PROVERBS 8

What would you say are the five most important choices you've made
in life?

SEEING WHAT'S
THERE

1.   Chapter 8 has been called the key
to the book of Proverbs. What does this chapter include that could make it this
significant?

2.   What specific commands does wisdom
give us in this chapter?

3.   What does wisdom offer us in verses
45?

4.   How are the words of wisdom described in verses 6-9?

5.   Look at the choice mentioned in
verses 10-11. Would you say that this is
meant to be a one-time choice, or a continual choosing? What reasons can you
give for your answer?

6.   What specific benefits of wisdom
are presented in verses 14-21? How do these relate to what you've seen earlier in Proverbs?

7.   What do you think is the main point
God is making by including verses 22-31 in the Bible?

8.   If the word blessed means "happy," then what reliable clues do verses
32-36 give about the best way to
happiness?

CAPTURE THE
ESSENCE

9.   What do you think God wants us to
understand most from verses 12 and 13?

10. What do you think God most wants us to
understand about the word blessed in
verses 32 and 34? How does He want us to define
this word?

11. If this chapter was the only portion of
Scripture you had access to, how would you use it to define wisdom from God's point of view?

12. Imagine yourself being present in the temple in
Jerusalem as
the twelve-year-old Jesus hears this chapter read and discussed by the rabbis
there. In Luke
2:46 we read
that He was listening to these teachers and asking them questions. What verses
from this chapter do you think would most impress the boy Jesus, and what
questions or comments do you suppose He might have spoken?

FOR LIFE
TODAY

13. Look again at the choice set forth in verses 10-11. In practical terms, what does
that choice mean in your life?

14. If God had written this chapter only for you,
which words or phrases do you think He might have underlined, and why?

15. How well would verse 34 serve as a portrait of you?