A Topical Arrangement Of Proverbs

Brother B.J. Clarke, Director of the Memphis School of Preaching, provides us with a topical, alphabetical arrangement of every Scripture in Proverbs to help facilitate our study of this practical and fascinating book of Wisdom.

Source: B.J. Clarke, The Sayings of Solomon - Pearls From The Proverbs, The 2003 Power Lectures (Southaven church of Christ Power Publications, 2003), 731-793).

The following is the results of brother Clarke's diligent study and effort:

Abominations --- Proverbs 6:16-18; Proverbs 11:1,20; Proverbs 15:8-9,26; Proverbs 16:5; Proverbs 17:15; Proverbs 20:10,23; Proverbs 21:27; Proverbs 24:9; Proverbs 26:24-25; Proverbs 29:27.

Anger/Wrath --- Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 14:17,29; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 18:19; Proverbs 19:11-12,19; Proverbs 21:14; Proverbs 22:24-25; Proverbs 25:23,28; Proverbs 27:3-4; Proverbs 29:22; Proverbs 30:33.

Attributes of God --- Proverbs 5:21; Proverbs 15:3,11,25,29; Proverbs 16:1-2,4,7,9,11,33; Proverbs 17:3; Proverbs 18:10; Proverbs 20:12,22,27; Proverbs 21:2,12,30-31; Proverbs 22:12,22-23; Proverbs 23:10-11; Proverbs 24:11-12,20; Proverbs 25:2; Proverbs 26:10; Proverbs 29:13; Proverbs 30:5-6.

Determining Right From Wrong --- Proverbs 18:13,17; Proverbs 19:21; Proverbs 20:24; Proverbs 21:2,30; Proverbs 24:24-25; Proverbs 28:11.

Discipline --- Proverbs 3:11-12; Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 20:30; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 23:13; Proverbs 29:15,17,19,21).

The Fear Of The Lord --- Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 14:2,26; Proverbs 15:16,33; Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 19:23; Proverbs 22:4; Proverbs 23:17-18; Proverbs 24:21-22; Proverbs 28:14.


The Fool --- Proverbs 10:10,23; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 12:15-16; Proverbs 13:16,19; Proverbs 14:3,7-9,15-17; Proverbs 15:5,14; Proverbs 16:22; Proverbs 17:7,10,12,16,24-25,28; Proverbs 18:2,6-7,13; Proverbs 19:1,3,10,29; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 23:9; Proverbs 24:7; Proverbs 26:1,3-12; Proverbs 27:3,22; Proverbs 28:26; Proverbs 29:9,11.


Hatred Vs. Love --- Proverbs 10:12; Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 17:9,17; Proverbs 19:7; Proverbs 26:25-26).


Honesty --- Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 12:17,19-20,22; Proverb 13:5,23; Proverbs 14:5,25; Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 19:5,9,22,28; Proverbs 20:7,10,14,17,25; Proverbs 21:6,28; Proverbs 22:16,28; Proverbs 23:10-11; Proverbs 24:26,28; Proverbs 25:14,18; Proverbs 26:24-26,28; Proverbs 27:5-6; Proverbs 28:8,21; Proverbs 29:5,24; Proverbs 30:8-9.


How We Should Treat Our Fellow Man; our neighbors --- Proverbs 3:27-29; Proverbs 11:12; Proverbs 16:29-30; Proverbs 21:10; Proverbs 24:28-29; Proverbs 25:9-10,7-18; Proverbs 26:18-19; Proverbs 29:5.


How We Should Treat Our Fellow Man; the poor --- Proverbs 3:27-28; Proverbs 11:24-26; Proverbs 13:23; Proverbs 14:20-21,31; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 18:23; Proverbs 19:7,17; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 21:13,26; Proverbs 25:20; Proverbs 27:5-6,9-10,14,17; Proverbs 28:23.


How We Should Treat Our Fellow Man; our enemies --- Proverbs 20:22; Proverbs 24:17-18,28-29; Proverbs 25:21-22.


Humility vs. Pride --- Proverbs 3:5-7,34; Proverbs 11:2,27; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 14:3; Proverbs 15:25,33; Proverbs 16:5; Proverbs 18:11-12; Proverbs 20:18; Proverbs 21:4,24; Proverbs 22:4,18-19; Proverbs 25:6-7,27; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 27:1-2; Proverbs 28:11,13,25; Proverbs 29:23; Proverbs 30:32.


