PASSAGE LIST | BIBLICAL COUNSELING OF THE EAST VALLEY
THEMES IN PROVERBS
The following list is the result of my personal study of Proverbs over the years. It is a list of themes that I have noticed and begun cataloguing. It is incomplete and needs to be amended and condensed in the number of the categories that it includes. Again, this list is woefully incomplete! (For example, you will notice that not much in included from the first ten chapters of Proverbs.) Nevertheless, from this list, the reader will get a sense of the absolute sufficiency and depth with which God’s word addresses every area of life, even in this one book. Consider building your own passage list from Proverbs and other books of the Bible that will be useful to you in counseling your own heart and others. — Omri Miles
1. Anger (Pro. 12:16; 15:1, 18; 22:8; 29:8)
2. Attributes of God
a. Advocate (Pro. 23:11)
b. Creator/Maker (Pro. 22:2)
c. Delight (Pro. 11:1, 20; 15:8)
d. Favor (12:2)
e. Hatred/Wrath (Pro. 11:1, 4, 20; 12:22; 15:25, 26; 22:14)
f. Hearing (Pro. 15:29)
g. Judgment (Pro. 12:2)
h. Omniscience (Pro 15:3, 11; 22:12)
i. Presence (Pro. 15:29)
j. Providential Care (Pro. 10:3, 22; 15:25, 29:13)
k. Trustworthiness (Pro. 22:10)
l. Vengeance (Pro. 22:23)
3. Blessing (Pro. 10:6, 7, 22; 11:11; 22:9; 29:18)
4.Body Parts (18:8)
a. back (Pro. 14:3;
b. bones (Pro. 12:4)
c. ear (Pro. 18:15; 22:17; 23:12; 28:9)
d. eyes (Pro. 10:10, 26; 12:15; 23:5; 29:13)
e. hands (Pro. 12:14)
f. head (Pro. 10:6)
g. lips (Pro. 10:13, 18, 19, 21, 32; 12:13, 19; 13:3; 18:7, 20; 22:18; 23:16)
h. mouth (Pro. 10:6, 11, 31, 32; 11:9, 11; 12:6, 14; 13:2, 3; 15:2; 18:4, 6, 7, 20; 22:14)
i. stomach (Pro. 18:20)
j. teeth (Pro. 10:26)
k. throat (Pro. 23:2)
l. tongue (Pro. 10:20; 12:18, 19; 15:2)
5. Business (Pro. 11:1)
6. Children (Pro. 1:8; 2:1; 10:1, 5; 11:21; 13:1; 17:2; 22:6, 15; 23:13; 29:15, 17)
7. Conflict (Pro. 15:18, 18:5, 18, 19; 22:10; 29:1, 8, 9)
8. Counsel (Pro. 12:5, 15; 13:10; 15:22, 31, 32)
9. Covetousness (Pro. 12:12)
10. Death (Pro. 8:36; 10:2, 21; 11:1, 4, 7, 10; 13:9, 14; 15:10, 11, 23; 18:21; 22:13; 23:13)
11. Debt (Pro. 11:15; 22:7)
12. Deceit (Pro. 10:6, 18; 11:1, 18; 12:2, 5, 17, 19; 23:3, 6-7; 29:5)
13. Deliverance (Pro. 11:6, 8, 9; 12:6, 13)
14. Desires (Pro. 10:24; 11:23; 13:2, 4, 12, 18, 25; 18:1; 22:1, 11; 23:1-3, 6)
15. Destruction (Pro. 10:8, 10, 14, 15; 11:3, 9, 11; 12:7; 13:3, 13, 15; 18:9, 12, 24; 29:1, 4, 16)
16. Diligence (Pro. 11:27; 12:11; 13:4, 11)
17. Discipline (Pro. 10:13; 12:1; 13:24; 15:10; 22:15; 23:13, 14; 29:15, 17)
18. Discretion (Pro. 1:4)
19. Drunkenness (Pro. 23:20-21)
20. Entrapment (Pro. 11:6; 12:13; 13:14; 22:5, 24-25; 29:6)
21. Envy (Pro. 23:17)
22. Equity (Pro. 1:3)
23. Establishment (Pro. 12:3, 6, 19)
