THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE

Table of Contents

PART ONE · CHAPTERS 1–9
The Prologue: Wisdom's Appeal
CHAPTER 1The Purpose of Wisdom and Wisdom's First CryCHAPTER 2If You Seek Her — The Conditional Promise of WisdomCHAPTER 3Trust, Honor, and the Tree of LifeCHAPTER 4Get Wisdom — Guarding the Heart Above All ElseCHAPTER 5Drink From Your Own WellCHAPTER 6The Ant, the Sluggard, and Seven Things God HatesCHAPTER 7The Young Man at Her Corner — A Cautionary StoryCHAPTER 8Wisdom's Grand Speech — Present Before the World BeganCHAPTER 9Two Houses, Two Invitations
PART TWO · CHAPTERS 10–22:16
The Proverbs of Solomon Begin
CHAPTER 10The Proverbs of Solomon Begin — Wise Son, Foolish SonCHAPTER 11Just Weights and the Welfare of the CityCHAPTER 12Truthful Lips, Diligent HandsCHAPTER 13Guarding the Mouth, Guarding the LifeCHAPTER 14She Builds Her House — Wisdom in the EverydayCHAPTER 15A Soft Answer, a Merry HeartCHAPTER 16The Heart Plans, the LORD DirectsCHAPTER 17A Friend Loves at All TimesCHAPTER 18Death and Life in the Power of the TongueCHAPTER 19Many Plans, One Counsel That StandsCHAPTER 20The Spirit of Man Is the Lamp of the LORDCHAPTER 21No Wisdom Against the LORDCHAPTER 22A Good Name, and the Words of the Wise
PART THREE · CHAPTERS 22:17–24:34
The Words of the Wise
CHAPTER 23Buy Truth and Sell It NotCHAPTER 24Rescue Those Drawn Toward Death
PART FOUR · CHAPTERS 25–29
Hezekiah's Collection
CHAPTER 25A Word Fitly Spoken — Hezekiah's Collection BeginsCHAPTER 26The Anatomy of a FoolCHAPTER 27Iron Sharpens IronCHAPTER 28Confess and Forsake — Wickedness, Rulers, and the PoorCHAPTER 29Where There Is No Vision — The Last of Solomon's Proverbs
PART FIVE · CHAPTERS 30
The Words of Agur
CHAPTER 30Agur's Riddles — The Words of a Humble Sage
PART SIX · CHAPTERS 31
The Words of King Lemuel
CHAPTER 31The Words of Lemuel's Mother, and the Woman Who Fears the LORD