-9](/codex/proverbs-31-8-9/) _(9× cited)_
- [Proverbs 31.14](/codex/proverbs-31-14/) _(2× cited)_

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from the Anomalous Humor Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-anomalous-humor-convergence/)

**Passages:**

- [Proverbs 1](/codex/proverbs-1/)
- [Proverbs 1.1](/codex/proverbs-1-1/)
- [Proverbs 1.10](/codex/proverbs-1-10/)
- [Proverbs 1.12](/codex/proverbs-1-12/)
- [Proverbs 1.27](/codex/proverbs-1-27/)
- [Proverbs 1.29](/codex/proverbs-1-29/)
- [Proverbs 1.7](/codex/proverbs-1-7/)
- [Proverbs 1.9](/codex/proverbs-1-9/)
- [Proverbs 10.1](/codex/proverbs-10-1/)
- [Proverbs 10.4](/codex/proverbs-10-4/)
- [Proverbs 11.14](/codex/proverbs-11-14/)
- [Proverbs 11.16](/codex/proverbs-11-16/)
- [Proverbs 11.25](/codex/proverbs-11-25/)
- [Proverbs 12.10](/codex/proverbs-12-10/)
- [Proverbs 12.15](/codex/proverbs-12-15/)
- [Proverbs 12.17](/codex/proverbs-12-17/)
- [Proverbs 12.19](/codex/proverbs-12-19/)
- [Proverbs 12.22](/codex/proverbs-12-22/)
- [Proverbs 13.12](/codex/proverbs-13-12/)
- [Proverbs 13.20](/codex/proverbs-13-20/)
- [Proverbs 13.22](/codex/proverbs-13-22/)
- [Proverbs 13.24](/codex/proverbs-13-24/)
- [Proverbs 13.7](/codex/proverbs-13-7/)
- [Proverbs 13.8](/codex/proverbs-13-8/)
- [Proverbs 14.12](/codex/proverbs-14-12/)
- [Proverbs 14.29](/codex/proverbs-14-29/)
- [Proverbs 14.30](/codex/proverbs-14-30/)
- [Proverbs 14.34](/codex/proverbs-14-34/)
- [Proverbs 15.11](/codex/proverbs-15-11/)
- [Proverbs 15.18](/codex/proverbs-15-18/)
- [Proverbs 15.27](/codex/proverbs-15-27/)
- [Proverbs 15.3](/codex/proverbs-15-3/)
- [Proverbs 16.1](/codex/proverbs-16-1/)
- [Proverbs 16.1-9](/codex/proverbs-16-1-9/)
- [Proverbs 16.18](/codex/proverbs-16-18/)
- [Proverbs 16.2](/codex/proverbs-16-2/)
- [Proverbs 16.23](/codex/proverbs-16-23/)
- [Proverbs 16.27](/codex/proverbs-16-27/)
- [Proverbs 16.28](/codex/proverbs-16-28/)
- [Proverbs 16.3](/codex/proverbs-16-3/)
- [Proverbs 16.32](/codex/proverbs-16-32/)
- [Proverbs 16.33](/codex/proverbs-16-33/)
- [Proverbs 16.4](/codex/proverbs-16-4/)
- [Proverbs 16.5](/codex/proverbs-16-5/)
- [Proverbs 16.9](/codex/proverbs-16-9/)
- [Proverbs 17.14](/codex/proverbs-17-14/)
- [Proverbs 17.22](/codex/proverbs-17-22/)
- [Proverbs 17.3](/codex/proverbs-17-3/)
- [Proverbs 18.10](/codex/proverbs-18-10/)
- [Proverbs 18.13](/codex/proverbs-18-13/)
- [Proverbs 18.21](/codex/proverbs-18-21/)
- [Proverbs 19](/codex/proverbs-19/)
- [Proverbs 19.17](/codex/proverbs-19-17/)
- [Proverbs 19.2](/codex/proverbs-19-2/)
- [Proverbs 19.20](/codex/proverbs-19-20/)
- [Proverbs 2.1-9](/codex/proverbs-2-1-9/)
- [Proverbs 2.10](/codex/proverbs-2-10/)
- [Proverbs 2.18](/codex/proverbs-2-18/)
- [Proverbs 2.6](/codex/proverbs-2-6/)
- [Proverbs 2.9](/codex/proverbs-2-9/)
- [Proverbs 20.27](/codex/proverbs-20-27/)
- [Proverbs 21.1](/codex/proverbs-21-1/)
- [Proverbs 21.18](/codex/proverbs-21-18/)