The Immoral Woman --- Proverbs 2:16-19; Proverbs 5:1-23; Proverbs 6:23-35; Proverbs 7:1-27; Proverbs 9:13-18; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 23;26-28; Proverbs 30:30.


Introduction To Proverbs --- Proverbs 1:1-7; Proverbs 25:1-2; Proverbs 31:1-2.


Kings And Rulers — Proverbs 14:28,34-35; Proverbs 16:8,10,12-15; Proverb 17:7,26; Proverbs 18:5; Proverbs 19:6,10,12; Proverbs 20:2,8,26,28; Proverbs 21:1; Proverbs 22:11; Proverbs 23:1-2; Proverbs 24:21-22,24-25; Proverbs 25:2-7,15; Proverbs 28:2,12,15-16,28; Proverbs 20:2,4,8,12,14,16,26; Proverbs 31:3-9.


Laziness Vs. Diligence --- Proverbs 6:6-11; Proverbs 10:4-5,26; Proverbs 12:11,24,27; Proverbs 13:4,11; Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 15:19; Proverbs 16:26; Proverbs 18:9; Proverbs 19:15,24; Proverbs 20:4,13; Proverbs 21:5,25-26; Proverbs 22:13,29; Proverbs 24:30-34; Proverbs 26:13-16; Proverbs 27:18,23-27; Proverbs 28:19.


The Merry Heart --- Proverbs 12:20; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:13,15,30; Proverbs 17:22; Proverbs 18:14; Proverbs 21:15; Proverbs 23:15-16,24-25; Proverbs 27:9; Proverbs 28:14; Proverbs 29:18.


Miscellaneous Proverbs --- Proverbs 14:4,10,13; Proverbs 18:18; Proverbs 20:5-6,9,29; Proverbs 21:3; Proverbs 22:28; Proverbs 24:10,27; Proverbs 25:13,16,19-20; Proverbs 26:2,17; Proverbs 27:7,19,21; Proverbs 29:19,21.


Money --- Proverbs 3:9-10; Proverbs 6:1-5; Proverbs 10:15; Proverbs 11:4,15-16,28; Proverbs 13:7-8,11,22; Proverbs 15:6,16,27; Proverbs 16:8; Proverbs 17:8,18,23; Proverbs 18:11,16,23; Proverbs 19:4,6,17; Proverbs 20:16,21; Proverbs 21:6,13-14,17,20,26; Proverbs 22:1-2,7,9,16,26-27; Proverbs 23:4-8; Proverbs 27:13,18,20; Proverbs 28:6,8,11,16,20,22,27; Proverbs 30:8-9.


Proverbs For Husbands And Wives --- Proverbs 5:15-19; Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 17:1; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:13-14; Proverbs 21:9,19; Proverbs 24:3-4; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:8,15-16.


Proverbs For Parents --- Proverbs 3:11-12; Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 20:7,11,30; Proverbs 22:6,15; Proverbs 23:13-14,24; Proverbs 24:3-4; Proverbs 29:15,17.


Proverbs For Youth: "Listen To Your Parents" --- Proverbs 1:8-9; Proverbs 3:1-8,11-12,21-26; Proverbs 4:10-13,20-27; Proverbs 6:20-23; Proverbs 7:1-5; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 15:5,20; Proverbs 17:2,25; Proverbs 19:13,26-27; Proverbs 20:11,20; Proverbs 23:15-16,22,24-25; Proverbs 24:21-22; Proverbs 27:11; Proverbs 28:24; Proverbs 30:17.


Proverbs For Youth: "Watch Your Companionships" --- Proverbs 1:10-19; Proverbs 2:10-20; Proverbs 3:31; Proverbs 4:14-27; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 14:7; Proverbs 21:16; Proverbs 23;17-23; Proverbs 24:1-2,19-20; Proverbs 25:26; Proverbs 28:7; Proverbs 29:3.


Receiving Instruction Vs. Rejecting Reproof --- Proverbs 9:7-9; Proverbs 10:8,17; Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 12:1,15; Proverbs 13:1,10,13,18; Proverbs 14:6; Proverbs 15:5,10,12,22,31-33; Proverbs 16:21-23; Proverbs 17:10; Proverbs 18:15; Proverbs 19:16,20,25,27; Proverbs 20:18; Proverbs 21:11; Proverbs 22:17-21; Proverbs 23:9,12,23; Proverbs 24:5-6; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 28:4-5,9,14,23; Proverbs 29:1,18.


