Thematic Bible




Proverbs 1:1 (show verse)

The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

Proverbs 1:2 (show verse)

To learn wisdom and moral instruction, and to discern wise counsel.

Proverbs 1:3 (show verse)

To receive moral instruction in skillful living, in righteousness, justice, and equity.

Proverbs 1:4 (show verse)

To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, and a discerning plan to the young person.

Proverbs 1:5 (show verse)

(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
No Themes for this verse.

Proverbs 1:6 (show verse)

To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.
No Themes for this verse.

Proverbs 1:7 (show verse)

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:8 (show verse)

Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

Proverbs 1:9 (show verse)

For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

Proverbs 1:10 (show verse)

My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

Proverbs 1:11 (show verse)

If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

Proverbs 1:12 (show verse)

We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

Proverbs 1:13 (show verse)

We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

Proverbs 1:14 (show verse)

Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal."

Proverbs 1:15 (show verse)

My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

Proverbs 1:16 (show verse)

for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

Proverbs 1:17 (show verse)

Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

Proverbs 1:18 (show verse)

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

Proverbs 1:19 (show verse)

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

Proverbs 1:20 (show verse)

Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;

Proverbs 1:21 (show verse)

at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

Proverbs 1:22 (show verse)

"How long will you simpletons love naivet?? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:23 (show verse)

If only you will respond to my rebuke, then I will pour out my thoughts to you and I will make my words known to you.

Proverbs 1:24 (show verse)

However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one paid attention,
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Rejection by God
The call of God » Most reject
divine Call » Heal persecution of » Refused
Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of wisdom
Counsel » Rejected
Despisement » The reward for despising wisdom
Evil » Who shall not have evil upon them
Fear » Who shall not be afraid
Fear » Those that do not fear the lord
Fear of God » Guilty
Finding » Who shall not find wisdom
God » Mysteries of » Rejected
God's Call » Examples of Leadership » Refused by men
God's Call » The comes of God's word » Divine pleadings
Hate » The reward for hating knowledge
Hearing » Those that hear wisdom
Holy spirit » Withdrawn from incorrigible sinners
Impenitence » Warnings against
Judgments » Are sent, as punishment for » Despising the warnings of God
King » Demanded by israel
Knowledge » The reward for hating knowledge
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Opportunity » Lost, by indifference or neglect » Responsibility according to
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Reject the call of God
Punishment » Delayed
Rejected » Christ » God
Rejection » Of Christ » Of God
Repentance » Exhortation to
Reproof » Who despises reproof
Safety » Who shall be safe
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to listen to God
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to hearken to God
The lord seeking that which was lost » Who shall not find wisdom when they seek it
Wisdom » Those that hear wisdom
Wisdom » The reward for despising wisdom

Proverbs 1:25 (show verse)

because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

Proverbs 1:26 (show verse)

so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

Proverbs 1:27 (show verse)

when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

Proverbs 1:28 (show verse)

Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

Proverbs 1:29 (show verse)

Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,

Proverbs 1:30 (show verse)

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

Proverbs 1:31 (show verse)

Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.

Proverbs 1:32 (show verse)

For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 1:33 (show verse)

But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.