24. Exaltation (Pro. 11:11, )
25. Falsehood/Lies (Pro. 29:12)
26. Favor (Pro. 13:15; 18:22; 22:1)
27. Fear (Pro. 10:24)
28. Fear of Yahweh (Pro. 1:7; 10:27, 15:16, 33, 22:4; 23:17)
29. Food (Pro. 12:11; 13:23; 15:17; 17:1; 23:1-3, 6, 20-21)
30. The Fool (Pro. 10:1, 8, 18, 23; 12:11, 15, 16; 13:16, 20; 15:7, 14, 20, 21; 18:6, 7; 29:9, 11)
a. Things he hates (Pro. 12:1; 13:19 15:5; 18:2; 23:9)
b. Things he loves (Pro. 15:21)
31. Foolishness (Pro. 1: 7; 12:11; 13:16; 22:15)
32. Friendship (Pro. 13:20; 18:24; 22:11; 29:3)
33. Gifts (Pro. 18:16)
34. Gladness (Pro. 10:1; 11:10; 29:1, 3, 6, 17)
35. Gluttony (Pro. 23:20-21)
36. Greed (Pro. 11:6, 24, 26; 15:27, 22:16; 23:6)
37. Happiness (Pro. 15:13, 15, 30)
38. Hatred (Pro. 1:7; 10:12, 18; 13:5; 18:3; 29:10)
39. Healing (Pro. 13:17; 29:1)
40. the Heart (Pro. 10:8, 20; 11:20; 12:20; 13:12; 15:7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 28, 30; 15:7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 28, 30; 18:12, 15; 22:11, 15, 17; 23:7, 15, 16, 17, 19; 29:17)
41. Honor (Pro. 1:8-9; 12:8; 13:18; 15:33; 18:12; 22:4)
42. Hope/Expectation (Pro. 10:28; 11:7, 23; 13:12; 23:18)
43. Humility (Pro. 11:2; 18:12; 22:4)
44. Ignorance (Pro. 10:13, 21; 11:12; 13:1, 18; 29:7)
45. Innocence (Pro. 10:29,
46. Insight (Pro. 1:2)
47. Instruction (Pro. 1:2, 3, 8-9; 2:1; 10:17, 21; 13:1; 22:6)
48. Integrity (Pro. 10:9; 11:2)
49. Joy (Pro. 10:28; 12:20; 15:13; 23:16)
50. Justice/Injustice (Pro. 1:3; 11:1, 31; 12:5; 13:23; 18:5, 17; 22:8; 23:10-11; 29:4, 14)
51. Knowledge (Pro. 1:2, 4, 7; 10:14, 32; 11:9; 12:1; 13:16; 18:15; 22:12, 20-21; 29:7)
52. Light (Pro. 29:13)
53. Laziness (Pro. 10:4, 26, 15:19; 18:9)
54. Learning (Pro. 1:5)
55. Life (Pro. 8:35; 10:11, 16, 17, 27; 13:3, 8, 12, 14; 15:27; 18:21; 22:4)
56. Listening (Pro. 1:5, 8; 2:1-2; 18:13, 15; 23:19; 29:12)
57. Lot [the] (Pro. 18:18)
58. Love (Pro. 10:12; 13:24; 22:11; 29:2)
59. Lust (Pro. 11:6)
60. Lying/Falsehood (Pro. 10:18; 13:5; 14:5; 16:13; 17:7, 20; )
61. Marriage relationship (12:4)
62. the Mind (Pro. 12:8)
63. Money (Pro. 10:2, 15:6, 16)
64. A Name (Pro. 10:7; 18:10; 22:1)
65. Neighbor (Pro. 11:9, 12)
66. Parenting (Pro. 1:8; 2:1; 13:1, 22; 15:5, 20; 22:6; 29:3, 15, 17)
67. Patience (Pro. 12:6, 16; 13:11; 15:18)
68. Peace (Pro. 12:20; 17:1; 29:8)
69. Physical vs. Immaterial (Pro. 3:7-8; 15:3, 30)
70. Pleasure (Pro. 10:23; 18:2; 22:18)
71. The population/people (Pro. 11:10, 11, 26)
72. Poor [people] (Pro. 18:23; 22:2, 9, 22; 29:7, 13, 14)
73. Poverty (Pro. 10:4, 15; 13:7, 8, 18; 22:16; 23:21)
74. Prayer (Pro. 15:29)
75. Pride (Pro. 11:2; 12: ; 18:12)
76. Proverbs (Pro. 1:1-6)
77. Prudence (Pro. 1:4)
78. Rich [people] (Pro. 18:23)
79. Remembering (Pro. 10:7)
80. Reproof (Pro. 10:17; 13:18; 29:1, 15)
