Lesson 12 - Proverbs

• Proverbs have been called the shortest art form. They use devices associated with poetry -- rhythm, rhyme, and metaphor.

• Proverbs provide vivid imagery to teach one a life's lesson. 

• Proverbs are an important part of our oral traditions. They are usually similar from one country to another. People are not certain where most proverbs come from. The origin is often lost.Many are very, very old. They may come from the Bible, classical mythology, and from ancient philosophy. The majority of these proverbs came from ordinary people in ordinary situations. 

• The saying, "Don't buy a pig in a poke," originated in the medieval European marketplace, where unscrupulous merchants substituted cats for pigs. A poke was the bag for carrying goods, and naive shoppers, who thought they were buying a pig in a poke, might discover they'd bought a cat instead.

Examples of proverbs:
Never wear two faces under one hat.
You can't have your cake and eat it, too.
If you want to see the valley, you'll have to climb the hills.
A closed mouth catches no flies.

ACTIVITIES:
Create a collection of existing proverbs.
Create original proverbs.
Find 4 proverbs you like in The Book of Proverbs
Memorize these.

SOURCE and resources:
Lyrical Lessons

Answers

A Home Schooling Notebook

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like darkness; they know not on what they stumble.

 

Proverbs 6:12

A scoundrel, a villain, is he who deals in crooked talk.

 

Proverbs 7:4

Say to Wisdom, "You are my sister!" call Understanding, "Friend!"

 

Proverbs 10:25

When the tempest passes, the wicked man is no more; but the just man is established forever.

 

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, disgrace comes; but with the humble is wisdom.

 

Proverbs 11:4

¹ Wealth is useless on the day of wrath, but virtue saves from death.

¹ [4] Wealth . . . death: not what a man is worth but what he is, counts before God.  

Proverbs 11:20

The depraved in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those who walk blamelessly are his delight.

 

Proverbs 11:31

If the just man is punished on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

 

Proverbs 12:4

A worthy wife is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful one is like rot in his bones.

 

Proverbs 12:16

The fool immediately shows his anger, but the shrewd man passes over an insult.

 

Proverbs 15:1

A mild answer calms wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

 

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by virtuous living.

 

Proverbs 19:1

Better a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is crooked in his ways and rich.

 

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and high esteem, than gold and silver.

 

Proverbs 25:11

Like golden apples in silver settings are words spoken at the proper time.

 

Chapter 31:30

⁵ Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting; the woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

⁵ [30] The true charm of the ideal wife is her religious spirit, for she fears the LORD; cf note on Proverb 1:7.

Chapter 31:10

When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls.