Old TestamentPoetry
Proverbs
31Chapters
915Verses
32Notes
123Reflections
BOOK INTRODUCTION
Content for this section will be added before launch — a brief introduction to Proverbs, its themes, authorship, and place in the biblical canon.
ALL CHAPTERS31 chapters
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24
Chapter 1 opens the book with a statement of purpose and ...
2
2
Chapter 2 continues the father-son discourse with an exte...
3
42
Chapter 3 presents a sweeping paternal discourse on obedi...
4
13
Chapter 4 narrows focus to the single theme of acquiring ...
5
5
Chapter 5 shifts from general wisdom to a specific and ur...
6
25
Chapter 6 is a miscellaneous collection of warnings addre...
7
16
Chapter 7 presents the final and most elaborate narrative...
8
1
Chapter 8 provides the climactic counterpart to the tempt...
9
23
Chapter 9 concludes the discourse section (chapters 1-9) ...
10
Chapter 10 opens the first major aphoristic collection (c...
11
2
Chapter 11 continues the aphoristic collection with susta...
12
22
Chapter 12 develops the twin themes of discipline and its...
13
1
Chapter 13 explores themes of work, wealth, desire, and t...
14
14
Chapter 14 broadens perspective to include the household ...
15
14
Chapter 15 focuses intensely on speech and the emotional ...
16
4
Chapter 16 shifts toward themes of divine providence and ...
17
14
Chapter 17 continues exploring wisdom in relationships an...
18
2
Chapter 18 focuses on themes of self-knowledge, the power...
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4
Chapter 19 explores themes of poverty and wealth, the con...
20
22
Chapter 20 offers counsel on various social and personal ...
21
16
Chapter 21 continues to explore the themes of divine prov...
22
13
Chapter 22 concludes the first Solomonic collection (10:1...
23
126
Chapter 23 opens the "Words of the Wise" section (22:17-2...
24
110
Chapter 24 concludes the "Words of the Wise" section with...
25
14
Chapter 25 opens the Hezekiah collection (25:1-29:27) and...
26
33
Chapter 26 focuses extensively on the fool and the scoffe...
27
5
Chapter 27 explores themes of friendship, self-knowledge,...
28
2
Chapter 28 emphasizes themes of righteousness and wickedn...
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23
Chapter 29 concludes the Hezekiah collection with observa...
30
Chapter 30 presents the words of Agur son of Jakeh, descr...
31
13
Chapter 31 concludes the book with two sections: the word...