81. Rest (Pro. 29:17)
82. Rewards (Pro. 13:13, 21)
83. Rulers (Pro. 29:2, 4, 12, 14)
84. The Righteous (Pro. 10:6, 7, 11, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32; 11:2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11; 12:2, 5, 6, 7; 13:5, 9, 21, 22; 15:29; 18:5, 10; 23:16; 29:1, 7, 10, 16)
85. Righteousness (Pro. 1:3; 11:4, 5, 6, 18; 12:3; 13:6; 29:6)
86. Satisfaction (Pro. 12:14; 13:18; 18:20)
87. The Scoffer (Pro. 13:1; 15:12 [cf. Pro. 15:10]; 22:10; 29:8)
88. Secrets (Pro. 11:13)
89. Self-Control (Pro. 10:19, 23:19; 29:11)
90. Shame/Disgrace (Pro. 11:2; 12:4, 8; 13:5, 18; 17:2; 18:3, 13; 29:15)
91. Sickness (Pro. 18:14)
92. Silence (Pro. 11:12; 29:9, 11)
93. The Simple (Pro. 1:4, 22-33)
94. Sin (Pro. 10:16, 19, 23, 31, 32; 11:5; 12:3, 13:6; 29:6, 16)
95. Slander (Pro. 11:13)
96. Sleep (Pro. 10:5; 23:21)
97. the Sluggard (Pro. 10:26; 13:4; 22:13)
98. Sorrow (Pro. 10:22, 15:13)
99. Soul (Pro. 13:4, 18, 18:7; 22:4; 23:14)
100. Sow & Reap (Pro. 12:11, 14; 13:2, 13; 22:8)
101. Speech (Pro. 1:6; 10:8, 10, 18, 19; 12:6, 17, 18; 13:3; 15:1, 2, 4, 7, 23, 26, 28; 18:2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23; 22:11, 12, 17, 21; 23:7, 8, 9, 16; 29:5, 9)
102. Spirit (Pro. 11:13; 15:4, 13; 18:14; 29:11)
103. Stewardship (Pro. 13:22)
104. Strife (Pro. 10:12; 13:10; 17:1; 22:10)
105. Suffering (Pro. 13:20; 15:15; 22:3)
106. Teachableness (Pro. 1:7, 8-9; 2:1-4; 10:17; 12:15; 13:1)
107. Thoughts (Pro. 12:5)
108. Treacherous (Pro. 11:3, 6; 13:2, 15)
109. Trouble/Calamity (Pro. 11:8, 29; 12:13, 13:17; 15:6; 22:8)
110. Trustworthiness/Faithfulness (Pro. 11:13; 13:17)
111. Understanding (Pro. 1:2, 5-6; 10:13, 23; 11:12; 18:2)
112. Value of wisdom (Pro 8:1-11)
113. Violence (Pro. 10:6, 11; 12:6, 18; 13:2; 29:10)
114. Walk/Way (Pro. 11:8; 12:15; 13:6, 15, 20; 15:9, 10; 22:5, 6)
115. Wealth (Pro. 10:4, 15, 22; 11:4, 7, 18; 12:12; 13:4, 7, 8, 11; 18:11; 22:1, 4, 7; 22:16; 23:4-5; 29:3)
116. the Wicked/sinner (Pro. 10:6, 7, 11, 16, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32; 11:5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; 12:5, 6, 7, 12, 13; 13:5, 6, 9, 17, 21, 22; 15:6, 9, 28, 29; 18:3, 5; 29:2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 16)
117. Wife (Pro. 12:4; 18:22)
118. Wisdom/Prudence (Pro. 1:2, 3; 10:13, 19, 23, 31; 11:2; 13:10, 15, 20; 18:1, 4; 22:3; 23:4, 9; 29:3, 11, 15)
119. The Wise [person] (Pro. 1:5; 10:8, 14, 23; 12:15, 16; 13:1, 14, 16, 20; 15:7, 12, 14, 20, 21, 23, 31; 17:2; 18:15; 23:19; 29:8, 9)
120. Woman (Pro. 11:16)
121. Words (Pro. 1:2, 6; 2:1)
122. Work (Pro. 10:4, 5; 12:11, 14; 13:11; 18:9; 22:29; 23:4-5)
123. Yahweh (Prov. 18:10, 22; 29:13, 18)
124. Youth (Pro. 1:4)
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