Proverb (disambiguation)

Last updated July 29, 2025

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A proverb is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated.

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Proverb or Proverbs may also refer to:

Adages in general
Pro-verb, the pro-form of a verb
The Book of Proverbs, a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament

People

Proverb Jacobs (1935–2016), American football offensive and defensive lineman
Roy Proverbs (1932–2017), English professional soccer player
Gordon Proverbs (born 1924), cricketer for Barbados from 1949 to 1955

Other uses

Proverb (Reich), a musical composition

See also

Search for "proverb" , "pro-verb" , "proverbs" , or "proverb's" on Wikipedia.

List of proverbs
Anti-proverb, distortions of proverbs (adages)
Proverbial name, a type of given name formation in some cultures of Africa
Netherlandish Proverbs, a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
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