(28-31) For each of the following topics, answer the following questions:  What is the main point(s)?  What pictures, comparisons, contrasts, or consequences are given to drive home the point(s)?  Can you think of a current example that illustrates the point(s)?  What are some practical ways to apply the point(s) to our lives?

Sluggard: 28:19; see also: 22:13; 24:30-34; 26:13-16 –

Money: 28:6, 22, 27; 30:7-9 –

Justice: 28:5, 15-16, 21; 29:4, 7, 14, 26-27 –

Tongue: 28:23, 29:8-9, 20; 30:5-6, 10, 14 –

Marriage: 12:4; 18:22; 19:13-14; 21:9, 19; 25:24; 27:15-16 –

(31) Read v10-31. How does this woman apply the different topics of wisdom discussed above?

Sluggard –

Money –

Justice –

Tongue –

Marriage –

How do you need to apply these topics of wisdom to your life?

What is the main point of v30?  How does this compare to our culture’s point of view?  Whose point will you follow?

(26) Read v1-12. How do these proverbs describe the fool?

Taking each proverb in turn, why is each description of the fool fitting?

How do you reconcile v4-5?

(22-27) For each of the following topics, answer the following questions:  What is the main point(s)?  What pictures, comparisons, contrasts, or consequences are given to drive home the point(s)?  Can you think of a current example that illustrates the point(s)?  What are some practical ways to apply the point(s) to our lives?

Humility vs. Pride: 22:4; 26:12; 27:1-2; see also: 21:4, 24; 28:11; 29:23; 30:13, 32 –

Children and Family: 22:6, 15; 23:13-14, 22-25; see also 19:13, 18, 26; 20:7, 20; 13:24; 15:17; 17:6; 29:15, 17; 30:17 –

Friendship: 27:6, 9-10, 17; see also 13:20; 16:28; 17:9, 17; 18:24 –

Good vs. Bad Tongue: 22:11; 23:9; 25:11, 15, 18, 23; 26:18, 20, 22-23, 28 –

Excess: 23:19-21, 29-35; 25:16; see also: 20:1 –

(18, 21) How do these proverbs describe the power of the tongue (18:21, see also 15:1, 4, 23; 16:24)?

What should we do with our tongues according to these proverbs (21:23, see also 15:28, 17:27-28)?  Why?

How might we apply these proverbs to our homes, our church, our workplaces, and our social media?

(18-21) For each of the following topics, answer the following questions:  What is the main point(s)?  What pictures, comparisons, contrasts, or consequences are given to drive home the point(s)?  Can you think of a current example that illustrates the point(s)?  What are some practical ways to apply the point to our lives(s)?

Sluggard: 18:9; 19:15, 24; 20:4, 13; 21:25-26; see also: 14:23; 15:19; 16:26 –

Money: 18:11; 19:17; 21:17, 25-26; see also 11:24, 28; 13:11; 16:8; 22:26-27; 23:4-5 –

Rich and Poor: 18:23; 19:4, 6-7; 21:13; see also 14:20-21, 31; 22:2, 7, 9, 16, 22-23; 28:6, 11; 29:7 –

Justice: 18:5; 19:28; 20:8, 10, 23; 21:3, 7, 15; see also 22:8; 24:10-12, 24-25 –

Instruction: 18:15; 19:20, 25, 27; 21:11; see also: 15:5, 10, 12, 31-32; 17:10; 23:12; 29:1 –

(15-17) What do you learn about God in the following proverbs?  What applications are there for your life?

15:3, 11; 16:2; 17:3; see also 21:2 –

16:1, 4, 9, 33; see also 19:21; 20:24; 21:1, 30-31 –

15:8, 9, 26; 16:5; 17:15; see also 20:10 –

(14-17) How might the three truths about God in the last question teach us to fear the Lord?  What would be the alternative (see 28:14)?  Why?

What does the fear of the Lord teach us (14:2, 15:33, 16:6)?

What are the results of fearing the Lord (14:26, 27; 15:16; see also 10:27, 22:4, 28:14)?

(14-17) For each of the following topics, answer the following questions:  What is the main point?  What pictures, comparisons, contrasts, or consequences are given to drive home the point?  Can you think of a current example that illustrates the point?  What are some practical ways to apply the point to our lives?

Humility vs. Pride: 15:25, 33; 16:5, 18, 19; see also 11:2, 12:9, 18:12 –

Anger: 14:17, 29; 15:18; 16:32; 17:27; see also 12:16; 19:11, 19; 22:24-25; 29:11, 22; 30:33 –

Strife: 17:1, 9, 14, 19; see also 18:19; 20:3; 22:10; 26:21; 28:25; 30:33 –

Glad vs. Sad Heart: 14:10, 13, 30; 15:13, 15, 30; 17:22 –

(10-13) Describe the righteous person’s thoughts, words, and actions (10:11, 31-32; 11:5; 12:5, 10, 26; 13:5).

How well does that describe you?  How do you need to change?

(10-13) What are some of the results of being righteous?

Give an example of when you have seen or experienced these general truths.

Have you seen exceptions to this general truth?

(10-13) How does Proverbs describe the sluggard (10:4-5, 26; 12:11, 24, 27; 13:4; see also 6:6-11)?  What word pictures are used?

What lessons can we learn?

(10-13) Several proverbs in each chapter address our use of the tongue.  Contrast the tongue of the wise (righteous) with the tongue of the fool (wicked):

Which tongue better describes your tongue?  What changes do you need to make?

(10) Read v19.  Why is this true?  What application do you need to make?

(10-12) Read v10:11, 10:32, 11:9, 12:18.  How can our words bring healing and give life?  How can our words hurt and destroy?  What lessons should we learn?  What changes do we need to make?

(1) What is the purpose of the book of Proverbs in v1-6?

To which three groups is the book written?  Why?

(1, 4, 8) What does wisdom teach us (1:1-4, 4:11, 8:1-8)?

How are wisdom and righteousness related?

(1-3, 8-9) How is the fear of the Lord related to wisdom (1:7, 1:29, 2:5, 3:7, 8:13, 9:10)?

(2) Where do we find wisdom in v1-6?

What value does wisdom offer in v7-15?  Can you think of some current or recent examples?

(9) Describe wisdom (v1-6) and folly (v13-18).  How are they similar?  How do they differ?  What lessons can we learn?

(2, 5-7) What wisdom is highlighted in these passages (2:16-19, 5:1-23, 6:20-35, 7:6-27)?

What are the results of failing to follow this wisdom?

What further truth is presented in 5:21 to deter us?

(3, 9) What does wisdom teach us in the following verses?  What would it look like to apply this wisdom to our lives?

3:5-8 –

3:9-10 –

3:11-12 –

9:7-9 –

(4) What challenge is laid out in v5-9?  How will you respond?