The most popular Bible verses from Proverbs

Found 915 Verses

Proverbs 3:5

Bible Rank: 28

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding NIV

Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. AMP

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. KJV

Proverbs 22:6

Bible Rank: 109

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. NIV

Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph. 6:4; II Tim. 3:15.] AMP

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. KJV

Proverbs 1:7

Bible Rank: 525

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. NIV

The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning and the principal and choice part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; but fools despise skillful and godly Wisdom, instruction, and discipline. [Ps. 111:10.] AMP

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. KJV

Proverbs 31:10

Bible Rank: 555

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. NIV

A capable, intelligent, and virtuous woman--who is he who can find her? She is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls. [Prov. 12:4; 18:22; 19:14.] AMP

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. KJV

Proverbs 14:12

Bible Rank: 564

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. NIV

There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death. AMP

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. KJV

Proverbs 4:23

Bible Rank: 729

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. NIV

Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. AMP

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. KJV

Proverbs 30:5

Bible Rank: 915

"Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him." NIV

Every word of God is tried and purified; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him. [Ps. 18:30; 84:11; 115:9-11.] AMP

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. KJV

Proverbs 27:17

Bible Rank: 932

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. NIV

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend [to show rage or worthy purpose]. AMP

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. KJV

Proverbs 29:18

Bible Rank: 1,028

Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed are those who heed wisdom's instruction. NIV

Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish; but he who keeps the law [of God, which includes that of man]--blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he. [I Sam. 3:1; Amos 8:11, 12.] AMP

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. KJV

Proverbs 23:7

Bible Rank: 1,049

For he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. NIV

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost]. AMP

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. KJV