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| Introduction | |
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| The Early Proverbial Wisdom of Israel | |
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| History of Research | |
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| Proverbial Statements | |
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| Proverbs of Observation and Experience | |
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| Observations about People | |
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| Contrasts | |
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| The Human Being and Its Social Standing, Work, and Possessions | |
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| The Human Being in Community and Family | |
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| The Human Being in Public Life | |
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| The King | |
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| The Messenger | |
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| Summary | |
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| Proverbs about Human Character | |
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| Form | |
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| The Relationship of the Proverbs to Old Testament Laws | |
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| Types of Character That Endanger the Community | |
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| Characterization of Behavior | |
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| Characterization of the Fool by Comparison | |
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| Characterization of the One Who Promotes the Community | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Proverbs of Antithesis: The Foolish-The Wise | |
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| Originally Double-Verse Proverbs and Those Editorially Constructed | |
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| Proverbs Dealing Exclusively with the Foolish and the Wise | |
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| The Wisdom of the Wise in Transition | |
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| Comparisons | |
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| The Content of the Comparisons | |
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| The Form of the Comparisons | |
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| The Uniqueness of the Comparisons Exemplified | |
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| Proverbs of Value Judgment (Comparative Proverbs) | |
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| Numerical Proverbs: Commendations and Riddles | |
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| Proverbs of Antithesis: The Righteous-The Wicked | |
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| Basic Fourfold Thematic Structure | |
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| Proverbs of Antithesis: The Righteous-The Wicked in Chapters 25--29 | |
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| What Happens between the Righteous and the Wicked | |
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| The Righteous and the Wicked in the Psalms and Job | |
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| Comparisons in the Proverbs of Antithesis: The Righteous-The Wicked | |
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| Summary | |
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| Hortatory Proverbs (Imperative Sayings) | |
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| Two Types of Hortatory Proverbs | |
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| The Introduction in 22:17-21: The Summons to Listen | |
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| Exhortations concerning Instruction | |
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| General Exhortations | |
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| The Structure of 22:17-24:24 and Its Correspondence to the Teaching of Amenemope | |
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| Hortatory Words in Chapters 22--24: Summary | |
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| Scattered Proverbs in Chapters 22--24 | |
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| Hortatory Proverbs outside of 22:17-24:24 | |
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| The Farewell Exhortation in Tobit 4:3-19 | |
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| Poetry in the Book of Proverbs | |
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| Proverbs in the Old Testament Outside of Proverbs 10--31 | |
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| Proverbs in Proverbs 1--9 | |
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| Individual Proverbs in Qohelet | |
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| Proverbs in the Historical and Prophetic Books | |
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| Wisdom Sayings in the Psalms | |
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| Wisdom in the Book of Job | |
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| The Change From Proverbial Wisdom to Didactic Poetry | |
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| A Form-Critical Sketch of Wisdom | |
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| Wisdom Proverbs as Words of Jesus | |
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| Rudolf Bultmann | |
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| Max Kuchler | |
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| W. A. Beardslee | |
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| Summary | |
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| A Sketch of a Grouping of Proverbs in the Gospels | |
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| God and Humanity in Early Proverbial Wisdom | |
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| The Understanding of Humanity in Proverbial Wisdom | |
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| The Human Being; the Creature | |
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| The Human Being as a Creature among Creatures; the Environment | |
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| The Fruit of the Garden; Provisions | |
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| Work and Its Yield | |
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| The Human Being in Community | |
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| Discourse | |
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| The Work of God in Early Wisdom | |
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| Yahweh as the Creator of Humanity | |
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| God and His Work as the Limitation of Human Possibilities | |
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| God Chastises and Forgives in Mercy | |
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| Proverbs of Antithesis: God's Dealing with the Righteous and the Wicked | |
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| The Fear of Yahweh | |
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| Summary | |
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| Wisdom and Theology | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Significance of the Universal Aspects of the Proverbs | |
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| Humanity Comes of Age | |
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| Wisdom, Science, and Philosophy | |
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| Time and Place | |
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| Science and Wisdom | |
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| Wisdom and Philosophy | |
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| Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 (Luther's Translation): Humanity in Its Temporality | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Comparisons with Proverbial Sayings from Other Times and Places | |
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| African Proverbs | |
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| Hortatory Words of Tobatak of Sumatra | |
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| Form and Scope of Sumerian Proverbs | |
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| The Teaching of Amenemope | |
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| The Instruction of Onch-Sheshonqy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Notes | |
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| A Select Chronological Bibliography | |