| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 Love justice (1:1-15) 1:8 Therefore no one who utters wicked things can go unnoticed, nor will chastising condemnation pass him by. (1:8) | Punishment against the wicked | 17 Punishment against the sinner (19:1-22) 19:1 But the wicked, merciless wrath assailed until the end. For he knew beforehand what they were yet to do:(19:1) |
| 2 The ungodly person (1:16-2:24) 2:1 they who said among themselves, thinking not aright: "Brief and troublous is our lifetime; neither is there any remedy for man's dying, nor is anyone known to have come back from the nether world. (2:1) | The nether world | 16 Punishment against Egyptian (17:1-18:25) 17:14 So they, during that night, powerless though it was, that had come upon them from the recesses of a powerless nether world, while all sleeping the same sleep, (17:14) |
| 3 The righteous person (3:1-4:9) 3:4 For if before men, indeed, they be punished, yet is their hope full of immortality; (3:4) | Punishment and salvation | 15 The guidance in the wilderness (15:18-16:29) 16:6 But as a warning, for a short time they were terrorized, though they had a sign of salvation, to remind them of the precept of your law.(16:6) |
| 4 Judgement of the LORD (4:10-5:16) 5:14 Yes, the hope of the wicked is like thistledown borne on the wind, and like fine, tempest-driven foam; Like smoke scattered by the wind, and like the passing memory of the nomad camping for a single day. (5:14) | The hope of the wicked | 14 Idolatry (13:10-15:17) 13:10 But doomed are they, and in dead things are their hopes, who termed gods things made by human hands: Gold and silver, the product of art, and likenesses of beasts, or useless stone, the work of an ancient hand. (13:10) |
| 5 Judgement against the kings (5:17-6:8) 6:3 Because authority was given you by the LORD and sovereignty by the Most High, who shall probe your works and scrutinize your counsels! (6:3) | Given by the LORD | 13 Nature worship (13:1-9) 13:9 For if they so far succeeded in knowledge that they could speculate about the world, how did they not more quickly find its LORD? (13:9) |
| 6 Seek wisdom (6:9-25) 6:19 and incorruptibility makes one close to God; (6:19) | Incorruptibility | 12 Conversion of the sinner (11:15-12:27) 12:1 for your imperishable spirit is in all things! (12:1) |
| 7 Value of wisdom (7:1-30_8:1) 7:12 And I rejoiced in them all, because Wisdom is their leader, though I had not known that she is the mother of these. (7:12) | The wisdom led the people | 11 Wisdom led the Israelites out of Egypt (10:15-11:14) 10:17 she gave the holy ones the recompense of their labors, Conducted them by a wondrous road, and became a shelter for them by day and a starry flame by night. (10:17) |
| 8 Love for wisdom (8:2-20) 8:2 Her I loved and sought after from my youth; I sought to take her for my bride and was enamored of her beauty. (8:2) | The wisdom and the just man | 10 The just man (10:1-14) 10:1 She preserved the first-formed father of the world when he alone had been created; And she raised him up from his fall,(10:1) |