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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?”
1 Samuel 24:13, 14
As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you. / Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
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!
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.
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.’”
Proverbs 1:17
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
Ezekiel 12:22, 23
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’? / 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 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’? / As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. / Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
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.’
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.
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.
Luke 4:23
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 6:44
For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.
Luke 14:34
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
John 1:46
“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.