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Overview
Proverbs
A. Solomon's Book of Proverbs)
1. The Reasons for Proverbs (Pr 1:1-7)
a. Prologue (Pr 1:1-7)
I.) Instruction and exhortation to sons [OR] The Beginning of Knowledge [OR] Prologue : Purpose and Theme [OR] The Usefulness of Proverbs [OR] The use of the proverbs given by Solomon (Pr 1:1)
A.) Prologue (Pr 1:2)
B.) An Exhortation To Fear God And Believe His Word (Pr 1:7)
B. Exhortations to Wisdom (Pr 1:8-9:18)
1. Listen to Wisdom (Pr 1:8-33)
A.) Warnings Against Following Sinners (Pr 1:8-19)
B.) Shun Evil Counsel [OR] Exhortations To Embrace Wisdom ; Warning Against Enticement [OR] The Enticement Of Sinners [OR] Warnings Against Evil Companions (Pr 1:8)
C.) To Avoid The Enticings Of Sinners (Pr 1:10)
D.) Wisdom Personified (Pr 1:20-33)
E.) The Call Of Wisdom [OR] Warning Against Rejecting Wisdom [OR] Wisdom Warns [OR] The Call Of Wisdom [OR] Wisdom Complains That She Is Scorned (Pr 1:20)
F.) She Threatens Those Who Despise Her (Pr 1:24)
2. The Benefit of Wisdom (Pr 2:1-22)
A.) What Happens When Wisdom is Followed (Pr 2:1-4:27)
B.) The Value Of Wisdom [OR] Moral Benefits Of Wisdom [OR] The Pursuit Of Wisdom Brings Security [OR] The Value Of Wisdom [OR] Wisdom Promises Goss To Her Children (Pr 2:1)
C.) Safety From Evil Company (Pr 2:10)
D.) And Direction In Good Ways (Pr 2:20)
3. Using Wisdom (Pr 3:1-35)
A.) Guidance For The Young [OR] Further Benefits Of Wisdom [OR] The Rewards Of Wisdom [OR] Admonition To Trust And Honor God [OR] An Exhortation To Obedience (Pr 3:1)
B.) To Faith (Pr 3:5)
C.) To Humility (Pr 3:7)
D.) To Devotion (Pr 3:9)
E.) To Patience (Pr 3:11)
F.) The True Wealth [OR] The Happy Gain Of Wisdom (Pr 3:13)
G.) God's Wisdom In Creation [OR] The Power (Pr 3:19)
H.) The True Security [OR] And The Benefits Of Wisdom (Pr 3:21)
I.) An Exhortation To Charity (Pr 3:27)
J.) Peaceableness (Pr 3:30)
K.) And Contentment (Pr 3:31)
L.) The Cursed State Of The Wicked (Pr 3:33)
4. Cherish Wisdom (Pr 4:1-9)
A.) What Happens When Folly is Followed (Pr 4:1-7:27)
B.) Security In Wisdom [OR] Wisdom Is Supreme [OR] A Father's Instruction [OR] Parental Advice [OR] Solomon, To Persuade Obedience (Pr 4:1)
C.) Shows The Instruction He Had From His Parents (Pr 4:3)
D.) To Be Diligent In Seeking Wisdom (Pr 4:5)
5. Stay on the Path of Wisdom (Pr 4:10-19)
A.) Admonition To Keep To The Right Path (Pr 4:10)
B.) And To Shun The Path Of The Wicked (Pr 4:14)
6. Stay Focused on Wisdom (Pr 4:20-27)
A.) He Exhorts To Faith (Pr 4:20)
B.) And Sanctification (Pr 4:23)
7. Avoid Adultery (Pr 5:1-23)
A.) The Peril Of Adultery [OR] Warning Against Adultery [OR] Pitfalls Of Immorality [OR] Warning Against Impurity And Infidelity [OR] Solomon Exhorts To The Study Of Wisdom (Pr 5:1)
B.) He Shows The Folly Of Dissipation And Riot (Pr 5:3)
C.) He Exhorts To Contentment, Liberality, And Chastity (Pr 5:15)
D.) The Wicked Are Overtaken By Their Own Sins (Pr 5:22)
8. Avoid Disaster (Pr 6:1-19)
A.) Dangerous Promises [OR] Warnings Against Folly [OR] Parental Counsel [OR] Practical Admonitions [OR] Against Guaranteeing A Friend's Liabilities (Pr 6:1)
B.) The Folly Of Indolence [OR] Idleness (Pr 6:6)