Reward Vs. Punishment --- Proverbs 2:21; Proverbs 3:32-33,35; Proverbs 6:15; Proverbs 10:2-3,6-7,16,22,24-25,27-30; Proverbs 11:18-21,23; Proverbs 12:7,28; Proverbs 13:9,14-15,21; Proverbs 14:11,14,24,32; Proverbs 15:6,24; Proverbs 16:4-5,17,20; Proverbs 17:5,11,13,26; Proverbs 18:3; Proverbs 19:5,9,29; Proverbs 21:12,16,21; Proverbs 22:8; Proverbs 23:17-18; Proverbs 24:13-14, 16,20-22; Proverbs 25:21-22; Proverbs 26:10,27; Proverbs 28:10,18,20; Proverbs 20:6,16.


The Righteous Man — Proverbs 10:2-3,9,16,24-25,27-30; Proverbs 11:3,5-8,10-11,18-19,23,30-31; Proverbs 12:2-3,5,7,10,12-13,21,26,28; Proverbs 13:5-6,9,22,25; Proverbs 14:2,11,14,19,32; Proverbs 15:6,8-9,28-29; Proverbs 16:8;17,31; Proverbs 21:8,12,15,18,21,29; Proverbs 22:5; Proverbs 14:15-16,24-25; Proverbs 15:26; Proverbs 28:1,4-5,10,18; Proverbs 29:6-7,10,16,27.


The Sayings Of Agur --- Proverbs 30:1-33.


The Tongue In Proverbs: How Not To Use It --- Proverbs 6:12; Proverbs 11:9,13; Proverbs 12:17,19,22; Proverbs 13:3: Proverbs 14:3,25; Proverbs 15:1,28; Proverbs 17:4,7,29,27-28; Proverbs 18:6-8,13; Proverbs 19:1,5,8; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 21:6,23; Proverbs 23:9; Proverbs 24:2; Proverbs 25:9-10,14,18,23; Proverbs 26:20-26,28; Proverbs 29:5,11,20.


The Tongue In Proverbs: How To Use It --- Proverbs 10:11,13-14,20-21,31-32; Proverbs 12:6,13-14,18,25; Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 15:1-2,4,7,23,26; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 18:4,20-21; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 22:11; Proverbs 23:16; Proverbs 24:26; Proverbs 25:1,15,25; Proverbs 27:9; Proverbs 28:23.


Trust In God Vs. Trust In Self or Man --- Proverbs 3:5-7; Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 16:1-3,9,20,25; Proverbs 18:2; Proverbs 19:21; Proverbs 20:22,24; Proverbs 21:30; Proverbs 22:17-19; Proverbs 28:25-26; Proverbs 29:25.


The Wicked Man --- Proverbs 5:22-23; Proverbs 6:12-15; Proverbs 10:6-7; Proverbs 11:7; Proverbs 12:12-13; Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 15:8-9; Proverbs 16:27-30; Proverbs 17:4,11,23; Proverbs 18:3; Proverbs 19:28; Proverbs 21:7-8,10,27,29; Proverbs 22:5; Proverbs 24:8-9,15-16,20; Proverbs 28:1.


Wine --- Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 23:20-21,29-35; Proverbs 31:4-7.


Wisdom --- Proverbs 1:1,21-33; Proverbs 2:1-22; Proverbs 3:13-26; Proverbs 4:1-9; Proverbs 7:1-5; Proverbs 8:1-36; Proverbs 9:1-18; Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 17:16,24; Proverbs 18:1-2; Proverbs 19:2,8; Proverbs 21:30; Proverbs 23:23; Proverbs 24:3,7,13-14; Proverbs 29:3.


The Wise Man In Proverbs --- Proverbs 10:8,23; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 12:8-9,23; Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 14:3,8,15-16,18,24,33; Proverbs 15:7,14,20-21,24; Proverbs 16:20,23; Proverbs 17:2,10; Proverbs 21:20,22; Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 24:5,9; Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 29:8,11,26.


Wise Vs. Foolish --- Proverbs 10:8,23; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 12:8-9,23; Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 14:3,8,15-16,18,24,33; Proverbs 15:7,14,20-21,24; Proverbs 16:20,23; Proverbs 17:2,10.


—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets

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