Topical Proverbs

Wisdom for children of the King:

To know wisdom and instruction,to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing,in righteousness, justice, and equity;to give prudence to the simple,knowledge and discretion to the youth. Proverbs 1:2-6 (ESV)

Adversity
Proverbs 24:10

Advice
Proverbs 11:14;15:22;20:18; 27:9; 28:26; 29:12

Age
Proverbs 16:31;20:29

Alcohol
Proverbs 20:21;23:20-21; Pr 23:29-35;31:4-7

Anger
Proverbs 14:17;14:29;15:1,8;16:32; 9:19;20:1; Pr 22:24-25;27:3-4; Proverbs 29:22;30:33

Attitudes
Proverbs 10:24-28; 12:1,9,23-27; 13:12;13:19;14:6;Proverbs15:12-15; 15:30;16:1-2;

Backslider
Proverbs 14:14

Balance
Proverbs 30:8-9; 31:2-3

Bitterness
Proverbs 14:10

Choices
Proverbs 3:5-7; 4:26-27

Comfort
Proverbs 25:20

Companions
Proverbs 1:10-16; 2:10-17;  9:6;  9:12; 13:20; 14:7; 19:27;24:1-2; 24:21-22;29:24

Compassion
Proverbs 3:3-4;11:17;11:26; Proverbs 12:10;14:31;16:6;
17:9; Pr. 19:11;19:17; Pr. 20:28;21:13;21:21;Pr. 21:29;22:22-23;23:10-11;24:11-12

Confidence
Proverbs 1:33;3:21-26; 14:26,30;14:30;16:3;18:10,16; 21:31;25:19;28:1;29:25

Conspiracy
Proverbs 14:22

Contempt
Proverbs 9:8,12;18:3

Courtesy
Proverbs 25:17;27:14

Death
Proverbs 10:2;27; 11:7,19;13:14;14:32;16:25;21:16;

Deception
Proverbs 6:16-19;10:10,18:12;20:22;
Proverbs 3:5;14:5,8;17:7;Pr.19:5,9; Pr 20:17; 21:6,28; Pr 26:18,19,24-28; Pr 26:38; 27:6;29:12

Depression
Proverbs 14:13

Destiny
Proverbs 2:21,22;3:1,2,19,20;5:21;
Proverbs 8:34,35,36; Pr.16:33; Pr 17:11,13;Pr 19:9; Pr 20:20; Pr. 21:1; Pr 22:5;Pr 25:26;Pr 26:2,27; Pr 27:1,23-27; Pr. 28:8,10, 13,17,18,19; Proverbs 29:1,16

Diligence
Proverbs 4:23;6:6-11

Discretion
Proverbs 2:10-17; 19:11

Envy
Proverbs 3:31;14:30;23:17,18;24:1,2,19,20;27:4

Fairness
Pr. 2:7-9; 3:27-28; 11:1;18:5;29:7

Faithfulness
Pr. 28:20,23

Family
Pr. 1:8,9;3:11-12;4:1-27;5:1,2,18,19;6:20-22,27-35; 7:1-3;11:29;13:1,22; 15:20;3;11:29;13:1,22;
Pr 17:1,2,6,21,25;Pr 19:13,18; Pr 19:26;  Pr 20:11,21

Fear
Proverbs 1:33; 3:21-26;Pr 29:25

Flattery
Proverbs 29:5

Fools
Proverbs 1:7,32:35;14:16.24.33; Pr 15:5,14,21; 16:22; Pr 17:16,21,24,25,28; Pr 18:2,6; Pr 19:29; 23:9; Pr 24:7; 26:1-12; Pr 27:22; 29:9

Friends
Proverbs 3:29;17:17; 18:19,24; Pr 19:7; 27:6,9,10,14,17,19; Pr 28:19; Pr 29:5,11

Gifts
Proverbs 17:8; 19:6; 21:14;22:16;25:14;29:4

Good News
Proverbs 25:25

Gossip
Proverbs 18:8;20:19;26:22;26:23

Greed
Proverbs 1:17,18,19; 15:27; 21:26;22:16; Pr 27:20; 28:8,20,22

Happiness
Proverbs 3:13-18; Pr 17:22; 27:11

Hatred
Proverbs 15:17; 26:26,28

Honesty 
Proverbs 14:25;20:14,23; Pr 22:28,29; 24:24-26,28; Pr 25:18

Honor
Pr 19:11;21:21; Pr 22:1;24:7;25:2;26:1;27:21;
Pr 29:23

Industry
Proverbs 14:4

Inheritance
Proverbs 3:35;8:20,21;20:21

Injustice
Proverbs 17:15,23,26;18:5;20:23

Integrity
Proverbs 10:9;11:3;16:11;19:1,3,28 Pr 20:7,8,10
Pr 21:3;22:28,29;23:10,11;24:11,12,23;Pr 25:9-10;
Proverbs 27:21;28:6,21;30:10;31:8,9

