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Prologue
Lecture Against Gang Behavior
The Call of Lady Wisdom
The Benefits of Wisdom
Wisdom and Piety
Happy Is the One Who Finds Wisdom
Role of Wisdom in Creation and Society
The Father’s Wisdom
The Right Path
Staying the Course
Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom
Against Pledges
Against Sloth
Against Worthlessness
What Yahweh Hates
Commandment and Instruction as Guardians
Warning Against Relations with a Married Woman
Warning Against the Strange Woman
Reiteration of the Warning Against a Strange Woman
Wisdom Calls
Wisdom at Creation
Benefits of Following Wisdom
Wisdom’s Banquet
Foolishness’ Banquet
Proverbs of Solomon
Words of the Wise
More Proverbs of Solomon
The Oracle of Agur
The Oracle of King Lemuel
An Excellent Woman[fn]
1:? Literally “the instruction of insight”
1:? Or “cleverness,” or “prudence”
1:? Or “plan”
1:? Or “guidance”
1:? Or “obey,” or “hear”
1:? Or “wantonly,” or “for nothing”
1:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
1:? Literally “like the descenders of a pit”
1:? Or “on their road”
1:? Or “without cause,” or “for nothing”
1:? Literally “bird of wing”
1:? Literally “head of commotion,” or “head of stirring, bustling”
1:? Literally “Until when”
1:? Or “turn at my reproach”
1:? Or “downfall”
1:? Or “dread, fear”
1:? Or “cry out to”
1:? Or “be at ease, peace”
2:? Or “take, seize”
2:? Or “call to understanding”
2:? Or “carry, give”
2:? Literally “like the treasures”
2:? Or “hides, keeps”
2:? Or “preserve, guard, watch”
2:? Or “inner self”
2:? Or “evildoer”
2:? Literally “that in their ways are crooked”
2:? Or “makes smooth”
2:? Or “Rephaim”
2:? Or “earth”
2:? Or “innocent”
3:? That is, “my commands” (3:1)
3:? Or “kindness, mercy”
3:? Or “understanding, prudence”
3:? Literally “trust toward Yahweh”
3:? Literally “navel”
3:? Or “wealth, property”
3:? Literally “a man”
3:? Or “its”; both “wisdom” and “understanding” are feminine nouns and can be read as either “she” or “it”
3:? Grammatically, “they” most likely refers to clouds (3:20). In context, “they” may refer to wisdom and understanding (3:13).
3:? Literally “eyes”
3:? Or “inner self”
3:? Or “favor”
3:? Or “fear, dread”
3:? Or “fear, dread”
3:? Literally “in your confidence”
3:? Or “lord”
3:? Literally “and there is with you”
4:? Literally “In your walking”
4:? Literally “is correct”
4:? Literally “eyes”
4:? Literally “for all his flesh”
4:? Or “extremity”
4:? Literally “crookedness of mouth”
4:? Literally “deviousness of lips”
4:? Or “opposite”
5:? Or “palate”
5:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
5:? Or “examine, weigh”
5:? Or “all, every, whole”
5:? Or “evil”
5:? Or “woman”
5:? Literally “at all time”
5:? Literally “the ways of man/humankind”
5:? Literally “with there is no”
6:? Literally “palms of your hands”
6:? Literally “the palm of the hand of your neighbor”
6:? Literally “one who walks,” that is, a vagabond
6:? Literally “crookedness of mouth”
6:? Or “quarrels”
6:? Literally “thus”
6:? Or “repair”
6:? Or “inner self”
6:? Hebrew “the evil”
6:? Or “quarrels”
6:? Literally “In your walking”
6:? That is, “commandment” and “instruction”
6:? Literally “In your lying down”
6:? Hebrew “lives”
6:? Or “wife”
6:? Literally “a foreign woman”
6:? Or “whore”
6:? Literally “the woman of a man”
6:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
6:? Literally “heart”
6:? Or “his soul,” or “his life”
6:? Literally “the face of any compensation”
7:? A single word meaning “pupil of the eye”
7:? Hebrew “the wisdom”
7:? Hebrew “the insight”
7:? Literally “one who is known.” To “know” is often a euphemism for intercourse. Therefore “intimate friend” may also be read “lover.”
