PROVERBS 11

SEEING WHAT'S
THERE

1.   For each proverb in this chapter,
decide what topic or topics it most addresses. Then make a list of all the
topics covered in this chapter, and which verse numbers to list under each one.
Which of these topics, if any, would you consider to be the most prominent in
this chapter? Which would you consider to be most important?

2.   What further contrasts do you see
in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked?

CAPTURE THE
ESSENCE

3.   How would you define the word righteousness, from what you see in this
chapter?

FOR LIFE
TODAY

4.   The word wisdom as used in Proverbs has been defined essentially as
"skill" — the skill needed to live a productive life that
pleases God. As you look back over chapters 10 and 11 in Proverbs, what areas
of skill are taught here that you would most like to see "sharpened"
in your own life?

5.   If you were asked to give a
five-minute talk from chapters 10 and 11 before a local high school assembly
— to give them a taste of biblical advice — which verses from these
chapters would you choose to talk about? Keeping in mind the age and interests
of your audience, what are the main points you would make, and what true-life
examples would you use to illustrate your points?

6.   Suppose also that you were asked to
give a five-minute presentation from chapters 10 and 11 to a class of
second-graders. Again, which verses from these chapters would you choose to
talk about? Once more keeping in mind the age and interests of this different
audience, what are the main points you would make, and what true-life examples
would you use to illustrate your points?

FOR GOING
DEEPER

Look again at the last verse in this chapter. How does the apostle
Peter expound on the meaning of this verse in 1 Peter 4:17-19?