The

Book
of
Proverbs
Mason Barber

Overview
Proverbs is the chief volume in the biblical
collection of wisdom scripture. It is part of the
Old Testament, and includes 31 chapters.
Proverbs purpose was to teach rather than to
narrate the time Before Christ. Each chapter
of the Old Testament is comprised of 20 to 30
wise sayings and thoughts. The sayings in The
Book of Proverbs are often directed and
addressed to young people looking for wisdom
or in the process of becoming wise.

Chapters 1 - 5
1

Purpose of
The
the Proverbs Blessings of
of Solomon
Wisdom
The Path of
the Wicked:
Greed and
Violence
Wisdom In
a Person
Gives a
Warning

3
Confidence
In God
Leads To
Prosperity
The
Benefits of
Finding
Wisdom
Justice
Toward
Ones
Neighbor
Brings
Blessing

The
Warning
Teacher As
Against
Model
Adultery
Disciple
The Two
Ways
With Your
Whole Being
Heed My
Words And
Live

Chapters 6 - 10
6

Against
The
Going Surety Seduction
For Ones
Neighbor
The Ant and
The Sluggard
at Harvest
The
Scoundrel
What The
Lord Rejects
Warning
Against
Adultery

The
Discourse of
Wisdom

The Two
Women
Invite
Passerby To
Their
Banquet
Woman
Wisdom
Issues Her
Invitation
Miscellaneo
us Aphorisms
Woman Folly
Issues Her
Invitation

10
The
Proverbs of
Solomon
Love
Covers All
Offenses

Chapters 11 - 15
11
A Day Of
Wrath Is An
Unforeseen
Disaster

12
Whoever
Loves
Discipline
Loves
Knowledge

13

14

15

Preserve
Themselves
Must Pay
For It

The
Relationship
Between
Wisdom

One Must
Accept The
Tradition Of
Community
The Sages
Favor
Wealth Over
Poverty

Chapters 16 - 20
16
Plans Are
Made In
Human
Hearts
Even The
Wicked Do
Not Lie
Outside
Gods Plan

17

18

19

20

Ability Is
Esteemed
More Highly
Than Ties Of
Blood

One Grows
In Wisdom
By Listening
To Others
Words
Express A
Persons
Thought

Wisdom
Benefits The
One Who
Practices It

A Claim To
Sinlessness
Can Be
Merely SelfDeception
Human
Judgments
Are Not
Ultimate

Chapters 21 - 25
21
Assembly
Of The
Shades

22

23

The Wise
See Dangers
Before They
Are
Engulfed By
Them
Whereas
Fools

Do Not
Force
Yourself On
An Unwilling
Host
Do Not
Waste Your
Wisdom On
Those Who
Cannot
Profit From It

24
The Just
Will
Overcome
Every
Misfortune
That
Oppresses
Them

25
Wisdom
Involves
Virtue As
Well As
Knowledge

Chapters 26 - 31
26

27

28

29

30

Honor For
A Fool Is
Out Of
Place

The Bird
Symbolize
s
Vulnerabili
ty As It
Flees From
Danger
Do Not
Boast
About
Tomorrow,
For You Do
Not Know
What Any
Day May
Bring
Forth

Understa
nding
Nothing
Of Justice
Those
Who Seek
The Lord
Understan
d
Everything

When
One
Addresses
Deceptive
Words To
Someone's
Face, One
Equivalent
ly Throws
A Net At
Their Feet

A Prayer
Against
Lying
Words And
For
Sufficiency
of Goods,
Lest
Reaction
To Riches
Or
Destitutio
n Lead To
Offenses
Against
God

31
Laugh At
The Days
To Come
The True
Charm of
This
Woman Is
Her
Religious
Spirit, For
She Fears
The Lord