Proverbs: chapter summaries

Short sayings on wisdom, work, words, and daily life.

31 chapters · Old Testament

1. 1 Wisdom’s call; avoid bad company
2. 2 The rewards of seeking wisdom
3. 3 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
4. 4 A father’s counsel: guard your heart
5. 5 Faithfulness in marriage
6. 6 Debt, laziness and warnings
7. 7 Warning against the adulteress
8. 8 Wisdom calls aloud
9. 9 Wisdom’s feast and folly’s invitation
10. 10 Proverbs of Solomon: the righteous and the wicked
11. 11 Honest scales and generosity
12. 12 Loving instruction; truthful speech
13. 13 Instruction, speech, and hope deferred
14. 14 Wise and foolish ways; a way that seems right
15. 15 A soft answer
16. 16 Plans and the Lord’s guidance
17. 17 Quietness, friendship and strife
18. 18 Listening, words and a strong tower
19. 19 Integrity, poverty and counsel
20. 20 Wine, honesty and diligence
21. 21 The Lord weighs the heart
22. 22 A good name; train up a child
23. 23 Warnings on rich food, wealth, and wine
24. 24 Do not envy the wicked; the sluggard’s field
25. 25 Hezekiah’s collection: a word fitly spoken
26. 26 Fools, sluggards and gossips
27. 27 Do not boast of tomorrow; friendship
28. 28 The righteous are bold
29. 29 Correction, justice and trust in the Lord
30. 30 The words of Agur
31. 31 Lemuel’s words; the capable wife