◄ 1 Kings 4:32 ►
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Good News Translation
He composed three thousand proverbs and more than a thousand songs.

New Revised Standard Version
He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon wrote 3,000 wise sayings and composed more than 1,000 songs.

New American Bible
Solomon also uttered three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.

he spake

Proverbs 1:1-33 To know wisdom, and instruction: . . .

Ecclesiastes 12:9 And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.

Matthew 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

songs

Songs 1:1 Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine,

Context
Solomon's Wisdom
…31And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Dorda, the sons of Mahol, and he was renowned in all nations round about. 32Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.33And he treated about trees, from the cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.…
Cross References
1 Kings 4:33
And he treated about trees, from the cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

Proverbs 1:1
To know wisdom, and instruction:

Proverbs 10:1
Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

Proverbs 25:1
These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezechias, king of Juda, copied out.

Ecclesiastes 12:9
And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.

Songs 1:1
Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine,

1 Kings 4:31
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