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"Scripture" can be proverb. There's a whole bit of the Christian Bible helpfully labeled "Proverbs", is there not?

I was intrigued by the idea (elsewhere in the thread) that the root difference is translation from the vulgate vs translation from Greek, though I don't have the background to evaluate the claim. Regardless, absent really good reasoning I'll defer to the KJV, for reasons of historical importance and literary quality. So many phrases in the NIV (and other modern versions) set my teeth on edge.