Some proverbs are best known from the King James Bible. Here are some of them:
- Whom the Lord loveth he correcteth (3:12).
- Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise (6:6).
- Wisdom is better than rubies (8:11).
- A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband (12:4).
- He that spareth his rod hateth his son (13:24).
- Righteousness exalteth a nation (14:34).
- A soft answer turneth away wrath (15:1).
- Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith (15:17).
- A word spoken in due season, how good is it (15:23)!
- Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall (16:18).
- A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity (17:17).
- A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches (22:1).
- Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it (22:6).
- Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth (27:1).
- Faithful are the wounds of a friend (27:6).
- A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike (27:15).
- He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent (28:20).
- Where there is no vision, the people perish (29:18).
- Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies (31:10).
- In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. (3:6).