WisdomProverbs 8:1–36
The Excellence of Wisdom
Proverbs 8 presents personified Wisdom as a speaker who calls publicly, describes the truth and value of her words, and urges people to listen carefully.
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WisdomWisdomProverbs 9:1–12
The Way of Wisdom
Proverbs 9:1–12 presents Wisdom as a speaker who calls people to leave simplicity and learn.
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WisdomProverbs 9:13–18
The Way of Folly
This wisdom passage warns that foolishness can sound appealing. It presents a loud invitation, tempting words about secret pleasure, and then reveals the grave-like end that the listener does not notice at first.
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WisdomProverbs 10:1–32
Solomon’s Proverbs: The Wise Son
Proverbs 10 opens a set of Solomon’s proverbs by placing two paths side by side. These short sayings compare wisdom and folly in family life, work, speech, correction, and the outcomes that follow.
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WisdomProverbs 11:1–31
Dishonest Scales
Proverbs 11 presents linked sayings about honest dealing, character, speech, mercy, generosity and consequences.
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WisdomProverbs 12:1–28
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
Proverbs 12 collects wise sayings about correction, character, speech, work and relationships.
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WisdomProverbs 13:1–25
A Father’s Discipline
Proverbs 13 gathers short sayings that compare wisdom and folly in everyday life. It highlights listening, speech, work, honesty, advice, companions and careful discipline, showing that choices have different outcomes.
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WisdomProverbs 14:1–35
The Wise Woman
Proverbs 14 gathers short sayings that compare wisdom and folly. The chapter moves from home life to speech, choices, work, neighbours and public life, showing that wise living is practical, truthful and shaped by the fear of Yahweh.
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WisdomProverbs 15:1–33
A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath
Proverbs 15 gathers short sayings about speech, correction, inner attitudes and the fear of Yahweh.
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WisdomProverbs 16:1–33
The Reply of the Tongue Is from the LORD
Proverbs 16 gathers wise sayings about plans, words, justice, pride and self-control. The chapter repeatedly places human choices under Yahweh’s rule, showing that wisdom is not only what people decide but how they live before him.
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WisdomProverbs 17:1–28
Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
Proverbs 17 is a chain of wise sayings about peace, family, speech, justice and self-control.
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WisdomProverbs 18:1–24
The Selfishness of the Unfriendly
Proverbs 18 is a collection of wise sayings about selfishness, words, justice, security and friendship.
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WisdomProverbs 19:1–29
The Man of Integrity
Proverbs 19 gathers wise sayings that compare better and worse ways to live. The chapter keeps returning to integrity, truthful speech, teachability, kindness and reverence for Yahweh, so readers must weigh what kind of person each proverb describes.
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WisdomProverbs 20:1–30
Wine Is a Mocker
Proverbs 20 gathers short sayings about self-control, work, honesty, speech and justice. Read as wisdom, not as one story, these lines show that choices, words and hidden motives all matter before Yahweh.
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WisdomProverbs 21:1–31
The King’s Heart
Proverbs 21 is a chain of wisdom sayings about power, pride, work, speech, relationships and worship.
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WisdomProverbs 22:1–16
A Good Name
These proverbs compare reputation, money, choices, speech and treatment of others. Read together, they show that wisdom values character, caution, generosity and justice more than personal gain.
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WisdomProverbs 22:17–29
Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Proverbs 22:17–29 urges the learner to receive wisdom carefully. These sayings join attentive listening with trust in Yahweh, truthful speech, justice for vulnerable people, caution in relationships and debts, and skill in work.
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WisdomProverbs 23:1–35
True Riches
Proverbs 23 strings together wise sayings that test appearances. Rich food, quick wealth, flattering hospitality, sexual temptation and sparkling wine may look attractive, yet the passage keeps urging restraint, truth, instruction and a steady heart.
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WisdomProverbs 24:1–22
Do Not Envy
Proverbs 24:1-22 teaches how to respond to wickedness, trouble, wisdom, enemies and authority.
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WisdomProverbs 24:23–34
Further Sayings of the Wise
These sayings move through fairness, truthful speech, wise priorities and the danger of laziness.
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WisdomProverbs 25:1–28
More Proverbs of Solomon
Proverbs 25 gathers sayings linked with Solomon and copied in Hezekiah’s time. The chapter moves through rulers, speech, conflict, friendship and self-control, using vivid comparisons to show how wisdom appears in everyday words and actions.
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WisdomProverbs 26:1–28
Similitudes and Instructions
Proverbs 26 strings together sharp comparisons about fools, lazy habits and harmful speech.
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WisdomProverbs 27:1–27
Do Not Boast about Tomorrow
Proverbs 27 is a collection of wisdom sayings, not one continuous story. The chapter moves through speech, friendship, caution, character and provision, using brief comparisons to show how wise living can be recognised.
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WisdomProverbs 28:1–28
The Boldness of the Righteous
Proverbs 28 contrasts the way of the righteous with the way of the wicked. It speaks about courage, justice, wealth, rulers, confession, work and generosity, showing that different choices lead to very different outcomes.
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