Outline of the Book of Proverbs

Proverbs

1. Wisdom for young people  (1:1-9:18)
   1. Prologue: purpose and theme  (1:1-7)
   2. Exhortations to embrace wisdom  (1:8-9:18)
      1. Warning against enticement  (1:8-19)
      2. Warning against rejecting wisdom  (1:20-33)
      3. Moral benefits of wisdom  (2:1-22)
      4. Further benefits of wisdom  (3:1-35)
      5. Wisdom is supreme  (4:1-27)
      6. Warning against adultery  (5:1-23)
      7. Warnings against folly  (6:1-19)
      8. Warning against adultery  (6:20-35)
      9. Warning against the adulteress  (7:1-27)
      10. Wisdom's call  (8:1-36)
      11. Invitations of wisdom and of folly  (9:1-18)
2. Wisdom for all people  (10:1-24:34)
   1. Proverbs of Solomon  (10:1-22:16)
   2. Sayings of the wise  (22:17-24:22)
   3. Further sayings of the wise  (24:23-34)
3. Wisdom for the leaders  (25:1-31:31)
   1. More proverbs of Solomon  (25:1-29:27)
   2. Sayings of Agur  (30:1-33)
   3. Sayings of King Lemuel  (31:1-9)
   4. Epilogue: the wife of noble character  (31:10-31)

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