The Book in the order it was written
TimelineContentsSection V. Early Post-Exilic / Persian Period · 539 - c. 400 BCE

Proverbs

31 chapters · 915 verses · 14,448 words

A compilation. Chapters 10-29 contain older material; chapters 1-9, the frame with personified Wisdom, are usually judged post-exilic. Compare Sirach and Wisdom of Solomon in Sections VII and VIII.

Chapters

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