Abstract
Aim: This paper discusses the language of religion as a discourse with the application of proverbs chapter. The paper examines the graphological features, the semantic features and the discourse cohesive devices in the text, proverbs chapter nine.
 Methods: The graphological features analyzed are the punctuation marks, indentation and capitalization. The cohesive relations examined are the lexical devices and the grammatical devices: the lexical devices include synonym; collocational converse; antonym and repetition. The grammatical devices are anaphora, cataphora, substitutions and conjunctions. The analysis is in this paper is done using the systemic grammar approach.
 Results: The semantic interpretation in the text is achieved through the use of proverbs and figures of speech.
 Conclusion: The analysis portrays and demonstrates language use in religion in general and proverbs chapter nine in particular.
 Recommendation: The authors recommend that researchers in linguistics and discourse analysis should conduct further researches in other areas of the language of religion to create awareness in religious language discourse.
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