What Is Wisdom? PROVERBS 1:1–6 Proverbs chapters 1–9 are the introduction to the book. It’s a long introduction—like most preachers’ sermons. Proverbs 1:1–7 is the preamble, the introduction to the introduction. This section tells us what the book is about and the book’s purpose. These are the “proverbs” (v. 1). The proverbs proper are the sentences of wisdom found in the book. Primarily what we think of when we think of “proverbs” are the short, pithy sayings contained in chapters 10–31. Proverbs