Major Topical Themes in Proverbs

Avoiding Adultery in Proverbs

Proverbs 2:16-20; 5:1-23; 6:24-35; 7:1-27; 9:13-18; 22:14;

 23:26-28; 29:3; 30:20; 31:2-3

Anger/Controlling Anger

Proverbs 15:1; 15:18; 16:32; 17:1; 17:14; 17:19; 17:27; 18:18-19; 19:11-12; 19:19; 20:3; 20:22; 24:29; 25:21-22; 25:28; 27:4;

29:8-9; 29:11; 29:22; 30:32-33

Authority, Being Under

Proverbs 10:8; 10:17; 11:29; 12:1; 13:1; 13:18; 15:5; 15:10; 15:12;15:31-32; 16:14-15; 17:2; 17:10-11; 19:20; 19:27; 20:2;

20:6; 20:8; 20:11; 20:30; 21:1; 22:11; 25:2-7; 27:18

Authority, Insights for Exercising

Proverbs 12:24; 17:10-11; 20:6; 20:8; 20:30; 22:11; 25:2; 25:5;

28:21; 29:12; 29:19; 29:21

Borrowing/Lending

Proverbs 6:1-3; 17:18; 20:16; 22:7; 27:13; 22:26-27

Broken Relationships

Proverbs 6:16-19; 17:9; 17:14; 17:19; 18:1; 18:19

Business Relationships, Insights for

Proverbs 10:6-13; 10:18; 11:13; 12:5-6; 12:13; 12:15-18; 12:20-21; 12:23; 13:7; 13:16-17; 14:8; 14:16; 16:27-30; 17:4;

17:9; 17:19-20; 17:24; 18:1-2; 18:23; 19:4; 19:6; 20:6; 20:8;  20:14; 20:19; 20:28; 21:8; 21:29; 22:10-11; 23:1-3; 23:6-8; 25:5; 26:6; 26:10; 26:24- 28; 28:21; 29:5; 29:12; 29:19; 29:21

Children, for; concerning parents, family

Proverbs 1:8-9; 6:20-23; 10:1; 11:29; 13:1; 15:5; 15:20;17:6; 17:17; 17:21; 17:25; 18:19; 19:13-14; 19:26-27; 20:20; 22:15; 22:28; 23:22; 23:24-25; 27:8; 27:10; 28:7; 28:24; 29:3; 30:17

Companions & Friends

Proverbs 2:10-11; 2:20; 4:14-19; 13:20; 16:28; 17:12; 17:17;

18:24; 19:4; 19:6-7; 20:19; 22:24-25; 23:17-21; 24:1-2

Counselors

Proverbs 1:5; 11:14; 12:5: 12:15; 15:22; 19:20-21; 20:18; 25:5;

25:5; 27:9; 29:12

Days of Trouble

Proverbs 6:1-5; 17:17; 24:10; 27:10

Diligence

Proverbs 6:6-11; 10:4; 10:5; 10:26; 12:11; 12:24; 12:27; 13:4;

13:11; 14:4; 15:19; 16:26; 17:2; 18:9; 19:15; 19:24; 20:4; 20:13; 21:5; 21:17; 21:25-26; 22:13; 22:29; 24:10; 24:27; 24:30-34; 25:2; 25:13; 26:13-16; 27:23; 28:19; 30:24-28

Drink

Proverbs 20:1; 21:17; 23:20-21; 23:29-35; 31:4-7

Fear of the Lord, the

Proverbs 1:7; 1:29; 2:3-5; 3:7-8; 8:13; 9:10; 10:27; 14:2;15:16;

15:33; 16:6; 19:23; 22:4; 23:17-19; 24:21; 28:5; 28:14; 29:25-26

Gluttony

Proverbs 21:17; 23:20-21; 25:16; 27:7; 28:7

God Sees

Proverbs 5:21; 15:3; 15:11; 16:2; 17:3; 20:27; 21:2

Gossip & Slander

Proverbs 11:9; 12:6; 16:27-28; 17:5; 17:9; 18:6; 18:8; 19:1;

20:19; 2:10; 25:9-10; 25:23; 26:20-23

Greed

Proverbs 11:6; 12:12; 20:21; 21:5; 21:20; 21:20; 23:4; 27:20;

27:20; 8:20; 30:15-16

Happiness

Proverbs 13:12; 13:19; 15:30; 17:22

Hate

Proverbs 10:12; 12:10

Heart, the / Human Spirit / Innermost Person

Proverbs 4:20-21; 4:23; 10:20; 12:20; 15:13; 15:15; 15:30; 16:1-2; 16:5; 16:21-23; 17:3; 17:22; 18:12; 18:14; 19:3; 19:20;

20:5; 20:27; 21:1-2; 22:11; 23:12; 24:11-12; 24:17-18; 24:19-20; 27:19; 28:14; 29:1

Honesty

Proverbs 3:27-32; 10:2; 11:1; 13:3; 13:11; 14:2; 14:5; 15:27;

16:6; 16:8; 16:11; 17:2; 17:8; 17:23; 20:21; 21:3;21:6-8; 22:22-23; 24:23- 26; 28:3; 28:6; 28:8; 31:8-9

Ill-gotten Gain

Proverbs 11:4; 11:16-18; 11:28; 13:11; 15:16; 15:27; 17:8;

