PROVERBS Outline with Links to Commentaries

The Way of Wisdom (1:1-9:18)

Wisdom, Discipline and Understanding, Proverbs 1:1-33

1. Purpose and Theme (1:1-7)
2. Wisdom for My Son (1:8-19)
3. Warnings Against Rejecting Wisdom (1:20-33)

Moral Benefits of Wisdom, Proverbs 2:1-22

1. The Lord Gives Wisdom (2:1-9)
2. Wisdom Will Save You (2:10-22)

Wisdom's Instructions and Benefits, Proverbs 3:1-35

1. My Teaching and Commands in Your Heart (3:1-8)
2. The Lord Disciplines Those He Loves (3:9-26)
3. The Lord Detests a Perverse Man (3:27-35)

Hold Onto Wisdom, Proverbs 4:1-27

1. Teach Children Wisdom (4:1-9)
2. Straight Paths (4:10-19)
3. Health to a Man's Whole Body (4:20-27)

Warning Against Adultery, Proverbs 5:1-23

1. Enticing to Sin (5:1-6)
2. It Leads to Ruin (5:7-14)
3. In Full View of the Lord (5:15-23)

Warning Against Folly, Proverbs 6:1-35

1. Humbly Free Yourself (6:1-6)
2. Sluggard & Villain (6:7-19)
3. The Prostitute Reduces You to a Loaf of Bread (6:20-35)

Warning Against the Adulteress, Proverbs 7:1-27

1. They Keep You From the Wayward Wife (7:1-5)
2. The Trap (7:6-20)
3. The Slaughter (7:21-27)

Wisdom Calls Out, Proverbs 8:1-36

1. The Value of Wisdom (8:1-11)
2. To Fear the Lord is to Hate Evil (8:12-21)
3. The Lord Brought Me Forth First (8:22-36)

Invitations of Wisdom and Folly, Proverbs 9:1-27

1. Wisdom's Invitation (9:1-12)
2. Folly's Invitation (7:13-27)

Solomon's Proverbs (10:1-22:16)

Proverbs of Solomon, Proverbs 10:1-32

1. A Wise Son (10:1-11)
2. He Who Heeds Discipline (10:12-22)
3. The Fear of the Lord Adds Length to Life (10:23-32)

The Righteous and the Wicked, Proverbs 11:1-31

1. Comparison (11:1-11)
2. Attaining Live and Death (11:12-22)
3. Generosity (11:23-32)

Good Man Good Woman, Proverbs 12:1-32

1. A Wife of Noble Character (12:1-9)
2. The Righteous Man and the Fool (12:10-16)
3. The Righteous Man and the Lazy Man (12:17-28)

Pretend Riches and Poverty, Proverbs 13:1-25

1. Words of Life and Death (13:1-7)
2. Shine Brightly (13:8-16)
3. Bring Healing (13:17-25)

Hard Work Brings Profit, Proverbs 14:1-35

1. The Witness (14:1-9)
2. The Simple and the Wise (14:10-21)
3. A Wise Servant (14:22-35)

Better a Little With..., Proverbs 15:1-33

1. The Eyes, the Tongue, and the Lips (15:1-9)
2. To Welcome Death and Destruction (15:10-21)
3. The Lord is... (15:22-33)

Thirty-Three One Sentence Proverbs, Proverbs 16:1-33

1. The First Eleven (16:1-11)
2. The Second Eleven (16:12-22)
3. The Third Eleven(16:23-33)

The LORD Tests the Heart, Proverbs 117:1-28

1. The LORD Tests the Heart (17:1-9)
2. Drop the Matter Before... (17:10-21)
3. A Cheerful Heart is Good Medicine (17:22-28)

The Tongue Has the Power of Life and Death, Proverbs 18:1-24

1. A Fool's Lips and Mouth (18:1-9)
2. The Heart, the Ears (18:10-15)
3. A Mouth, the Tongue (18:16-24)

The Lord's Purpose Prevails, Proverbs 19:1-29

1. The Purposes of a Man's Heart are Deep Waters (19:1-9)
2. Kindness to the Poor = Lends to the Lord (19:10-19)
3. The Lord's Purpose Prevails (19:20-29)

Wisdom for Work, Proverbs 20:1-30

1. Differing Weights (20:1-10)
2. Wait for the Lord and He will Deliver (20:11-20)
3. The Lamp of the Lord (20:21-30)

The Righteous One, Proverbs 21:1-31

1. Within is Without (21:1-10)
2. The Righteous One (21:11-20)
3. The Pursue is On (21:21-31)

The Lord is the Maker of All, Proverbs 22:1-16

1. The Lord, The Maker (22:1-10)
2. The Sluggard Says (22:11-16)

The Saying of the Wise (22:17-24:34)

The Eyes of the Lord, Proverbs 22:17-23:35

1. Pay Attention to the Wise (22:17-29)
2. A Prudent Man (23:1-8)
3. A Generous Man (23:9-16)
4. Sayings of the Wise Part 2 (23:17-35)

Rescue Those Bering Lead to Death, Proverbs 24:1-34

Rescue Those Being Led Away to Death (24:1-10)
1. Fret Not Evil Men (24:11-22)
2. Further Saying of the Wise (24:23-34)

Hezekiah's collection of Solomon's Proverbs (25:1-29:27)

Agur, King Lemuel and the Ideal Wife (30:1-31:31)