Here are the top 25 most popular Bible verses in Proverbs. These famous verses are the most searched, used, quoted, and most-read Bible verses in the entire book of Proverbs.
See also: Most Popular Bible Verses in Ecclesiastes
Proverbs 3:1 KJV
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 1:1 KJV
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Proverbs 1:3 KJV
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Proverbs 1:5 KJV
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 1:6 KJV
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs 1:7 KJV
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:8 KJV
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 10:31 KJV
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Proverbs 16:3 KJV
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Proverbs 16:9 KJV
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Proverbs 17:17 KJV
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:21 KJV
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 18:22 KJV
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Proverbs 18:24 KJV
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19:21 KJV
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
Proverbs 2:1 KJV
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 2:3 KJV
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Proverbs 22:6 KJV
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 27:17 KJV
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 3:5 KJV
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 3:6 KJV
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 31:25 KJV
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Proverbs 4:23 KJV
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 1:12 KJV
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Proverbs 1:13 KJV
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
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