What to read after BOOK OF PROVERBS?

CHAPTER 1

Central theme and purpose of proverbs

Proverbs 1; 1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David’s king of Israel,

Proverbs 25; 1 These are also profound proverbs of Solomon written by the friends of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

Ecclesiastes 1: 1 (looking for the meaning of life) Words of the preacher son of David’s king of Jerusalem

Proverbs 1, 2 to acquire Wisdom and discipline and to discern expressions of intelligence.

Proverbs 15; 32 He who rejects field hates himself, but he who heeds reproof gains Wisdom

Proverbs 1; 3 to receive instruction, reverence, justice, judgment, and integrity.

Proverbs 1; 4 impart sagacity to the naive and the young, understanding, and good judgment.

Proverbs 1; 5 The wise man will pay attention and add Wisdom, and the wise will acquire prudence.

Proverbs 1; 6 To understand proverbs and parables. The words of the hip and their riddles.

Proverbs 1; 7 The principle of Wisdom is the fear of God, but the wicked despise knowledge and discipline.

Job 28:28 Then he said to man, reverence for God is Wisdom, and intelligence is set apart from evil.

Psalms 110:11 The principle of Wisdom is reverence for God, good understanding has those who put it into action, His praise endures forever.

Proverbs 9; 10 The focus of Wisdom is the fear of God, and the knowledge of the righteous is intelligence.

Proverbs 8; 13 God’s fear is to hate evil, pride, haughtiness, and the wrong way. I detest the wicked mouth.

Exhortation to choose your friends well

Proverbs 1; 10 My son, if sinners try to seduce you, do not consent.

Proverbs 1; 11 and if they say to you: Come with us, let us lie in wait to shed blood, let us lie in wait for the innocent.

Proverbs 1, 14 Cast your lot among us, and we will have a bag for each one.

Proverbs 1; 15 do not go, my son, along the road with them, but restrain your foot from their paths,

Proverbs 1:16 because their feet rush to evil and rush to shed innocent blood.

Proverbs 6; 17 

1) the proud eyes, 

2) the lying tongue, 

3) the hands shedding innocent blood,

Isaiah 59: 7 His feet run to evil and haste to shed innocent blood, his thoughts are thoughts of deceit, spoil, and ruin are in his paths.

Proverbs 8; 13 God’s fear is to hate evil, pride, haughtiness, and the wrong way. I detest the wicked mouth.

Isaiah 59; 8 They have not known the way of peace, and there is no justice in their walk; they have turned aside from their ways, and everyone who walks in them will not know peace.

Romans 3:15 And his feet hasten to shed blood.

Proverbs 1; 17 As the nets for the birds spread,

Proverbs 1:18 so they stalk bloodshed and hide.

Proverbs 1; 19 Such are the paths of all wicked makers who take the lives of their possessors.