PROVERBS 26

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?

CAPTURE THE
ESSENCE

2.   From what you see in this chapter,
how would you think God would want us to define the word fool?

FOR LIFE
TODAY

3.   Think again of wisdom as the skill needed to live a productive life that pleases
God. As you look back over chapters 25 and 26 in Proverbs, what areas of skill
are taught here that you would most like to see "sharpened" in your
own life? 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?

4.   Prepare again to give a five-minute
talk from this chapter before an assembly of high-schoolers,
this time from chapters 25 and 26. Which verses would you choose to talk about?
What main points would you make, and what true-life examples would you use to
illustrate those points?

5.   Prepare also for a five-minute
presentation to second-graders. Which verses from chapters 25 and 26 would you
choose to talk about, what main points would you make, and what true-life
examples would you use to illustrate those points?

FOR GOING
DEEPER

Look again at verse 11.
Peter quotes this passage in 2 Peter 2:22. From what you see at the beginning of that chapter, who is Peter
talking about?