| Book introduction | 1:1-2 |
| Introduction | 1:3-4 |
| Appointing of judges | 1:5-18 |
| Prologue | 1:1 - 1:7 |
| Wisdom | 1:8 - 9:18 |
| Wise instruction | 1:8 - 1:19 |
| Wisdom speaks | 1:20 - 1:33 |
| Wise instruction | 2:1 - 2:22 |
| Wise instruction | 3:1 - 3:20 |
| Wise instruction | 3:21 - 3:35 |
| Wise instruction | 4:1 - 4:9 |
| Wise instruction | 4:10 - 4:19 |
| Wise instruction | 4:20 - 4:27 |
| Wise instruction: flee promiscuity | 5:1 - 5:23 |
| Wise instruction | 6:1 - 6:11 |
| Wise instruction | 6:12 - 6:15 |
| Wise instruction | 6:16 - 6:19 |
| Wise instruction | 6:20 - 6:29 |
| Wise instruction | 6:30 - 6:35 |
| Wise instruction: flee promiscuity | 7:1 - 7:27 |
| Wisdom speaks | 8:1 - 8:36 |
| Wisdom | 9:1 - 9:6 |
| Correction | 9:7 - 9:9 |
| Foundation of wisdom | 9:10 |
| Wisdom | 9:11 - 9:12 |
| Folly | 9:13 - 9:18 |
| Proverbs of Solomon | 10:1 - 22:16 |
| Sayings of the Wise | 22:17 - 24:34 |
| Proverbs of Solomon | 25:1 - 29:27 |
| Sayings of Agur | 30:1 - 30:33 |
| Sayings of King Lemuel | 31:1 - 31:9 |
| A Wife of Noble Character | 31:10 - 31:31 |