20:17; 20:21; 21:5-7; 21:14; 28:6; 28:8; 28:20

Listen

Proverbs 1:5; 12:15; 13:1; 13:10; 13:13; 17:4; 17:10; 18:1-2;

18:13; 20:5; 23:12

Lord, the

Proverbs 2:6-8; 3:3-4; 3:11; 5:21; 6:16-19; 15:3; 15:11; 15:29;

16:1-2; 16:9; 16:11; 16:33; 17:3; 18:10; 18:24; 19:17; 18:21; 20:12;20:22; 20:24; 20:27; 21:3; 21:30-31; 22:2; 22:12; 24:17-18; 30:5-6

Love

Proverbs 10:12; 12:10; 15:17; 17:9; 17:17; 27:5

Loyalty

Proverbs 17:17; 19:22; 20:6; 20:28; 21:21; 27:6; 27:10

Nation, Principles of a

Proverbs 28:2; 28:12; 28:15-17; 28:28; 29:2; 29:4; 29:12;

29:14; 29:16; 29:18

Parents, for

Proverbs 13:24; 14:1; 17:6; 19:18; 20:7; 22:6; 23:13-14; 29:15;

29:17

Plans/Planning, good & evil

Proverbs 4:26-27; 15:26; 16:2; 16:9; 16:25; 16:33; 19:2; 19:21;

20:22; 21:27; 24:8-9

Poor, Caring for the

Proverbs 10:15; 11:24-26; 13:23; 15:25; 17:5; 19:4; 19:7; 19:17; 21:13; 22:9; 22:16; 22:22-23; 24:11-12; 28:3; 28:27;

31:8-9

Pride

Proverbs 11:2; 12:9; 13:10; 15:25; 15:33; 16:5; 16:18-19; 18:12; 21:4; 21:24; 22:4; 25:6-7; 25:27; 26:12; 27:1-2; 28:11;

28:25; 29:23; 30:2-4; 30:21-23; 30:29-33; 31:30

Rebellion

Proverbs 15:10; 17:11; 18:1; 19:3

Reproof

Proverbs 10:17; 12:1; 13:1; 13:18; 15:5; 15:10; 15:12;

15:31-32; 17:10; 19:20; 19:27; 20:30; 23:12

Reputation

Proverbs 6:32-33; 9:7; 10:7; 20:11; 22:1; 27:14; 27:21

Sin & Confession

Proverbs 20:9; 28:13

Speech & Conversation

Proverbs 9:7-9; 10:10-11; 10:13-14; 11:9: 11:11; 11:13; 12:13-14; 12:16-19; 12:22-23; 12:25; 13:2-3; 14:3; 14:5; 15:1-2; 15:4; 15:7; 15:23; 15:26; 15:28; 16:1; 16:10; 16:13; 16:21; 16:23-24; 16:27; 17:5; 17:7; 17:9; 17:27-28; 18:4; 18:13; 18:17; 18:20-21; 20:3; 20:25 21:23; 22:11; 23:9; 24:26; 25:8-10; 25:11-15; 25:20; 26:4-5; 26:17; 26:18-19; 28:23; 29:20

Those Not to be Trusted

Proverbs 2:11-22; 3:31-32; 6:12-15; 10:6; 10:11-13; 10:18; 11:13; 12:15-18; 13:16; 16:27-30; 17:4; 17:9; 17:11; 17:19-20; 17:24; 18:1- 2; 20:14; 21:29; 22:10; 22:8; 22:26; 23:1-3; 23:6-9; 26:6; 26:10; 26:24-28; 27:6; 29:5

Wife, the Right Woman

Proverbs 5:15-19; 11:16; 11:22; 12:4; 14:1; 18:22; 21:9; 21:19; 25:24; 27:15-16; 30:18-19; 31:10-31

Cause & Effect: How to Get What You Want… God’s Way

Achievement/Goals

Proverbs 2:7; 6:6-8; 8:12-16; 11:5; 11:23; 12:24; 13:2; 13:13;

15:22; 16:3; 16:9; 16:12; 16:20; 17:2; 17:20; 19:8; 19:21; 20:18; 20:24; 21:5; 21:22; 21:28; 21:30-31; 22:29; 24:5-6; 24:27; 25:4-5; 25:15; 29:4; 29:14;

God’s Blessing

Proverbs 3:33-34; 4:23-27; 8:35; 10:6; 11:17; 11:31; 12:2;

12:12; 13:21; 14:14; 18:22; 22:9; 25:21-22; 28:20;

Connections & Access

Proverbs 18:16; 19:4; 19:6; 22:11; 22:29;

Deliverance from evil

Proverbs 2:7-22; 6:20-24; 7:1-5; 10:19; 14:3; 18:10; 21:23; 22:5; 22:24-25;

Friendship

Proverbs 17:9; 27:6; 27:9-10;

Guidance

Proverbs 3:5-6; 4:11-12; 8:12-18; 11:3; 12:5;  

Happiness

Proverbs 3:13-18; 3:13-18; 8:32-34; 12:14; 12:20; 14:21;

15:13; 15:15; 15:30; 16:20; 23:15-16;

Happy Home

Proverbs 18:22; 19:14; 19:18; 20:7; 22:6; 22:15; 23:13-14;

27:11; 29:3; 29:15;