Proverbs Movement
Prologue and Extended Instruction
Proverbs opens by defining wisdom’s purpose, foundation, and path. The fear of the Lord is named as the beginning of discernment, and wisdom is introduced through parental instruction, public warning, disciplined pursuit, moral protection, warnings against violent companions and sexual folly, and competing invitations from Wisdom and Folly. Chapters 1–9 prepare the reader to enter the sayings collection with the right posture: teachability, reverence, restraint, guarded speech, guarded desire, and a willingness to follow the way that leads to life.
Ordered Pericopes
Reading Path
Follow the movement in order, or begin at a specific pericope in the canonical Proverbs reader.
- PRO-001 The Purpose of Proverbs 1:1–7
- PRO-002 A Father’s Warning About Violent Companions 1:8–19
- PRO-003 Wisdom Calls and Warns 1:20–33
- PRO-004 The Pursuit and Protection of Wisdom 2:1–22
- PRO-005 Trust in the Lord and Accept Discipline 3:1–12
- PRO-006 Wisdom’s Worth and the Straight Path 3:13–35
- PRO-007 A Father’s Counsel to Seek Wisdom 4:1–9
- PRO-008 Guard Your Heart and Walk the Straight Way 4:10–27
- PRO-009 Warning Against the Adulteress 5:1–23
- PRO-010 Warnings Against Harmful Commitments and Paths 6:1–19
- PRO-011 A Father’s Warning About Adultery 6:20–35
- PRO-012 The Snare of Seduction 7:1–27
- PRO-013 Wisdom’s Call and Wisdom’s Claims 8:1–36
- PRO-014 Two Banquets and Two Ways 9:1–18