proverbs outline

1. The Beginning of Knowledge (1:1-7)

2. The Way of Wisdom (1:8-9:18)

a. Appeals and Warnings (1:8-33)

i. The Enticement of Sin (1:8-19)

ii. Wisdom Calls Aloud (1:20-33)

b. Wisdom (2:1-4:27)

i. The Benefits of Wisdom (2:1-22)

ii. Trust in the LORD with All Your Heart (3:1-12)

iii. The Blessings of Wisdom (3:13-35)

iv. A Father’s Instruction (4:1-27)

c. Folly (5:1-7:27)

i. Avoiding Immorality (5:1-23)

ii. Warnings against Foolishness (6:1-19)

iii. Warnings against Adultery (6:20-35)

iv. Warning about the Adulteress (7:1-27)

d. Appeals to Wisdom (8:1-9:18)

i. The Excellence of Wisdom (8:1-36)

ii. The Way of Wisdom (9:1-12)

iii. The Way of Folly (9:13-18)

3. Solomon's Proverbs (10:1-22:16)

a. The Wise Son (10:1-32)

b. Dishonest Scales (11:1-31)

c. Loving Discipline and Knowledge (12:1-28)

d. A Father’s Discipline (13:1-25)

e. The Wise Woman (14:1-35)

f. A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath (15:1-33)

g. The Reply of the Tongue Is from the LORD (16:1-33)

h. Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness (17:1-28)

i. The Selfishness of the Unfriendly (18:1-24)

j. The Man of Integrity (19:1-29)

k. Wine is a Mocker (20:1-30)

l. The King’s Heart (21:1-31)

m. A Good Name (22:1-16)

4. Thirty Sayings of the Wise (22:17-24:22)

5. Further Sayings of the Wise (24:23-34)

6. Hezekiah's Collection of Solomon's Proverbs (25:1—29:27)

7. The Words of Agur (30:1-33)

8. The Sayings of King Lemuel (31:1-9)

9. The Virtues of a Noble Woman (31:10-31)