7:? Literally “a strange woman”
7:? Literally “causes to be smooth her words”
7:? Literally “heart”
7:? Literally “at the place of”
7:? Or “whore”
7:? Literally “secret of heart”
7:? Literally “at the place of”
7:? Or “strengthened”
7:? Literally “the day”
7:? Hebrew “thus”
7:? Or “husband”
7:? Literally “a journey from far”
7:? Literally “heaviness,” often referring to the liver
7:? Literally “it is against his life”
7:? Or “strong men”
7:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
8:? Literally “At a head of the heights”
8:? Literally “men”
8:? Literally “heart”
8:? Literally “To/for me are advice and sound judgment”
8:? Literally “to/for me is strength”
8:? Literally “her lovers”
8:? Literally “fine gold”
8:? Or “gained,” or “acquired”
8:? Literally “from before” or “from then”
8:? Hebrew “beginnings”
8:? Literally “made heavy”
8:? Literally “in his establishing”
8:? Literally “in his drawing”
8:? Literally “in his making”
8:? Literally “in his assigning”
8:? Literally “mouth”
8:? Literally “in his marking”
8:? Literally “at the place of”
8:? Literally “in all of time”
8:? Hebrew “those who find”
8:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
9:? Or “young maidens”
9:? Literally “heart”
9:? Literally “abuse him”
9:? Literally “make known to”
9:? Or “holy ones”
9:? Literally “what”
9:? Literally “heart”
9:? Or “Rephaim”
9:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
10:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
10:? Hebrew “in the integrity”
10:? Or “gives, sets up”
10:? Literally “heart”
10:? Or “mind”
10:? Literally “like a little”
10:? Literally “in the lack of heart, they die”
10:? Or “sends”
10:? Literally “them who do evil”
10:? Or “earth”
11:? Literally “a full stone” or “a pure stone”
11:? Literally “heart”
11:? Or “people”
11:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
11:? Or “does, makes”
11:? Literally “gain of deception”
11:? Literally “a reward of truth”
11:? Hebrew “and”
11:? Literally “crooked ones of heart”; “heart” may also be translated “mind”
11:? Literally “blameless ones of ways”
11:? Literally “Hand to hand”
11:? Or “seed”
11:? Literally “adding more”
11:? Literally “from what is right”
11:? Or “breath, spirit”
11:? Or “persons,” or “inner selves”
11:? Literally “more for”
12:? Or “honor”
12:? Or “lord, owner”
12:? Hebrew “is”
12:? Literally “there is no them”
12:? Literally “heart”
12:? Literally “for him,” “belonging to him”
12:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
12:? Hebrew “compassions”
12:? Literally “heart”
12:? Literally “gives, sets up”
12:? Literally “the hands of a man”
12:? Literally “on the day”
12:? Or “mind”
12:? Literally “the planners of”
12:? Literally “the planners of”
12:? Literally “All evil will not happen”
12:? Or “mind”
12:? Hebrew “fools”
12:? Or “mind”
13:? Or “soul”
13:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
13:? Or “life”
13:? Literally “he will bring disgrace”
13:? Literally “there is no”
13:? Or “vanity”
13:? Literally “upon the hand”
13:? Or “mind”
13:? Literally “made to be,” “brought about”
13:? Literally “it will reward prosperity”
13:? Literally “sons of sons”
13:? Literally “there is sweeping away”
13:? Literally “no justice”
13:? Literally “visits him”
13:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
14:? Literally “wise ones of women”
14:? Literally “In there is no”
14:? Hebrew “bull”
14:? Literally “to one who understands it comes easy”
14:? Literally “from the presence belonging to a man of foolishness”
14:? Literally “lips of knowledge”
14:? Hebrew “he mocks”
14:? Or “mind”
14:? Or “life,” or “inner self”
14:? Literally “to the face of”
14:? Literally “from upon him”
14:? Literally “nostril”
14:? Literally “word, matter, thing”
14:? Or “souls,” or “inner selves”
14:? Or “breath”
14:? Or “mind”
14:? Or “he who heals”
14:? Or “mind”
15:? Literally “nostril”
15:? Or “Healing”
15:? That is, the tongue
15:? Or “mind”
15:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
15:? Poetic synonym for “Sheol.” Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death.
