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Proverbs is the twentieth book of the Bible. It is set in the genre of Wisdom Literature. The opening verse identifies King Solomon as the author of the opening, two-part section. He is also named as the author of two additional sections beginning at 10:1 and 25:1 respectively. Most of the book consists of individual aphorisms (approximately 518 of them), but the opening and closing sections are somewhat longer poetry.

The "wicked" never refers to a repentant sinner seeking to atone for his sin, but always denotes an incorrigibly evil person doomed to destruction. - Whybray

Outline

Main article: Outline of Proverbs

• A. Two Part Introduction - Prologue (1:1-7) & Wisdom, Folly and the Adulteress (1:8-9:18)
  • B. Solomonic Proverbs 1 (10:1-22:16)
    • C. Words of the Wise (22:17-24:34)
  • B' Solomonic Proverbs 2 (25-29)
• A' Two Part Ending - Words of Agur (30) & Words of Lemuel (31)

Wisdom vs Covenant

"The institutions [of the covenant] are assumed, even if they are not stressed ... [however] we should do Proverbs a poor service if we contrived to vest it in a priestly ephod or a prophet's mantle, for it is a book which seldom takes you to church." ^[1]