| Chapter | Verse/s | Verse Summary |
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| 1. | (1-4) | The proverbs of Solomon, to know wisdom and instruction |
| (5-6) | A wise man will hear and will increase learning | |
| (7-9) | Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge | |
| (10-19) | If sinners entice thee consent thou not | |
| (20-23) | How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity | |
| (24-32) | They hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord | |
| (33) | Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely |
| 2. | (1-5) | If thou wilt receive my words, find the knowledge of God |
| (6-9) | The Lord giveth wisdom, then shalt thou understand righteousness | |
| (10-20) | When wisdom entereth into thine heart, discretion shall preserve | |
| (21-22) | The upright shall dwell in the land, the wicked shall be cut off |
| 3. | (1-4) | Forget not my law, length of days, peace shall they add to thee |
| (5-6) | Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, not own understanding | |
| (7-8) | Be not wise in thine own eyes, fear the Lord, depart from evil | |
| (9-10) | Honour the Lord with thy substance, all thine increase | |
| (11-12) | Despise not the chastening of the Lord | |
| (13-18) | Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, that getteth understanding | |
| (19-20) | The Lord by wisdom hath founded the Earth | |
| (21-26) | For the Lord shall be thy confidence | |
| (27-29) | Withhold not good from them to whom it is due | |
| (30) | Strive not with a man without cause, have done thee no harm | |
| (31-32) | Envy thou not the oppressor, choose none of his ways | |
| (33-34) | The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked | |
| (35) | Wise shall inherit glory, shame the promotion of fools |
| 4. | (1-13) | Take fast hold of instruction, for she is thy life |
| (14-19) | Enter not into the path of the wicked, go not in the way of evil men | |
| (20-22) | Incline thine ear unto my sayings, they are life unto those that find | |
| (23-27) | Keep thy heart with all diligence, out of it are the issues of life |
| 5. | (1-2) | Attend unto my wisdom, that thou mayest regard discretion |
| (3-14) | Lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, her end is bitter | |
| (15-20) | Why wilt thou my son be ravished with a strange woman | |
| (21) | The ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord | |
| (22-23) | His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself |
| 6. | (1-3) | If thou be surety for thy friend, snared with words of thy mouth |
| (4-11) | How long wilt thou sleep O sluggard, so shall thy poverty come | |
| (12-15) | A wicked man walketh with a froward mouth, sudden calamity | |
| (16-19) | These six things doth the Lord hate, seven are an abomination | |
| (20-22) | Keep thy father's commandment, forsake not the law of thy mother | |
| (23-26) | The law is light... they keep thee from the evil woman | |
| (27-28) | Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned | |
| (29) | He that goeth in to his neighbor's wife shall not be innocent | |
| (30-35) | Whoso committeth adultery, destroyeth his own soul |
| 7. | (1-5) | Keep my commandments and live |
| (6-23) | I discerned among the youths, there met him a woman | |
| (24-27) | Let not thine heart decline to her ways, her house is the way to hell |
| 8. | (1-3) | Doth not wisdom cry, understanding put forth her voice |
| (4-5) | My voice is to the sons of men, O ye simple understand wisdom | |
| (6-9) | My mouth shall speak truth, words are in righteousness | |
| (10-11) | Wisdom is better than rubies | |
| (12) | I wisdom dwell with prudence...knowledge of witty inventions | |
| (13) | The fear of the Lord is to hate evil | |
| (14-16) | Counsel is mine, by me kings reign, princes rule | |
| (17-19) | Riches and honour are with me, my fruit is better than gold | |
| (20-21) | I lead in the way of righteousness | |
| (22-31) | Lord possessed me in the beginning, before his works of old | |
| (32-36) | Blessed are they that keep my ways, they that hate me love death |
| 9. | (1-6) | Wisdom hath builded her house, whoso is simple let him turn in |
| (7-9) | Reprove not a scorner, rebuke a wise man and he will love thee | |
| (10-12) | Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, thy days multiplied | |
| (13-18) | foolish woman, her guests are in the depths of hell |
| 10. | (1) | A wise son maketh a glad father |
