Proverbs 1
2 a. understand or discern
5 b. acquire
12 c. Or the grave
13 d. Lit. wealth
13 e. plunder
17 f. futility
17 g. Lit. lord of the wing
20 h. in the street
21 i. LXX, Syr., Tg. top of the walls; Vg. the head of multitudes
22 j. naive
22 k. naivete
32 l. waywardness
33 m. at ease
Proverbs 2
18 a. sinks
19 b. Lit. reach
22 c. destroyed
22 d. land
Proverbs 3
4 a. Lit. good understanding
6 b. Or make smooth or straight
8 c. Body, lit. navel
8 d. Lit. drink
18 e. hold her fast
27 f. Lit. its owners
Proverbs 4
16 a. Lit. robbed
18 b. Lit. light
24 c. devious
Proverbs 5
1 a. Lit. Bow
2 b. appreciate good judgment
3 c. Lit. a strange
5 d. Or Sheol
9 e. vigor
10 f. Lit. strength
16 g. Channels
19 h. Lit. intoxicated
21 i. observes, lit. weighs
Proverbs 6
1 a. guaranty or collateral
1 b. Lit. struck
5 c. One who catches birds in a trap or snare
7 d. Lit. leader
8 e. Lit. bread
9 f. Lit. lie down
13 g. gives signals, lit. scrapes
16 h. Lit. His soul
17 i. Lit. Haughty eyes
22 j. Lit. it
26 k. Wife of another, lit. a man’s wife
35 l. Lit. lift up the face of any
Proverbs 7
7 a. Lit. sons
7 b. lacking
13 c. shameless
19 d. Lit. the man
20 e. Lit. in his hand
20 f. at the full moon
21 g. By the greatness of her words
21 h. compelled
22 i. LXX, Syr., Tg. as a dog to bonds; Vg. as a lamb . . . to bonds
22 j. shackles
23 k. Lit. is for
27 l. Or Sheol
Proverbs 8
2 a. Lit. heights
5 b. naive
16 c. MT, Syr., Tg., Vg. righteousness; LXX, Bg., some mss. and editions earth
20 d. walk about on
26 e. outer places
26 f. Lit. beginning of the dust
30 g. A Jewish tradition one brought up
Proverbs 9
2 a. arranged
13 b. boisterous
16 c. naive
18 d. Or Sheol
Proverbs 10
8 a. Lit. the foolish of lips
8 b. be thrust down or ruined
13 c. Lit. lacks heart
17 d. leads
21 e. Lit. heart
30 f. land
Proverbs 11
1 a. deceptive
1 b. Lit. perfect stone
5 c. Or make smooth or straight
12 d. Lit. lacks heart
15 e. guaranty
15 f. those pledging guaranty, lit. those who strike hands
21 g. Lit. hand to hand
22 h. taste
27 i. Lit. seeks
30 j. Lit. takes, in the sense of brings, cf. 1 Sam. 16:11
31 k. rewarded
Proverbs 12
4 a. Lit. A wife of valor
9 b. lightly esteemed
11 c. works or cultivates
11 d. Lit. vain things
11 e. Lit. heart
21 f. harm
Proverbs 13
15 a. gives
18 b. Lit. ignores
23 c. uncultivated
23 d. Lit. what is swept away
24 e. early
Proverbs 14
4 a. manger or feed trough
9 b. Lit. guilt
14 c. Lit. from above himself
20 d. Lit. many are the lovers of the rich
23 e. Lit. talk of the lips
25 f. saves lives
29 g. Lit. short of spirit
34 h. shame or disgrace
Proverbs 15
4 a. Lit. healing
5 b. Lit. keeps
7 c. spread
11 d. Or Sheol
11 e. Heb. Abaddon
13 f. face
17 g. Or vegetables
21 h. Lit. heart
23 i. Lit. in its time
24 j. Or Sheol
30 k. Lit. fat
Proverbs 16
1 a. plans
3 b. Lit. Roll
4 c. Lit. evil
5 d. Lit. hand to hand
11 e. concern
18 f. stumbling
19 g. plunder
27 h. Lit. A man of Belial
30 i. Lit. compresses
Proverbs 17
1 a. Or sacrificial meals
4 b. Lit. destructive
18 c. Lit. heart
18 d. Lit. strikes the hands
18 e. guaranty or collateral
20 f. crooked
22 g. Or makes medicine even better