- [Proverbs 22.1](/codex/proverbs-22-1/)
- [Proverbs 22.15](/codex/proverbs-22-15/)
- [Proverbs 22.3](/codex/proverbs-22-3/)
- [Proverbs 22.4](/codex/proverbs-22-4/)
- [Proverbs 22.7](/codex/proverbs-22-7/)
- [Proverbs 23.13-14](/codex/proverbs-23-13-14/)
- [Proverbs 23.14](/codex/proverbs-23-14/)
- [Proverbs 23.23](/codex/proverbs-23-23/)
- [Proverbs 23.33](/codex/proverbs-23-33/)
- [Proverbs 23.9](/codex/proverbs-23-9/)
- [Proverbs 25.1](/codex/proverbs-25-1/)
- [Proverbs 25.2](/codex/proverbs-25-2/)
- [Proverbs 25.21-22](/codex/proverbs-25-21-22/)
- [Proverbs 25.24](/codex/proverbs-25-24/)
- [Proverbs 25.28](/codex/proverbs-25-28/)
- [Proverbs 26.1](/codex/proverbs-26-1/)
- [Proverbs 26.11](/codex/proverbs-26-11/)
- [Proverbs 26.4](/codex/proverbs-26-4/)
- [Proverbs 26.4-5](/codex/proverbs-26-4-5/)
- [Proverbs 26.5](/codex/proverbs-26-5/)
- [Proverbs 27.17](/codex/proverbs-27-17/)
- [Proverbs 27.3](/codex/proverbs-27-3/)
- [Proverbs 27.6](/codex/proverbs-27-6/)
- [Proverbs 28.13](/codex/proverbs-28-13/)
- [Proverbs 28.19](/codex/proverbs-28-19/)
- [Proverbs 3.1](/codex/proverbs-3-1/)
- [Proverbs 3.1-2](/codex/proverbs-3-1-2/)
- [Proverbs 3.11-12](/codex/proverbs-3-11-12/)
- [Proverbs 3.12](/codex/proverbs-3-12/)
- [Proverbs 3.17](/codex/proverbs-3-17/)
- [Proverbs 3.18](/codex/proverbs-3-18/)
- [Proverbs 3.19](/codex/proverbs-3-19/)
- [Proverbs 3.3](/codex/proverbs-3-3/)
- [Proverbs 3.31](/codex/proverbs-3-31/)
- [Proverbs 3.5](/codex/proverbs-3-5/)
- [Proverbs 3.5-6](/codex/proverbs-3-5-6/)
- [Proverbs 3.5-7](/codex/proverbs-3-5-7/)
- [Proverbs 3.7](/codex/proverbs-3-7/)
- [Proverbs 30.16](/codex/proverbs-30-16/)
- [Proverbs 30.19](/codex/proverbs-30-19/)
- [Proverbs 30.3-4](/codex/proverbs-30-3-4/)
- [Proverbs 30.31](/codex/proverbs-30-31/)
- [Proverbs 30.32](/codex/proverbs-30-32/)
- [Proverbs 30.4](/codex/proverbs-30-4/)
- [Proverbs 30.5](/codex/proverbs-30-5/)
- [Proverbs 30.8](/codex/proverbs-30-8/)
- [Proverbs 31](/codex/proverbs-31/)
- [Proverbs 31.14](/codex/proverbs-31-14/)
- [Proverbs 31.8-9](/codex/proverbs-31-8-9/)
- [Proverbs 4.23](/codex/proverbs-4-23/)
- [Proverbs 4.3](/codex/proverbs-4-3/)
- [Proverbs 4.7](/codex/proverbs-4-7/)
- [Proverbs 5](/codex/proverbs-5/)
- [Proverbs 5.18-20](/codex/proverbs-5-18-20/)
- [Proverbs 6.13](/codex/proverbs-6-13/)
- [Proverbs 6.16-17](/codex/proverbs-6-16-17/)
- [Proverbs 6.18](/codex/proverbs-6-18/)
- [Proverbs 6.34](/codex/proverbs-6-34/)
- [Proverbs 6.35](/codex/proverbs-6-35/)
- [Proverbs 8](/codex/proverbs-8/)
- [Proverbs 8.22](/codex/proverbs-8-22/)
- [Proverbs 8.22-30](/codex/proverbs-8-22-30/)
- [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/)
- [Proverbs 8.8](/codex/proverbs-8-8/)
- [Proverbs 9.1](/codex/proverbs-9-1/)
- [Proverbs 9.10](/codex/proverbs-9-10/)
- [Proverbs 9.18](/codex/proverbs-9-18/)
- [Proverbs 9.7-8](/codex/proverbs-9-7-8/)

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