PROVERBS 3

Startup: Think how much you agree or
disagree with this statement:

Everything you do in life relates
directly to a relationship you have
with someone else.

SEEING WHAT'S
THERE

1.   What specific commands do you see
in verses 1-12?

2.   What specific benefits of wisdom
are listed in verses 13-18?

3.   What specific promises are made in
verses 21-26?

4.   What specific things are we told not to do in verses 25-32?

5.   What guidelines for good
relationships do you see in verses 27-30?

CAPTURE THE
ESSENCE

6.   From what you've learned so far in
Proverbs about the meaning of wisdom, would you say true wisdom is more of a skill more of a philosophy, or more of an attitude?
Explain your answer.

7.   In your own words, what would you
say God wants us to understand most about Himself in
verses 19-20?

Capture the Essence

8.   Notice the references to long life
and prosperity in verses 2 and
16, then think how much you agree
or disagree with each of the following statements:

(a)
Anyone who doesn't follow the guidelines of wisdom presented in Proverbs is
doomed to poverty and to death at an early age.

(b)
The guidelines in Proverbs are the God-appointed pathway to prosperity and long
life, but God has higher perspectives and purposes that will sometimes require
His children to forego such earthly success.

(c)
It is only because of God's mercy that wicked people sometimes live long and
prosperous lives on earth, yet they will not escape His judgment in eternity

(d)
True prosperity and true "long life" can be found only in heaven.

FOR LIFE
TODAY

9.   From what you see in this chapter,
discuss together how you would complete this sentence: What God really wants
from me is...

FOR GOING
DEEPER

Look again at verses 11-12. How is the teaching of this passage amplified in Heb 12:4-11? What larger lessons are
developed there from this passage?

Prov. 3:34 is also developed further in the
New Testament.

Look at James 4:6-7 and
1 Peter 5:5-6. What was on the minds of James
and Peter as they studied this verse in Proverbs?