Opus 2024-327: Specific Laws Mentioned in Proverbs

This looks like a long post but most of it is documentation that is not intended to be read.  All you need to look at is the first few paragraphs unless you want to see where I get my information.

One of the thought trails I am following involves the totally different attitude toward the Law as expressed by Paul and David.  I have a theory that will have to develop or die as I read through references to the law in the Old and New Testaments.  I am looking for specific laws that are mentioned outside of their listing in the Torah.  The Rabbis claim there are 613 laws Jews are required to follow.  I think Paul was a rabbi and was trained by them.  It seems to me that if these laws are so vital they would be mentioned more than once, not just in Leviticus.

I have just finished Proverbs because I read it once a month.  I am in the process in Psalms and the rest of the Bible is hit or miss at this point.  Here is a summary of the laws I found mentioned specifically or at least as a category.

Lies, 12x
Parents, 8x
Theft, 5x
Adultery, 5x
Sacrifices, 4x
Murder, 3x
Land, 3x
Usuary, 1x
Coveting, 1x
God’s name in vain, 1x

Notice that most of the references are found in the Ten Commandments.  Sacrifices were usually a general topic rather than a specific type.

If you are bored enough to read through the rest and find others I missed, let me know.

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Chapter
1.  Parents, theft, murder
3.  Firstfruits
4.  Parents
5.  Adultery
6.  Lies, theft, murder, adultery
7.  Adultery
9.  Theft
11. Theft
12. Lies
13. Parents
14. Lies
15. Sacrifices
17. Sacrifices, lies
19. Lies
20. Lies, Parents
21. Sacrifice, lies
22. Land
23. Land, parents, adultery
24. Lies
25. Lies
26. Lies
28. Parents, usury, coveting, murder
29. Land, murder, lies, theft
30. Lie, God’s name in vain, parents, adultery
31. Parents


Proverbs 1:8 (KJV) My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 1:13 (KJV) We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Proverbs 1:18 (KJV) And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

Proverbs 2, none

Proverbs 3:9 (KJV) Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Proverbs 4:3 (KJV) For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.

Proverbs 5:20 (KJV) And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 6:17 (KJV) A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:19 (BES) An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

Proverbs 6:24 (KJV) To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Proverbs 6:29 (KJV) So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 6:30 (KJV) [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

Proverbs 6:32 (KJV) [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Proverbs 7:18 (KJV) Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. Proverbs 7:19 (KJV) For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:

Proverbs 8, none

Proverbs 9:17 (KJV) Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 10, none

Proverbs 11:1 (KJV) A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.

Proverbs 12:5 (KJV) The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

Proverbs 12:22 (KJV) Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.

Proverbs 13:1 (KJV) A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke

Proverbs 14:5 (KJV) A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Proverbs 15:8 (KJV) The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.

Proverbs 15:20 (KJV) A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 16, none

Proverbs 17:1 (KJV) Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.

Proverbs 17:7 (KJV) Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Proverbs 18, none

Proverbs 19:9 (KJV) A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.

Proverbs 19:26 (KJV) He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.


Proverbs 20:17 (NASB95) Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 20:19-20 (NASB95) 19 He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not associate with a gossip. 20 He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness.

Proverbs 20:23 (NASB95) Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false scale is not good.

Proverbs 21:3 (KJV) To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21:6 (KJV) The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Proverbs 21:27 (KJV) The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

Proverbs 22:28 (KJV) Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Proverbs 23:10 (NASB95) Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless,

Proverbs 23:22 (NASB95) Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:27 (NASB95) For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.

Proverbs 24:19 (KJV) Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;

Proverbs 24:23 (KJV) These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Proverbs 24:28 (KJV) Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.

Proverbs 25:18 (KJV) A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 26:28 (KJV) A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 27:13 (KJV) Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Proverbs 28:7 (KJV) Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.

Proverbs 28:8 (KJV) He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Proverbs 28:16 (KJV) The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.

Proverbs 28:17 (KJV) A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

Proverbs 28:24 (KJV) Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.

Proverbs 29:4 (KJV) The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

Proverbs 29:10 (KJV) The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

Proverbs 29:12 (KJV) If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.

Proverbs 29:24 (KJV) Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.

Proverbs 30:8 (KJV) Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Proverbs 30:9 (KJV) Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].

Proverbs 30:11 (KJV) [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

Proverbs 30:17 (KJV) The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Proverbs 30:20 (KJV) Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

Proverbs 31:2 (KJV) What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

Proverbs 31:9 (KJV) Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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