Joy
Proverbs 19:10;21:15;23:15,15,24,25

Judgment
Proverbs 2:7-9;3:11,12;10:29;12:2,7,8,21;13:9,13,
Pr 13:21,22;15:25;16:4,5,18; Pr 17:3,11;18:18;20:22
Pr 20:30;21:2,7,12;24:23;25:21,22;29:26

Knowing yourself
Pr 27:8;28:3

Last will and testament
Proverbs 30:7,8,9

Lawlessness
Pr 28:9

Life
Proverbs 4:23;6:23;8:34-36; Pr 9:10,11;10:16,17
Pr 10:27;11:19;12:3,28;13:14;15:24;27:25-27
Pr 28:12;29:2;30:15,16,18,19,21; Pr 30:22-31

Listening
Proverbs 18:13,15;19:20

Loans
Proverbs 6:1-5;11:15;17:18;20:16;22:7,26,27;
Pr 27:13;28:8

Lord
Proverbs 1:7;3:11,12,19,20; Pr 3:32-34;5:21;6:16-19; Pr 8:22-31; 9:10,11;15:3,11,29; Pr 16:4,9,33;17:3;18:10;19:21;20:10,12,24;
Pr 21:1,2,30,31; Pr 22:2,12; Pr 25:2;29:13;

Love
Proverbs 3:11,12;8:17;15:17;27:5

Men
Proverbs 6:27-35; Pr 8:1-4; Pr 8:34-36; 11:16;
Pr 20:6,9,11,27;21:8;23:4;25:19;30:2-4,11-14

Mischief
Proverbs 6:16-19;10:23;12:21;17:5,20;24:8

Murder
Proverbs 1:17-19;6:16-19

Naivety
Proverbs 1:32;7:4-27; Pr 8:1-6; Pr 9:1-5,14-18;
Pr 14:15,18;21:11;22:3;27:12,21

Obedience
Proverbs 19:16;23:22

Patience
Proverbs 25:15;27:18

Peaceable
Proverbs 10:12;12:20;15:18;16:7

Pleasure
Proverbs 21:17

Point of View
Proverbs 18:17;20:14;21:2

Politics
Proverbs 8:14-16;14:28,34-35; Pr 16:12-16;17:26;
Pr 19:6,10,12; 20:2,8,26,28; Pr 21:1; Pr 23:1-6; 24:21
Pr 24:22;25:3-7,15; Pr 27:24;28:2;29:2,4,12,14;
Pr 31:2,3

Poverty
Proverbs 13:23,25;14:20,21,23,31; Pr 15:17;16:8;17:5
Pr 19:4,7;21:13,17; 22:2,22,23; Pr 28:6,7;29:13,14

Practicality
Proverbs 18:18;29:8,9

Pride
Proverbs 8:14-16;11:2;13:10;16:18-19; Pr 18:11-12;
Pr 19:29;20:6;21:4;21:11,24; Pr 22:10;24:9;25:6-8;
Pr 27:2;27:21;28:25;29:1;29:23;30:32

Priorities
Proverbs 24:27;29:26

Prostitutes
Proverbs 2:10-19; Pr 5:3-23; Pr 6:23-26; Pr 7:4-27;
Pr 9:13-18; Pr 22:14; 23:26,27,28;27:13;29:3;30:20

Prudence
Proverbs 8:12;14:15,16; Pr 15:5,33; Pr 21:12;23:1-8;
Pr 27:12; 28:26

Rashness
Proverbs 19:2;19:19;21:5

Reverence
Proverbs 1:7,29; Pr 2:1-6; Pr 3:7-10; Pr 8:13;
Pr 14:26-27; Pr 15:16,33 Pr 16:1,2,6; Pr 19:23;
Pr 20:25; 22:4;23:17-19

Riches
Proverbs 1:32; Pr 3:9,10; 8:10,11,18,19; Pr 10:2-4;
Pr 10:15,22; 11:4,24,25,28; Pr 13:7,8,11,25; 14;20;
Pr 15:6,15,17; 16:8,16; Pr 18:11;19:4;22:2; Pr 23:4,5

Righteousness 
Proverbs 10:2,3,6,7,25,20; Pr 11:5,6,8,10,18,20,21,23;
Pr 11:27,30,31; Pr 12:26,28;13:6;14:2,11,14,32;
Pr 16:17;21:12;28:25;29:10

