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

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

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.