Importance of Proverbs in Bible

Proverbs 1

Proverbs 1:2-6
New King James Version (NKJV)

2 To know wisdom and instruction,
To perceive the words of understanding,

3 To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;

4 To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion—

5 A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,

6 To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles.

Discretion Definition

Noun

1. The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offence or revealing confidential information.
2. The freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.

Enigma

Noun

1. A person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand.

Get Wisdom and Escape from

• Calamity
• Terror
• Destruction
• Distress
• Anguish
• Slay
• Destroy

Get Wisdom and 

• Dwell safely
• Be secure
• Eat Godly fruit
• Filled with Godly fancies
• No fear of evil

Proverbs 1:24-33
New King James Version (NKJV)

24 Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
25 Because you disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes,
27 When your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely,
And will be secure, without fear of evil.”

Proverbs 8

Proverbs 8:5-8
New King James Version (NKJV)

4 “To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.
5 O you simple ones, understand prudence,
And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
6 Listen, for I will speak of excellent things,
And from the opening of my lips will come right things;
7 For my mouth will speak truth;
Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are with righteousness;
Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.

Proverbs 8:14
New King James Version (NKJV)

14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, I have strength.

Proverbs 8:35
New King James Version (NKJV)

35 For whoever finds me finds life,
And obtains favor from the Lord;