| (2) | Treasures of wickedness profit nothing | |
| (3-32) | Contrast, wise, unwise, righteous and wicked |
| 11. | (1) | False balance is abomination, just weight is his delight |
| (2-3) | Pride brings shame, integrity of the upright shall guide them | |
| (4-6) | Righteousness delivers from death, wicked shall fall | |
| (7-11) | By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, wicked perish | |
| (12-21) | Wicked not unpunished, seed of righteous shall be delivered | |
| (22) | As jewel in swine's snout so is fair woman without discretion | |
| (23-26) | There is that scattereth yet increaseth | |
| (27-28) | Seeking good, mischief, rich and righteous | |
| (29) | He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind | |
| (30-31) | Fruit of the righteous is a tree of life |
| 12. | (1) | Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge |
| (2-3) | Man shall not be established by wickedness, righteous not moved | |
| (4) | A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband | |
| (5-14) | Thoughts actions and words of righteous and wicked compared | |
| (15-16) | The way of a fool is right in his own eyes | |
| (17-23) | Righteous speak truth, lying lips are an abomination | |
| (24) | Diligent shall bear rule, slothful shall be under tribute | |
| (25) | Heaviness in the heart of man, a good word maketh it glad | |
| (26) | Righteous more excellent, way of the wicked seduceth them | |
| (27) | Slothful man roasteth not what is taken in the hunt | |
| (28) | In the way of righteousness is life |
| 13. | (1) | Wise son heareth his father's instruction |
| (2-3) | He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life | |
| (4) | Sluggard desires and has nothing, diligent shall be made fat | |
| (5-6) | A righteous man hateth lying | |
| (7-8) | There is that maketh himself rich yet hath nothing | |
| (9) | Light of the righteous rejoiceth, lamp of wicked put out | |
| (10) | By pride cometh contention | |
| (11) | Wealth gotten by vanity shall diminish | |
| (12) | Hope deferred maketh the heart sick | |
| (13-18) | Good understanding giveth favor, way of transgressor is hard | |
| (19) | It is abomination to fools to depart from evil | |
| (20-21) | Evil pursueth sinners, righteous repaid with good | |
| (22) | A good man leaves inheritance to his children's children | |
| (23) | There is that is destroyed for want of judgment | |
| (24) | He that spareth his rod hateth his son | |
| (25) | Belly of the wicked shall want |
| 14. | (1-24) | There is a way which seemeth right to a man, end are ways of death |
| (25) | A true witness delivereth souls, deceitful speaketh lies | |
| (26-27) | The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life | |
| (28) | In the multitude of people is the king's honour | |
| (29-35) | Righteousness exalteth a nation, sin is a reproach to any people |
| 15. | (1-7) | The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding evil and good |
| (8-12) | The ways of the wicked and their end | |
| (13-28) | The heart of the righteous and the wicked | |
| (29) | The Lord is far from the wicked, heareth prayer of righteous | |
| (30-33) | The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom |
| 16. | (1-9) | The Lord weigheth the spirits |
| (10-15) | Ways of man clean in his own eyes, Lord weigheth the spirits | |
| (16-17) | How much better is it to get wisdom than gold | |
| (18-24) | Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it | |
| (25) | There is a way the seemeth right to a man, end ways of death | |
| (26-30) | Labour, the violent and froward | |
| (31) | Hoary head is crown of glory if in the way of righteousness | |
| (32-33) | He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty |
| 17. | (1) | Dry morsel and quietness better than house full of sacrifices |
| (2) | Wise servant shall have rule over son that causes shame | |
| (3-9) | Words and actions, the Lord trieth the hears | |
| (10-14) | The just, wicked, contention and strife | |
| (15) | He that justifieth the wicked, condemns the just, abomination | |
| (16) | Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom | |
| (17) | A friend loveth at all times | |
| (18-26) | Those void of understanding, froward of heart, fools | |
| (27-28) | He that hath knowledge spareth his words |
| 18. | (1-2) | A man that seeks knowledge, fool has no delight in understanding |
| (3) | When the wicked comes, contempt also comes | |