Self-control
Proverbs 16:31;20:9;25:17;25:28

Servants
Proverbs 25:13

Sight
Proverbs 4:25;29:21;30:10

Sin
Proverbs 21:4;28:13;29:6,16,22

Sorrow
Proverbs 12:25;15:13;25:20

Soul Winning
Proverbs 11:30

Speech
Proverbs 4:24; 10:11; 10:19,20,21,31,32; Pr 11:9,11;
Pr 11:12,13; Pr 12:6,13,14,17,18,19,25; Pr 13:2,3;
Pr 14:23; 15:1,2,4,7; Pr 15:23,26,28; Pr 16:24,27;
Pr 17:4, 27,28; Pr 18:6,7,8,20,21; Pr 20:15;
Pr 21:23;22:11;25:11,12,23; Pr 29:11,20; Pr 30:10,32;
Pr 31:8,9

Spirit
Proverbs 18:14;20:27;25:28; 27:7

Strength
Proverbs 18:14;20:29;24:5,6,10,15,16

Strife
Proverbs 3:30; 17:14,19; Pr 18:6,13,23; Pr 20:3;
Pr 22:10;25:8,24; Pr 26:17,20,21; 28:25; 29:22;30:33

Teachability
Proverbs 4:1-4; Pr 10:8,17; 12:1,15; Pr 13:18; Pr 15:10; Pr 15:12,31,32; Pr 17:10;19:20,25; Pr 21:11;
Pr 23:12;25:11; Pr 25:12;28:14,16,,16; 29:1,19

Teaching
Proverbs 16:21,22

Theft
Proverbs 21:7

Third Parties
Proverbs 6:19; Pr 13:17; 26:6;30:10

Thoughts
Proverbs 6:16,17,18,19; Pr 12:5;14:12; Pr 15:26;
Pr 16:3; 16:25; 21:5;24:9;30:32

Treachery
Proverbs 28:21

Trouble-making
Proverbs 16:27-30;17:9; Pr 20:3; 26:18,19;28:10

Trust
Proverbs 3:5,6; 16:20;29:25

Truth
Proverbs 3:3,4; 23:23

Understanding
Proverbs 2:1-6; Pr 3:5-6; Pr 3:13-18; Pr 4:5-9;
Pr 7:4; 10:13,14; Pr 13:15,16; 15:14; Pr 15:21; Pr 16:16; Pr 18:2; 19:8; 20:5; 21:16; Pr 22:17-21; 28:5

Ungrateful
Proverbs 17:13

Vengeance
Proverbs 20:22,24:17,18; 24:29

Vows
Proverbs 20:25

Waste
Proverbs 21:20

Wicked
Proverbs 5:22,23;6:12,13,14,15; Pr 10:25,30; 11:21
Pr 11:23,27,31; Pr 13:6; 14:11,17,19,32; Pr 15:9;
Pr 21:10; 21:18,27; Pr 22:8; Pr 24:15,16; 29:10,16

Wisdom
Proverbs 1:1-7,20-25; Pr 1:26-30; Pr 1:31-33; Pr 2:1;
Pr 2:2-6; Pr 2:7-11; Pr 2:12-16; Pr 2:17-22; Pr 3:7,8;
Pr 3:13-18; Pr 3:35; Pr 4:5-9; Pr 7:4; Pr 8:3-7; Pr 8:8-13; Pr 8:14-18; Pr 8:19-24; Pr 8:25-30;
Pr 8:31-36; Pr 9:1-4; Pr 9:5-9,12; 14:24,33; Pr 16:16;
Pr 18:1,4,13; Pr 19:8; 21:22;24:13,14; Pr 26:7,9,16,17;
Pr 27:8,28:11;29;9,11

Women
Proverbs 5:18;5:19;11:16,22; Pr 12:4; Pr 14:1;18:22
Pr 19:13,14; Pr 21:9,19; Pr 25:24;27:15,16; Pr 31:10
Pr 31:11-15; Pr 31:16-20; Pr 31:21-25; Pr 31:26-31

Word of God
Proverbs 2:1-6; 3:21-26;  Pr 4:20-22; Pr 7:1-3; 29;18
Pr 30:5,6

Work
Proverbs 6:6-11; Pr 10:5; Pr 12:11,12,14,24,27
Pr 13:4;14:23;15:19;16:26; Pr 18:9;19:12,24; Pr 20:4
Pr 20:13,25; Pr 23:4,30,31,32,33,34; Pr 26:13-16;
Pr 27:23,24; Pr 28:19

Worship
Proverbs 15:8

Worry
Proverbs 24:19,20