C.) The Wicked Man [OR] And Willful Mischief-Making (Pr 6:12)
D.) Seven Things Hateful To God (Pr 6:16)
9. More Advice About Avoiding Adultery (Pr 6:20-7:27)
A.) Beware Of Adultery [OR] Warning Against Adultery [OR] The Blessings Of Obedience (Pr 6:20)
B.) The Damage Done By Licentiousness (Pr 6:25)
C.) Warning Against The Adulteress [OR] The Wiles Of The Harlot [OR] The False Attractions Of Adultery [OR] Solomon Reasons For A Sincere Familiarity With Wisdom (Pr 7:1)
D.) The Crafty Harlot [OR] In An Example Which He Has Known (Pr 7:6)
E.) He Shows The Cunning Of A Harlot (Pr 7:10)
F.) And The Desperate Simplicity Of Her Young Victim (Pr 7:22)
G.) He Pleads For Abstaining From Such Wickedness (Pr 7:24)
10. Wisdom's Announcement (Pr 8:1-11)
A.) Wisdom Calls (Pr 8:1-9:12)
I.) In praise of wisdom [OR] The Excellence of Wisdom [OR] Wisdom's Call [OR] The Commendation of Wisdom [OR] The Gifts of Wisdom [OR] The fame (Pr 8:1)
A.) And Evidence Of Wisdom (Pr 8:6)
B.) The Excellency (Pr 8:10)
11. Wisdom's Authority (Pr 8:12-21)
A.) The Nature (Pr 8:12)
B.) The Power (Pr 8:15)
C.) The Riches (Pr 8:18)
12. Wisdom as Creator (Pr 8:22-31)
A.) Wisdom's Part In Creation [OR] And The Eternity Of Wisdom (Pr 8:22)
13. Wisdom as Lifegiver (Pr 8:32-36)
A.) Wisdom Is To Be Desired For The Blessedness It Brings (Pr 8:32)
14. Wisdom Hosts a Banquet (Pr 9:1-6)
A.) The Way Of Wisdom [OR] Invitations Of Wisdom And Of Folly [OR] Wisdom's Invitation [OR] Wisdom's Feast [OR] The Disci (Pr 9:1)
B.) And Doctrine Of Wisdom (Pr 9:4)
15. Wisdom Prolongs Life (Pr 9:7-12)
A.) General Maxims (Pr 9:7)
16. Stupidity Imitates Wisdom's Banquet [9:13-10:1a] (Pr 9:13-10:1)
A.) Folly Calls (Pr 9:13-18)
B.) The Way Of Folly [OR] Folly's Invitation And Promise [OR] The Custom And Error Of Folly (Pr 9:13)
C. The Proverbs of Solomon (Pr 10:1-22:16)
I.) Wise Sayings of Solomon [OR] The Folly of Wickedness; the Wisdom of Righteousness [OR] Contrast of the Righteous and the Wicked [OR] Contrast the Upright and the Wicked [OR] On Life and Conduct [OR] Proverbs of Solomon [OR] Sayings of the Wise [OR] Varied observations on moral virtues and their contrary vices (Pr 10:1)
1. A Wise Son Is Righteous [10:1b-7] (Pr 10:2-7)
2. Proverbs Concerning the Mouth (Pr 10:8-23)
3. Righteous People Contrasted to Wicked People (Pr 10:24-32)
4. The Value of Righteousness (Pr 11:1-12:28)
5. A Wise Son Lives Righteously (Pr 13:1-25)
6. Wise People Live Righteously (Pr 14:1-33)
7. Wise Ways to Live (Pr 14:34-15:19)
8. A Wise Son Brings Blessings to Others (Pr 15:20-33)
9. Wisdom's Blessings Come From the LORD (Pr 16:1-24)
10. Words of Advice to a Wise Son (Pr 16:25-17:6)
11. The Consequences of Being a Fool (Pr 17:7-24)
12. How Fools Live (Pr 17:25-18:8)
13. How to Avoid Fools and Foolishness (Pr 18:9-19:12)
14. A Foolish Son Brings Ruin to Others (Pr 19:13-25)
15. Foolproof Instructions (Pr 19:26-20:30)
I.) Warnings and instructions [OR] On Life and Conduct [OR] Varied observations on moral virtues and their contrary vices [OR] Precepts and Warnings [OR] Varied observations on moral virtues and their contrary vices [OR] Further Sayings of the Wise (Pr 20:1)
16. The LORD Controls Wise and Foolish People (Pr 21:1-22:16)