15:? Literally “more for”
15:? Literally “rebuke belonging to him”
15:? Or “mind”
15:? Literally “faces”
15:? Or “mind”
15:? Hebrew “he/it”
15:? Or “mind”
15:? Or “him”
15:? Hebrew “and”
15:? Or “him”
15:? Literally “nostrils”
15:? Hebrew “thorn”
15:? Literally “foolishness of humankind”
15:? Literally “heart”
15:? Literally “he will walk upright walking”
15:? Literally “boundary”
15:? Or “mind”
15:? Or “mind”
15:? Hebrew “bone”
15:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
15:? Or “mind”
16:? Or “breath”
16:? Or “its”
16:? Or “mind”
16:? Literally “hand to hand”
16:? Or “atoned for”
16:? Literally “turning”
16:? Literally “heart”
16:? Or “atone, cover over”
16:? Literally “what”
16:? Literally “from”
16:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
16:? Hebrew “a haughty of spirit”
16:? Or “mind”
16:? Or “master”
16:? Or “punishment”
16:? Or “mind”
16:? Or “he”
16:? Literally “to the face of”
16:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
16:? Literally “mouth”
16:? Literally “nostrils”
17:? Literally “sons of sons”
17:? Literally “A lip of fineness”
17:? Literally “only for”
17:? Literally “lip of deceit”
17:? Or “master”
17:? Literally “to all which”
17:? Hebrew “and”
17:? Literally “heart”
17:? Hebrew “time”
17:? Literally “heart”
17:? Literally “pledges a hand”
17:? Or “mind”
17:? Or “land”
17:? Literally “wise, he shall be considered”
18:? Or “boundary”
18:? Or “mind”
18:? Or “life,” or “inner self”
18:? Or “owner”
18:? Or “it”
18:? Literally “a city of his strength”
18:? Or “mind”
18:? Hebrew “and”
18:? Literally “heart”
18:? Literally “hand”
18:? That is, the power of the tongue
18:? Or “woman”
19:? Literally “in his lips”
19:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
19:? Or “sins”
19:? Or “mind”
19:? Hebrew “gift”
19:? Or “when he pursues words and not them”
19:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
19:? Literally “nostril”
19:? Or “wife”
19:? Or “wife”
19:? Or “soul,” or “life”
19:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
19:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
19:? Literally “after things”
19:? Or “mind”
19:? Literally “man of lying”
19:? Literally “in order to stray”
19:? Or “Punishments,” or “Condemnations”
20:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
20:? Or “mind”
20:? Or “her”; referring to “purpose”
20:? Or “mind”
20:? Literally “also the two of them”
20:? Or “young boy,” or “adolescent”
20:? Literally “also the two of them”
20:? Hebrew “plans”
20:? Literally “in a pupil of darkness”
20:? Literally “at the first”
20:? Literally “a stone and a stone”
20:? Or “soul”
20:? Literally “parts of the inmost”
20:? Or “strengthens them”
20:? Hebrew “and”
20:? Literally “parts of the inmost”
21:? Or “mind”
21:? Literally “upon all that”
21:? Or “minds”
21:? Hebrew “seekers”
21:? Or “wife”
21:? Or “soul, life, throat”
21:? Hebrew “the secret”
21:? Literally “nostril”
21:? Literally “bribe in the bosom”
21:? Or “Rephaim”
21:? Or “fat”
21:? Or “foolish of mankind”
21:? Literally “it”
21:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
21:? Or “make”
21:? Literally “All the day”
21:? Hebrew “to the”
21:? Literally “his face”
22:? Literally “name”
22:? Literally “from”
22:? Literally “from silver and from gold, favor is better”
22:? Or “soul,” or “life”
22:? Literally “on the mouth of his way”
22:? Literally “the borrower belonging to a man”
22:? Literally “the generous of eye”
22:? Literally “grace of his lips”
22:? Literally “a strange woman”
22:? Or “mind”
22:? Or “young man,” or “adolescent”
22:? That is, folly
22:? Literally “only loss”
22:? Or “mind”
22:? Literally “in your belly/womb”
22:? Literally “the day”
22:? Or “only”
22:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
22:? Or “master”
22:? Literally “nostril”
22:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
22:? Literally “strike a hand”
22:? Literally “in the becomings of”
22:? Or “complete”
