Books of the Bible / Proverbs
Random Verse from Proverbs
Roll a random verse from Proverbs -- 31 chapters, 915 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.”
Proverbs 20:25
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Proverbs (summary)
Proverbs is book 20 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 31 chapters and 915 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Proverbs compared to other books of the Bible?
Proverbs is the 14th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 915 verses across 31 chapters -- an average of 29.5 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does Proverbs sit among the other Old Testament books?
Proverbs is book 20 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 20 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Proverbs?
Psalms comes directly before it (150 chapters). Ecclesiastes comes directly after it (12 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 915 verses in Proverbs -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.