A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations. / A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.

To write or utter proverbs. / To name in, or as, a proverb. / To provide with a proverb.

plural of proverb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proverb

A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims.

present participle of proverb

simple past tense and past participle of proverb

Of or relating to proverbs; proverbial.

(Christianity) A woman who meets the ideal of womanhood described in Proverbs 31; a virtuous woman according to Christian standards

plural of anti-proverb