Outline of Book of Wisdom of Solomon
1. Wisdom and human destiny
Seek God (Wis 1:1-1:5)
The Spirit of God (Wis 1:6-1:11)
Immortality (Wis 1:12-1:15)
Covenant with death (Wis 1:16-1:16)
The reasoning of the impious (Wis 2:1-2:5)
Enjoy life (Wis 2:6-2:9)
Wicked actions (Wis 2:10-2:11)
The annoying righteous one (Wis 2:12-2:16)
The test of the righteous one (Wis 2:17-2:20)
The error of the impious (Wis 2:21-2:24)
The immortality of the just (Wis 3: 1-3:6)
The visitation (Wis 3:7-3:9)
The punishment of the unjust (Wis 3:10-3:13)
The blessed ones (Wis 3:13-3:15)
The children of adulterers (Wis 3:16-3:19)
Virtue (Wis 4:1-4:2)
The fate of the children of the ungodly (Wis 4:3-4:6)
Old age (Wis 4:7-4:9)
Premature death of the righteous (Wis 4:10-4:15)
The death of the unjust (Wis 4:16-4:19)
The judgment of the unjust (Wis 4:20-4:20)
The righteous stand tall (Wis 5:1-5:3)
The response of the unjust (Wis 5:3-5:8)
The traceless end of the unjust (Wis 5:9-5:13)
There is no hope for the ungodly (Wis 5:14-5:14)
The righteous live forever (Wis 5:15-5:16)
The Lord prepares for the battle (Wis 5:17-5:20)
The battle rages (Wis 5:21-5:23)
2. Origin, Nature, and action of wisdom and how to acquire it
Listen up kings and judges! (Wis 6:1-6:3)
The judgment of God (Wis 6:4-6:8)
Words for the kings (Wis 6:9-6:11)
The beauty of wisdom (Wis 6:12-6:16)
The desire for wisdom (Wis 6:17-6:20)
Honor wisdom (Wis 6:21-6:21)
The history of wisdom (Wis 6:22-6:25)
The birth of Solomon (Wis 7:1-7:6)
The esteemed wisdom (Wis 7:7-7:14)
The great gift of God (Wis 7:15-7:16)
Great knowledge (Wis 7:17-7:21)
The qualities of wisdom (Wis 7:22-7:23)
The ode to wisdom (Wis 7:24-7:26)
The presence of wisdom (Wis 7:27-7:30)
Wisdom on earth (Wis 8:1-8:1)
Wisdom as a lover (Wis 8:2-8:4)
Wisdom is greater than any good (Wis 8:5-8:8)
Wisdom lives with me (Wis 8:9-8:9)
The effects of indispensable wisdom (Wis 8:10-8:15)
The blissful rest of wisdom (Wis 8:16-8:16)
The demand for wisdom (Wis 8:17-8:21)
Prayer to obtain wisdom (Wis 9:1-9:4)
The chosen king (Wis 9:5-9:7)
Building of the Temple (Wis 9:8-9:8)
The presence of wisdom (Wis 9:9-9:12)
The will of God (Wis 9:13-9:18)
3. Wisdom and God in History
The father of the world (Wis 10:1-10:2)
Fratricide (Wis 10:3-10:3)
The flood (Wis 10:4-10:4)
Tower of Babel and Abraham (Wis 10:5-10:5)
Lot (Wis 10:6-10:8)
The righteous Jacob (Wis 10:9-10:12)
The righteous Joseph (Wis 10:13-10:14)
Moses (Wis 10:15-10:16)
The Exodus from Egypt (Wis 10:17-10:21)
The holy prophet Moses (Wis 11:1-11:4)
The ambiguity of water (Wis 11:5-11:8)
The test (Wis 11:9-11:14)
Divine punishment towards Egypt (Wis 11:15-11:20)
The power of God (Wis 11:21-11:26)
Immortal spirit (Wis 12:1-12:2)
God’s attitude towards Canaan (Wis 12:3-12:7)
The Canaanites (Wis 12:8-12:11)
You cannot question the judgment of God (Wis 12:12-12:14)
Righteous power (Wis 12:15-12:18)
Lessons from divine judgment (Wis 12:19-12:22)
God is rigorous (Wis 12:23-12:27)
The false worship of natural forces (Wis 13:1-13:2)
The creator (Wis 13:3-13:5)
These false worshipers are seeking something (Wis 13:6-13:9)
The worship of idols (Wis 13:10-13:10)
How a carpenter makes false idols (Wis 13:11-13:16)
The praying to false idols (Wis 13:17-13:19)
Ship’s wooden idols and providence (Wis 14:1-14:5)
The historical importance of the ark of Noah (Wis 14:6-14:7)
Accursed false idol worship (Wis 14:8-14:11)
Origin of the worship of idols (Wis 14:12-14:14)
The false worship of the dead (Wis 14:15-14:16)
The false worship of kings (Wis 14:17-14:21)
Evil consequences of the worship of false idols (Wis 14:22-14:26)
Worship of false idols is the cause of all evil (Wis 14:27-14:29)
The punishment for the unrighteous (Wis 14:30-14:31)
Merciful God (Wis 15:1-15:3)
The evil idols (Wis 15:4-15:6)
The folly of the artistic idol maker (Wis 15:7-15:8)
The guilt of the idol makers (Wis 15:9-15:13)
The folly of the Egyptian idols (Wis 15:14-15:17)
Animal worship (Wis 15:18-15:19)
Difference between Egypt and Israel (Wis 16:1-16:4)
The sign of the serpents (Wis 16:5-16:7)
Locusts and flies (Wis 16:8-16:9)
The serpents (Wis 16:10-16:12)
Death (Wis 16:13-16:14)
The power of fire (Wis 16:15-16:19)
The food of angels (Wis 16:20-16:23)
Pray to God (Wis 16:24-16:29)
Darkness (Wis 17:1-17:6)
The failure of the Egyptian magicians (Wis 17:7-17:10)
Wickedness (Wis 17:11-17:14)
The great fear (Wis 17:15-17:17)
The power of natural forces (Wis 17:18-17:21)
Pillar of fire for the holy ones (Wis 18:1-18:4)
The extermination of the first-born Egyptians (Wis 18:5-18:9)
The reaction to the death of the first born (Wis 18:10-18:13)
The powerful word of God (Wis 18:14-18:16)
Dreams of death (Wis 18:17-18:19)
The plague on the righteous (Wis 18:20-18:25)
The escape from Egypt (Wis 19:1-19:5)
The marvelous Red Sea experience (Wis 19:6-19:9)
Food on the journey (Wis 19:10-19:12)
Egypt was more culpable than Sodom (Wis 19:13-19:17)
