PROVERBS
6

SEEING WHAT'S
THERE

1.   In your own words, how would you
explain both the problem and the solution described in verses 1-5?

2.   How would you summarize the main
point being made in verses 6-11?

3.   What negative trait or traits are
we warned against in verses 12-15?

4.   According to verses 16-19, what specifically does God
hate? Which one thing, if any, do you think He hates the most? (Support your
answer with other Scriptures.)

Seeing What's There

5.   What specific commands are given in
verses 20-21, and how do they relate to what
you've seen before in Proverbs?

6.   How would you explain in your own
words the promises given in verses 22-24?

7.   What specific reasons for avoiding
adultery are given in verses 25-35?

CAPTURE THE
ESSENCE

8.   What insight do you find in verses 1-5 about the balance between being
generous and being a good steward of your financial resources?

9.   Look again at what verse 8 says
about ants. There are other creatures, of course, which gather and store food
in summer in preparation for winter. What might be the significance of Solomon
using ants to make his point, instead
of something else?

10. Look again at verses 16-19. In this list of things which
God hates, which ones are mostly attitudes,
and which are mostly actions?

FOR LIFE
TODAY

11. Can you recall a time when a financial promise
you made got you into trouble? How would the teachings in verses 1-5 relate to that situation?

12. In the list in verses 16-19 of things which God hates, which
are the ones that you hate the most,
in yourself or in others?

FOR GOING
DEEPER

Notice the poetic Hebrew style in which numbers are used in verse 16. For other interesting examples
of this, turn together to Prov 30, and look at the four lists which begin in verses 15,18,21, and 29.