23 h. Under cover, lit. from the bosom
Proverbs 18
1 a. sound wisdom
8 b. gossip or slanderer
8 c. A Jewish tradition wounds
8 d. Lit. rooms of the belly
10 e. secure, lit. set on high
24 f. So with Gr. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT may come to ruin
Proverbs 19
7 a. Lit. are not
8 b. Lit. heart
13 c. Irritation
16 d. Is reckless, lit. despises
18 e. Lit. to put him to death; a Jewish tradition on his crying
22 f. Lit. lovingkindness
24 g. LXX, Syr. bosom; Tg., Vg. armpit
28 h. Lit. witness of Belial, worthless witness
Proverbs 20
2 a. Lit. fear or terror, produced by the king’s wrath
6 b. Lit. mercy
14 c. Lit. evil, evil
22 d. repay
27 e. Lit. rooms of the belly
28 f. mercy
30 g. Lit. rooms of the belly
Proverbs 21
1 a. channels
4 b. Or lamp
6 c. LXX Pursue vanity on the snares of death; Vg. Is vain and foolish, and shall stumble on the snares of death; Tg. They shall be destroyed, and they shall fall who seek death
7 d. Lit. drag them away
8 e. Or The way of a man is perverse and strange;
14 f. Under cover, lit. in the bosom
19 g. Lit. in the land of the desert
22 h. Climbs over the walls of
29 i. Qr., LXX understands
Proverbs 22
6 a. Even
8 b. trouble
9 c. Lit. good
21 d. Or send you
26 e. Lit. strikes
26 f. guaranty
28 g. boundary
29 h. is prompt in his business
29 i. obscure
Proverbs 23
5 a. Lit. Will you cause your eyes to fly upon it and it is not?
6 b. Lit. one who has an evil eye
10 c. boundary
14 d. Or Sheol
16 e. Lit. kidneys
18 f. Future, lit. latter end
31 g. goes around
34 h. Lit. heart
Proverbs 24
8 a. Lit. master of evil plots
14 b. Lit. latter end
18 c. Lit. it be evil in His eyes
23 d. Lit. recognize faces
28 e. LXX, Vg. Do not deceive
34 f. Lit. one who walks about
34 g. Lit. a man with a shield
Proverbs 25
8 a. Lit. contend or bring a lawsuit
10 b. the evil report concerning you not pass away
26 c. ruined
Proverbs 26
10 a. Heb. difficult in v. 10; ancient and modern translators differ greatly
13 b. Or plazas, squares
15 c. LXX, Syr. bosom; Tg., Vg. armpit
20 d. gossip or slanderer, lit. whisperer
22 e. gossip or slanderer
22 f. A Jewish tradition wounds
22 g. Lit. rooms of the belly
25 h. Lit. his voice is gracious
Proverbs 27
7 a. tramples on
9 b. Lit. counsel of the soul
16 c. Lit. hides
18 d. protects or tends
20 e. Or Sheol
20 f. Heb. Abaddon
Proverbs 28
3 a. Lit. and there is no bread
12 b. Lit. will be searched for
18 c. delivered
21 d. Lit. recognize faces
Proverbs 29
2 a. become great
10 b. Lit. soul or life
11 c. Lit. spirit
18 d. prophetic vision
24 e. Lit. hears the adjuration or oath
25 f. secure, lit. set on high
26 g. Lit. face
Proverbs 30
5 a. tested, refined, found pure
13 b. In arrogance
16 c. Or Sheol
19 d. Lit. heart
23 e. Or hated
26 f. rock hyraxes
28 g. Or lizard
31 h. Or perhaps strutting rooster, lit. girded of waist
31 i. A Jewish tradition a king against whom there is no uprising
Proverbs 31
5 a. Lit. sons of affliction
8 b. Lit. sons of passing away
10 c. Vv. 10–31 are an alphabetic acrostic in Hebrew; cf. Ps. 119
10 d. Lit. a wife of valor, in the sense of all forms of excellence
16 e. Lit. the fruit of her hands