Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Proverbs Twenty Questions

1. What’s the best advice you’ve received in life?

2. What advice would you give a young person today, such as upon their graduation, or when entering their career or marriage?

3. Have you ever seen someone be the victim of not taking their own advice?

4. How can you explain “the fear of the Lord” as a positive thing, and indeed the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 1:7)?

5. Think of people you know who you consider wise and others you regard as foolish.  What characteristics separate them?

6. In what ways is our larger society/culture wise or foolish?

7. What are the benefits of living a life of wisdom, according to Proverbs 3:1-4?

8. What would the world be like if everyone followed Proverbs 3:5-6?

9. What do you find to be most difficult about following Solomon’s guidance to live a life according to wisdom and the fear of the Lord?

10. According to Proverbs 4, how important is wisdom?

11. What does “drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well” refer to in Proverbs 5:15?

12. What lesson does the ant have for the sluggard, according to Proverbs 6:6-8?

13. Proverbs 6 and 7 contain many warnings against adultery with another man’s wife.  If Solomon received such teachings from his father David, why are these words especially poignant?

14. Proverbs 8 and 9 personify Wisdom and Folly.  What can you say about each?

15. Do you find a favorite Proverb or two contained in this book that really resonates with you?

16. Have you ever seen Proverbs 15:1 (“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”) played out in life?

17. What is Solomon’s view on discipline?

18. What is Solomon’s view on debt?

19. Do you consider the proverbs to be promises of God that, if followed faithfully, are guaranteed to produce the outcome described, or general principles of truth that, if lived out, tend to reflect the way that God designed the universe?  Why?

20. What are some of the qualities of a “wife of noble character” in Proverbs 31?

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