| (4) | The wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook | |
| (5) | Not good respect person of the wicked to overthrow the righteous | |
| (6-8) | Fool's mouth is his destruction, words of talebearer as wounds | |
| (9) | Slothful is a brother to waster | |
| (10) | The name of the Lord is a strong tower, righteous run to it, are safe | |
| (11-12) | Conceit and the heart of the haughty | |
| (13) | He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, folly | |
| (14) | A wounded spirit who can bear | |
| (15) | Heart of the prudent getteth knowledge | |
| (16) | A man's gift ... bringeth him before great men | |
| (17-19) | Contentions, their source and resolution | |
| (20-21) | Death and life are in the power of the tongue | |
| (22) | Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing | |
| (23) | Poor entreat, rich answer roughly | |
| (24) | Man that hath friends must show himself friendly |
| 19. | (1-3) | Foolishness of man perverteth his way, heart fretteth against Lord |
| (4-19) | Wealth, foolishness, warnings to false witnesses, effect of wisdom | |
| (20-21) | The counsel of the Lord, that shall stand | |
| (22-26) | Fear of the Lord tendeth to life | |
| (27-29) | Cease ... to hear instruction that causeth to err from knowledge |
| 20. | (1-13) | Mockers, judgment of kings, heart of man, abominations |
| (14-17) | Bread of deceit is sweet, afterwards his mouth filled with gravel | |
| (18-25) | How can a man then understand his own way | |
| (26) | Wise king scattereth the wicked | |
| (27) | Spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching the inward parts | |
| (28) | Mercy and truth preserve the king | |
| (29) | Glory of young men is their strength, old men the gray head | |
| (30) | Blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil |
| 21. | (1-5) | The Lord pondereth the hearts |
| (6-7) | Treasures gotten by lying tongue, robbery of the wicked | |
| (8) | As for the pure his work is right | |
| (9) | Better to dwell in corner of housetop than with brawling woman | |
| (10-19) | Actions good and bad and their result, God's involvement | |
| (20-23) | Benefits and result of wisdom and righteousness | |
| (24-29) | Pride, covetousness, lying, wicked contrasted with righteous | |
| (30-31) | No wisdom, nor counsel against the Lord, safety is of the Lord |
| 22. | (1-16) | Situations, circumstances actions contrasted with their result |
| (17-21) | That I make thee know the certainty of the words of truth | |
| (22-23) | Rob not the poor, the Lord will plead their cause | |
| (24-25) | Make no friendship with an angry man, lest thou learn his ways | |
| (26-27) | Be not one of them that are sureties for debts | |
| (28) | Remove not the ancient landmarks thy fathers have set | |
| (29) | Man diligent in business shall stand before kings |
| 23. | (1-3) | When thou sittest to eat with a ruler |
| (4-5) | Labour not to be rich, riches make themselves wings, fly away | |
| (6-8) | Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye | |
| (9) | Speak not in the ears of a fool, will despise the wisdom | |
| (10-11) | Remove not the old landmarks, enter the fields of the fatherless | |
| (12) | Apply thine heart to instruction, thine ears to knowledge | |
| (13-14) | Withhold not correction from the child | |
| (15-16) | If thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice | |
| (17-19) | Let not thine heart envy sinners, be in fear of the Lord all day long | |
| (20-21) | Be not among winebibbers, riotous eaters of flesh | |
| (22) | Hearken unto thy father, despise not thy mother when she is old | |
| (23) | Buy the truth and sell it not | |
| (24-26) | The father if the righteous shall greatly rejoice | |
| (27-28) | A whore is a deep ditch, lieth in wait as for prey | |
| (29-35) | Look not upon the wine when it is red, at last biteth like a serpent |
| 24. | (1-2) | Be not envious against evil men, their heart studieth destruction |
| (3-6) | Through wisdom is a house builded, a wise man is strong | |
| (7-9) | Foolishness and those who devise to do evil | |
| (10) | If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small | |
| (11-12) | If thou forbear to deliver them drawn to death, doth not he know it | |
| (13-14) | Taste of honey compared to knowledge and wisdom to the soul | |
| (15-16) | Lay not wait O wicked man, just man falleth seven times, riseth up | |
