Proverbs – Quiz

The basic truth of Proverbs is “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”.

Neither Israel nor Jerusalem is even referred to in Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, or Job.

The proverbs of chapters 25-29 were written by Solomon and edited about two hundred years later by a committee appointed by King Hezekiah.

Proverbs and psalms were not written close together.

Proverbs was designed to impart wisdom.

In the English canon, Proverbs is the third of the five poetical books.

James is sometimes referred to as the Proverbs of New Testament.

The wise man of Proverbs is the righteous man.

Most of the proverbs are not symmetrical.

Much of Proverbs is addressed especially to young people.

The counsel of Proverbs is not profitable for all people.

The proverbs are secular maxims.

The foolish woman is spiritual folly.

Following the introduction of the proverbs to the youth, there are 7 exhortations.

In the Proverbs of Solomon, there is a minimal amount of topical arrangement.

The Proverbs of Solomon copied by Hezekiah’s men is only 2 chapters.

The words of Agur are the last two chapters of Proverbs.

The last chapter of Proverbs has an acrostic of twenty-two verses.

Proverbs is the third of the three Bible books designated as “wisdom literature”.