MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/0F4250D8/PROVERBS8.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" PROVERBS 8

PROVERB= S 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 w= isdom 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 1= 0-11. 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 wis= dom 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 ve= rses 32-36 give about the best way to happiness?

 

 

CAPTURE= THE ESSENCE=

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



10. What do you think God most wants us to understand about the word blessed <= /i>in verses 3= 2 and 34? How does He want us to d= efine 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 tem= ple in Jerusalem as the twelve-year-old Jesus hears this chapter read and discussed by the rabb= is there. In we r= ead that He was listening to these teachers and asking them questions. What ver= ses 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 ver= ses 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= ?