#oldtestament #proverbs #hub #Biblestudy #overview # 📖 Proverbs > [!info] Info > [[#📖 Summary of Book]] > [[#🧭 Theme Verse]] > [[#🧭 Major Themes]] > [[#📅 Outline of Book]] > **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]** > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]] > [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]] ## 📖 Summary of Book > The book of Proverbs is a collection of wise sayings and instructions for living a godly, skillful life. It emphasizes the fear of the Lord as the foundation of true wisdom and offers practical guidance on relationships, speech, work, and integrity. Written primarily by Solomon, it encourages readers to pursue wisdom and avoid the path of folly. --- ## 🧭 Theme Verse > --- ## 🧭 Major Themes - --- ## 📅 Outline of Book | Section Title | Chapters | |:--------------|:---------| | (First Big Section) | Chapters #–# | | (Second Big Section) | Chapters #–# | | (Third Big Section) | Chapters #–# | --- ## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes - [[Proverbs 01]] - [[Proverbs 02]] - [[Proverbs 03]] - [[Proverbs 04]] - [[Proverbs 05]] - [[Proverbs 06]] - [[Proverbs 07]] - [[Proverbs 08]] - [[Proverbs 09]] - [[Proverbs 10]] - [[Proverbs 11]] - [[Proverbs 12]] - [[Proverbs 13]] - [[Proverbs 14]] - [[Proverbs 15]] - [[Proverbs 16]] - [[Proverbs 17]] - [[Proverbs 18]] - [[Proverbs 19]] - [[Proverbs 20]] - [[Proverbs 21]] - [[Proverbs 22]] - [[Proverbs 23]] - [[Proverbs 24]] - [[Proverbs 25]] - [[Proverbs 26]] - [[Proverbs 27]] - [[Proverbs 28]] - [[Proverbs 29]] - [[Proverbs 30]] - [[Proverbs 31]] --- ## 🙏 Devotional Reflections - --- ## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights The literary genre of Proverbs is wisdom proverb literature. This type of literary genre is not intended to be truths that happen all the time regardless. They are not meant to be read like you would read the words of Jesus in the Gospels or the didactic letters of Paul or Peter. These are meant to be generally true statements when all things are equal. Therefore, the results can vary from time to time depending on the various details of the situation. * For example, there is a verse that says to not answer a fool immediately followed by a verse that says to answer a fool. So, what do we do? The answer is: It depends. The writer is telling us that sometimes the situation calls for an answer and sometimes things are best left alone. You have to factor in all the other proverbs to come to a full understanding of what to do. That is where wisdom is learned. The Proverbs equation: Knowledge + Understanding = Wisdom