The Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is a father's handbook of wisdom for everyday life, teaching that the fear of Yahweh is where true knowledge begins. Walk through all 31 chapters with notes, lessons, and questions.
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Whole-Book Overview
Proverbs: the whole story — the fear of Yahweh, the call of wisdom, and a thousand sayings for daily life.
Open overview → Chapter 1The Fear of the Lord Begins Wisdom
Solomon opens his proverbs with their purpose, then Wisdom herself cries out, warning the simple to choose her.
Open study → Chapter 2Search for Wisdom Like Treasure
If you seek wisdom like hidden treasure, you will find the knowledge of God and walk a guarded, righteous path.
Open study → Chapter 3Trust in the Lord With All Your Heart
The father calls his son to trust Yahweh wholeheartedly, honor him, and treasure wisdom above silver and gold.
Open study → Chapter 4Get Wisdom, Guard Your Heart
A father passes down the wisdom he received, urging his sons to get wisdom and guard the heart above all.
Open study → Chapter 5Faithfulness and the Adulteress
The father warns his son of the adulteress's deadly path and calls him to rejoice in the wife of his youth.
Open study → Chapter 6Warnings Against Folly and Sin
The father warns against rash pledges, laziness, troublemaking, and the deadly fire of adultery.
Open study → Chapter 7The Seductive Woman and the Simple Youth
A father urges his son to treasure wisdom and warns him with a vivid scene of seduction and ruin.
Open study → Chapter 8Lady Wisdom Lifts Her Voice
Wisdom cries out in the public square, offering truth, riches, and life to all who will receive her.
Open study → Chapter 9Two Invitations, Two Houses
Wisdom and Folly each build a house and call to the simple, but their tables lead to opposite ends.
Open study → Chapter 10The Wise and the Wicked Contrasted
Solomon's proverbs set the righteous against the wicked through speech, work, and the destinies they reap.
Open study → Chapter 11Integrity, Generosity, and the Fruit of Righteousness
These proverbs commend honesty, humility, and generosity, contrasting the upright's security with the ruin of the treacherous.
Open study → Chapter 12The Rooted Life Endures
The righteous take root and stand, while the wicked are overthrown and their words destroy.
Open study → Chapter 13Guard Your Words and Walk
The wise heed instruction, guard their mouths, and reap life, while the reckless court ruin.
Open study → Chapter 14Wisdom Builds, Folly Tears Down
The wise build their house and fear Yahweh, while folly, anger, and pride invite collapse.
Open study → Chapter 15A Gentle Answer and Watching Eyes
Gentle words turn away wrath, and Yahweh's eyes watch everywhere, weighing the heart's true thoughts.
Open study → Chapter 16Yahweh Directs Our Steps
People make their plans, but Yahweh weighs the heart, directs the steps, and rules every outcome.
Open study → Chapter 17Peace, Friendship, and the Tested Heart
Solomon prizes quiet peace over strife, faithful friendship in adversity, and the cheerful, even-tempered heart Yahweh refines.
Open study → Chapter 18The Power of the Tongue
Solomon weighs the deadly and life-giving power of words, the pride that precedes ruin, and the safety found in Yahweh.
Open study → Chapter 19Integrity, the Poor, and God's Counsel
Solomon esteems poverty with integrity, kindness to the poor as lending to Yahweh, and his counsel above all human plans.
Open study → Chapter 20Honesty, Justice, and Guided Steps
Solomon condemns dishonest scales, commends integrity and patient waiting on Yahweh, who directs every human step.
Open study → Chapter 21The King's Heart in God's Hand
Solomon declares Yahweh weighs every heart, prizes justice over sacrifice, and overrules all plans for his victory.
Open study → Chapter 22A Good Name and Wise Words
A good name outranks riches, the rich and poor share one Maker, and the words of the wise begin.
Open study → Chapter 23Guard Your Heart and Appetite
The wise teacher warns against greed, gluttony, drunkenness, and lust, and pleads, give me your heart.
Open study → Chapter 24Wisdom Builds and Sustains
Wisdom builds a house, strengthens the weary, rescues the perishing, and refuses to gloat over a fallen enemy.
Open study → Chapter 25Apples of Gold, Coals of Fire
Hezekiah's men preserve Solomon's proverbs on kings, fitting words, self-restraint, and kindness to enemies.
Open study → Chapter 26Fools, Sluggards, and Gossips
Solomon's proverbs expose the fool's folly, the sluggard's excuses, and the gossip's quiet, destructive whispers.
Open study → Chapter 27Faithful Wounds of a Friend
Solomon weighs true friendship, honest rebuke, and the careful diligence that watches over daily work.
Open study → Chapter 28The Righteous Bold as a Lion
Solomon contrasts the wicked and the righteous, exposing oppression, greed, and the mercy found in confession.
Open study → Chapter 29When the Righteous Thrive
Solomon shows how justice, correction, and humility build up a people while pride and folly tear them down.
Open study → Chapter 30The Words of Agur
Agur confesses his ignorance, exalts God's flawless word, and marvels at wonders too great for him.
Open study → Chapter 31A Worthy Woman Who Fears God
A mother charges her royal son, then Proverbs praises the worthy woman whose worth far exceeds rubies.
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