22:? Or “fathers”
23:? Literally “lord/master of life”
23:? Hebrew “and”
23:? Literally “cause to fly”
23:? Literally “stingy of eye”
23:? Literally “soul,” or “inner self”
23:? Or “is he”
23:? Or “mind”
23:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
23:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
23:? Or “mind”
23:? Literally “kidneys”
23:? Or “mind”
23:? Literally “all the day”
23:? Literally “For if”
23:? Or “mind”
23:? Literally “meat for them”
23:? Literally “caused you to be born”
23:? Or “for, because”
23:? Or “mind”
23:? Or “whore”
23:? Literally “a foreign woman”
23:? Literally “gives its eye”
23:? Literally “end him”
23:? Or “mind”
24:? Or “to”
24:? Or “owner”
24:? Or “life,” or “inner self”
24:? Or “life,” or “inner self”
24:? Or “mind”
24:? Literally “the two of them”
24:? Literally “acknowledge faces”
24:? Hebrew “and”
24:? Literally “heart”
24:? Literally “a wall of his/its stones”
24:? Or “mind”
25:? Or “gods”
25:? Or “mind”
25:? Hebrew “in the righteousness”
25:? Or “lest”
25:? Hebrew “on”
25:? Or “at a season”
25:? Or “life,” or “inner self”
25:? Or “returned”
25:? Literally “With length of face”
25:? Or “strength”
25:? Literally “on a day”
25:? A mineral salt found on dry lake beds often used as a preservative.
25:? Or “wife”
25:? Hebrew “waters”
25:? Or “life,” or “inner self”
25:? Hebrew “their honor”
25:? Literally “there is no”
26:? Literally “silver of impurities”
26:? Or “mind”
26:? Literally “in his midst”
27:? Literally “on the day of tomorrow”
27:? Literally “soul”
27:? Literally “soul”
27:? Literally “because of advice of a person”
27:? Literally “a foreign woman”
27:? Or “wife”
27:? Or “breath, or “spirit”
27:? Or “fat”
27:? Or “is united with”
27:? Literally “a man sharpens the faces of his friend”
27:? Or “lord”
27:? Literally “the faces to the faces”
27:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
27:? Poetic synonym for “Sheol.” Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death.
27:? Or “in the midst of”
27:? Literally “faces”
27:? Or “mind”
27:? Literally “life”
28:? Literally “and there is”
28:? Or “everything”
28:? Or “mind”
28:? Hebrew “and”
28:? Or “prolong”
28:? Literally “life”
28:? Literally “Recognizing faces”
28:? Literally “a man of evil of eye”
28:? Literally “wide soul”
28:? Or “mind,” or “sense”
28:? Hebrew “those”
29:? Or “whores”
29:? Hebrew “he will rejoice”
29:? Hebrew “there is ridicule”
29:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
29:? Or “spirit”
29:? Literally “light of the eyes of the two of them”
29:? Hebrew “it”
29:? Or “life,” or “inner self”
29:? Literally “and its/his end will be arrogance”
29:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”
29:? Literally “faces”
29:? Literally “comes justice for a man”
29:? Literally “upright of way”
30:? Or “I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out”
30:? Or “holy ones”
30:? Hebrew “the”
30:? Literally “word of a lie”
30:? Or “Lest”
30:? Or “land”
30:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
30:? Or “land”
30:? Literally “wise ones from wise ones ”
30:? Hebrew “beasts”
30:? Literally “faces of all”
30:? Literally “nostrils”
31:? Hebrew “right”
31:? Literally “sons of affliction”
31:? Literally “to bitterness of soul”
31:? Hebrew “right”
31:? Literally “the sons of the needy”
31:? Prov 31:10–31 is an acrostic poem
31:? Or “wife”
31:? Or “strength,” or “valor,” or “ability,” or “efficiency”
31:? Or “lord”
31:? Literally “her palms”
31:? Or “bread”
31:? Literally “her palm”
31:? A stick or spindle onto which wool or flax is wound in preparation for spinning
31:? Literally “all her house, household”
31:? Or “lord”
31:? Literally “to the day/time coming after”
31:? Or “lord”
31:? Or “strength,” or “valor,” or “ability,” or “efficiency”
31:? Literally “you ascend over”
31:? Hebrew “The charm”
31:? Hebrew “the beauty”
31:? Or “vapor,” or “emptiness,” or “breath”
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