17. Listen to My Advice (Pr 22:17-21)
(a. Epilogue (Pr 22:17-24:22))
D. Proverbs, the Sequel)
1. Living With Your Neighbor (Pr 22:22-23:11)
a. More Sayings of the Wise (Pr Appendix 1) (Pr 22:23-34)
A.) Further Wise Sayings Of Solomon ? More Proverbs Of Solomon (Pr 23:1)
2. Learning From Your Father (Pr 23:12-24:22)
3. Learning From Wise People (Pr 24:23-25:1)
a. Proverbs of Solomon Copied by Hezekiah's Men (Pr Appendix 2) (Pr 25:1-29:27)
4. Advice for Kings (Pr 25:2-28)
A.) And About Avoiding Causes Of Quarrels (Pr 25:8)
5. All About Fools (Pr 26:1-28)
A.) Similitudes, Instructions [OR] Observations About Fools (Pr 26:1)
B.) About Sluggards (Pr 26:13)
C.) And About Quarrelsome Busybodies (Pr 26:17)
6. All About Life [27:1-30:1a] (Pr 27:1-30:1)
A.) Warnings And Instructions [OR] Observations On Self-Love (Pr 27:1)
B.) On True Love (Pr 27:5)
C.) And On Care To Avoid Offenses (Pr 27:11)
D.) Warnings And Instructions [OR] Observations On Impiety And Religious Integrity (Pr 28:1)
E.) Of Wealth And Poverty (Pr 28:19)
F.) Warnings And Instructions [OR] Observations On Public Government (Pr 29:1)
G.) And On Control In Private Affairs (Pr 29:15)
H.) Of Anger, Pride, Thievery, Cowardice, And Corruption (Pr 29:22)
E.
The Sayings of Agur (Pr Appendix 3) (Pr 30:1-33)
I.) The words of Agur [OR] The Wisdom of Agur [OR] Sayings of Agur [OR] The Words of Agur [OR] Sayings of Agur [OR] Agur's confession of faith (Pr 30:1)
1. Agur Speaks About God [30:1b-6] (Pr 30:2-6)
2. A Prayer (Pr 30:7-9)
A.) The Two Points Of His Prayer (Pr 30:7)
3. Against Slander (Pr 30:10-)
A.) The Most Menial Are Not To Be Wronged (Pr 30:10)
4. Four Kinds of People (Pr 30:11-14)
A.) Four Wicked Generations (Pr 30:11)
5. Human Bloodsuckers [30:15a] (Pr 30:15-)
A.) Four Things Insatiable (Pr 30:15)
6. Four Things That Are Never Satisfied [30:15b-16] (Pr 30:16-)
7. Disrespectful Children-Their Punishment (Pr 30:17-)
A.) Parents Are Not To Be Despised (Pr 30:17)
8. Four Things of Intrigue (Pr 30:18-19)
A.) Four Things Hard To Be Known (Pr 30:18)
9. About the Woman Who Commits Adultery (Pr 30:20-)
10. Four Things That Are Intolerable (Pr 30:21-23)
A.) Four Things Intolerable (Pr 30:21)
11. Four Things That Are Small-Yet Smart and Strong (Pr 30:24-28)
A.) Four Things Exceedingly Wise (Pr 30:24)
12. Four Things That Move With Dignity (Pr 30:29-31)
A.) Four Things Stately (Pr 30:29)
13. Keep Calm and Quiet (Pr 30:32-31:1)
A.) Wrath Is To Be Prevented (Pr 30:32)
F. The Sayings of King Lemuel (Pr Appendix 4) (Pr 31:1-31)
I.) The words of King Lemuel [OR] The Words of King Lemuel's Mother [OR] Sayings of King Lemuel [OR] The Words of Lemuel [OR] The Teaching of King Lemuel's Mother [OR] Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance (Pr 31:1)
1. Advice to a Prince (Pr 31:2-9)
A.) The Afflicted Are To Be Comforted And Defended (Pr 31:6)
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2. A Poem in Hebrew Alphabetical Order (Pr 31:10-31)
A.) The Virtuous Wife [OR] Epilogue : The Wife Of Noble Character [OR] Description Of A Worthy Woman [OR] Ode To A Capable Wife [OR] The Praise And Characteristics Of A Good Wife (Pr 31:10)
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