Proverbs - Outline

1.       Wisdom                                                                                                                       1:1 – 3:35

A.      The beginning of knowledge                                                                             1:1 – 7

B.      The enticement of sinners                                                                               1:8 – 19

C.      Call for wisdom                                                                                                  1:20 – 33

D.      The value of wisdom                                                                                        2:1 – 22

E.       Trust the Lord                                                                                                    3:1 – 12

F.       Blessed is the one who finds wisdom                                                           3:13 – 35

2.       Father to son                                                                                                            4:1 – 7:27

A.      A father’s instruction                                                                                       4:1 – 27

B.      Warning against adultery                                                                                5:1 – 23

C.      Practical instruction                                                                                          6:1 – 19

D.      More warnings against adultery                                                                    6:20 – 35

E.       Beware the adulteress                                                                                     7:1 – 27

3.       Wisdom – revisited                                                                                                 8:1 - 9:18

A.      Blessings of wisdom                                                                                         8:1 – 36

B.      The way of wisdom                                                                                           9:1 – 12

C.      The way of folly                                                                                                 9:13 – 18

4.       Proverbs of Solomon                                                                                              10:1 – 22:16

5.       The sayings of the wise                                                                                          22:17 – 24:22

6.       More proverbs of Solomon                                                                                   25:1 – 29:27

7.       Teachings of Agur                                                                                                   30:1 – 33

8.       Teachings of Lemue                                                                                               31:1 – 9

9.       The ways of a Godly woman                                                                                31:10 – 31