| (17-18) | Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, lest the Lord see it | |
| (19-20) | Fret not thyself because of evil men, candle of wicked put out | |
| (21-22) | Meddle not with them given to change, their calamity rise suddenly | |
| (23-26) | It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment | |
| (27) | Prepare thy work without, afterwards build thine house | |
| (28-29) | Be not a witness against thy neighbor, say not I will do to him | |
| (30-34) | I went by the field of the slothful, so shall thy poverty come |
| 25. | (1) | Proverbs of Solomon the men of Hezekiah copied out |
| (2-3) | It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, honour of kings to search | |
| (4-5) | Take away the wicked in the presence of the king | |
| (6-7) | Stand not in the place of great men | |
| (8-13) | Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself | |
| (14) | Whoso boasteth of false gift like clouds, wind without rain | |
| (15-28) | Patience, restraint and good judgment, treatment of others |
| 26. | (1-11) | Fools and wisdom, as dog returneth to vomit so a fool to his folly |
| (12) | Man who is wise in his own conceit | |
| (13-16) | The slothful and the sluggard | |
| (17-28) | Those who meddle, create strife, lying tongue hateth those affected |
| 27. | (1) | Thou knowest not what a day may bring forth |
| (2) | Let another praise thee, not thine own mouth | |
| (3-6) | Fool's wrath, anger, faithful are the wounds of a friend | |
| (7-10) | Being satisfied, keeping one's place, friendship and remembrance | |
| (11-12) | My son be wise, make my heart glad | |
| (13-21) | Relationships, wrong actions, result of one's behavior | |
| (22) | Foolishness will not depart from a fool | |
| (23-27) | Be diligent to know state of thy flocks, riches are not for ever |
| 28. | (1) | Wicked flee when no man pursues |
| (2) | By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged | |
| (3-6) | Evil men understand not judgment, better is the poor that is upright | |
| (7-14) | Those who keep the law, attitudes toward riches, sin | |
| (15-16) | Prince that wanted understanding is a great oppressor | |
| (17-18) | Man that doeth violence, those that walk uprightly, perverse to fall | |
| (19-20) | A faithful man shall abound with blessings | |
| (21) | Respect of persons is not good | |
| (22) | He that hasteth to be rich, considereth not that poverty shall come | |
| (23) | He that rebukes a man has more favor than flatterer | |
| (24) | Whoso robbeth father, mother, companion of destroyer | |
| (25-26) | He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool | |
| (27) | He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack | |
| (28) | When the wicked perish the righteous increase |
| 29. | (1) | Often reproved hardeneth his neck, suddenly destroyed |
| (2) | Rule of the righteous and wicked | |
| (3) | Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father | |
| (4) | King's judgment and influence of gifts | |
| (5-6) | In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare | |
| (7) | Righteous and wicked's attitude toward the poor | |
| (8) | Effect on a city of scornful and wise men | |
| (9-12) | Foolish, bloodthirsty, ruler who listens to lies | |
| (13) | The Lord lighteneth both their eyes | |
| (14-26) | Effect of being righteous, correction, anger and pride | |
| (27) | He that is upright is an abomination to the wicked |
| 30. | (1) | The words of Agur, even the prophecy |
| (2-3) | I neither learned wisdom, nor have knowledge of the holy | |
| (4-6) | Every word of God is pure, add thou not unto them | |
| (7-9) | Two things have I required of thee, deny me them not before I die | |
| (10) | Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee | |
| (11-14) | There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes | |
| (15-17) | Three things that are never satisfied, four say not it is enough | |
| (18-20) | Three things too wonderful for me, four which I know not | |
| (21-23) | For three things Earth disquieted, four it cannot bear | |
| (24-28) | Four things little upon the Earth but exceeding wise | |
| (29-31) | Three things which go well, four are comely in going | |
| (32) | If thou hast done foolishly, lay thine hand upon thy mouth | |
| (33) | Forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife |
| 31. | (1-9) | Words of king Lemuel, that his mother taught him |
| (10-31) | Who can find a virtuous woman, price is far above rubies |