Proverbs Topics

Proverbs Topics
[Based on Stephen Voorwinde, Wisdom for Today’s Issues (P & R Publishing, 1996). ]

• Alcohol (Prov. 20:1; 21:17; 23:19-21; 23:29-35; 31:4-7)
• Anger (Prov. 6:34; 14:17, 29; 15:1, 18; 16:14, 32; 19:11, 19; 22:24-25; 27:4; 29:8; 29:22; 30:33)
• Bribery (Prov. 17:8, 17:23; 21:14; 29:4)
• Counsel (Prov. 1:25, 30-33; 8:14; 12:15; 13:10; 15:22; 19:20-21; 20:18; 21:30; 27:9)
• Deceit (Prov. 4:24; 10:10; 12:5, 17, 20; 14:8; 16:30; 26:24-27; 27:6; 30:7-8)
• Discipline of Children (Prov. 3:11, 12; 13:1, 24; 15:5; 19:18; 20:30; 22:6, 15; 23:13-14; 29:15, 17)
• Discipline – General (Prov. 12:1; 13:18; 15:10, 31-32; 16:22; 17:10; 19:20, 27; 23:12; 29:1)
• Education (Prov. 1:7-9; 2:4-6; 4:10-13; 8:10-11, 33; 9:9; 10:17; 15:14; 18:15; 21:11; 23:12, 23; 27:17; 29:19)
• The Fool – General (Prov. 1:7, 32; 8:5-6; 10:10, 18; 11:29; 13:19; 16:22; 17:7, 12, 16, 21, 25, 28; 18:2, 6-7; 19:1, 10, 13, 29; 20:3; 23:9; 24:7; 26:1-12; 27:3, 22; 29:20)
• The Fool vs. the Prudent, the Righteous, and the Wise (Prov. 3:35; 10:1, 8, 14, 21, 23; 12:15-16; 12:23; 13:16, 20; 14:3, 7-9, 16, 24, 33; 15:2, 5, 7, 14, 20; 17:10, 24; 21:20; 28:26; 29:9, 11)
• Friends/Neighbors (Prov. 22:11; 24:28-29; 25:17-18; 26:18-19; 27:6, 14, 17)
• Giving (Prov. 3:27-28; 11:24-25; 14:31; 19:17; 21:25-26; 22:9; 28:27)
• Guidance (Prov. 3:5-6; 11:3, 14; 14:12; 16:25, 33; 20:18, 24; 24:5-6)
• The Home (Prov. 3:33; 11:29; 12:7; 14:1, 11; 15:6, 17, 25, 27; 17:1-2, 17; 18:19; 19:13-14; 21:9, 12; 24:3-4; 27:8; 29:21)
• Honesty (Prov. 11:1; 16:11; 20:6, 7, 10, 17, 23; 25:19)
• Honor (Prov. 3:16, 35; 8:18; 10:7; 11:16; 12:8-9, 16; 15:33; 18:3, 12; 20:3, 29; 21:12; 22:1, 4; 25:27; 26:1, 8; 27:2, 21; 29:23)
• Justice (Prov. 8:15; 18:5, 17-18; 21:3, 15; 22:22-23, 28; 23:10-11; 24:11-12, 23-26; 28:5, 21; 29:26-27; 31:8-9)
• Kindness/Lovingkindness/Mercy/Loyalty (Prov. 3:3-4; 11:17; 14:22; 16:6; 19:22; 20:6, 28; 21:21; 31:26)
• Laziness (Prov. 6:6-11; 10:4-5, 26; 12:24, 27; 13:4; 14:23; 15:19; 19:15, 24; 20:4, 13; 21:25-26; 22:13; 24:30-34; 26:13-16; 31:27)
• Listening (Prov. 5:1-4, 13; 8:6-9, 32-36; 13:1; 15:31-32; 17:4; 18:13; 19:20, 27; 22:17-18; 23:22; 28:9)
• Lying (Prov. 6:12, 16-19; 10:18; 12:17, 19, 22; 13:5; 14:5, 25; 17:4, 7; 19:5, 9, 22; 20:17; 21:6, 28; 25:14, 18; 26:28; 29:12; 30:5-8)
• Parents (Prov. 1:8-9; 3:1-2; 4:1-6; 6:20-24; 10:1; 13:1; 15:5, 20; 17:6, 21, 25; 19:13-14, 26; 20:7, 20; 22:6; 23:22-25; 27:11; 28:7, 24; 29:3, 15; 30:11, 17)
• Plans (Prov. 15:22, 26; 16:1, 3, 30; 19:21; 20:5, 18; 21:5; 24:8-9)
• The Poor (Prov. 3:34; 10:4, 15; 13:7-8, 23; 14:20-21, 31; 15:15; 16:19; 17:5; 18:23; 19:1, 4, 17, 22; 21:13, 17; 22:2, 7, 9, 16, 22-23; 28:3, 6, 8, 11, 15, 27; 29:7, 13, 14; 30:14; 31:1, 8-9, 20)
• Pride (Prov. 8:13; 11:2; 15:25; 16:5, 18-19; 18:12; 21:24; 28:25; 29:23; 30:13)
• Protection (Prov. 2:7-8; 3:25-26; 10:24-25, 29-30; 11:8; 12:21; 14:26, 32; 15:3; 18:10; 19:16; 22:3, 5; 30:5)
• Scoffers (Prov. 1:22; 3:34; 9:7-8, 12; 13:1; 14:6, 9; 15:12; 19:25, 29; 21:11, 24; 22:10; 24:9; 29:8)
• Self-Control (Prov. 14:17, 29-30; 15:18; 16:32; 17:14, 27-28; 19:11, 19; 20:3; 21:23; 22:24-25; 25:28; 29:8, 11, 20, 22; 30:32-33)
• Truth (Prov. 3:3-4; 8:6-7; 12:17, 19; 14:22, 25; 16:6; 20:28; 22:20-21; 23:23; 29:14)
• Violence (Prov. 1:10-19; 3:30-32; 4:14-17; 10:6; 11:16; 13:2; 16:29; 21:7; 24:1-2; 26:6; 29:10; 30:14)
• Woman/Wife (Prov. 11:16, 22; 12:4; 14:1; 18:22; 19:13, 14; 21:9, 19; 25:24; 27:15-16; 31:10-31)