ÿþ<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US"> <head profile="http://www.w3.org/2000/08/w3c-synd/#"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="keywords" content="30 minute Bible studies, Proverbs Bible studies" /> <meta name="description" content="A website dedicated to providing quality Bible studies for small groups. Over 60 short Bible studies and related articles are available on the website." /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="studies.css" /> <title>Proverbs Studies 1-4</title> </head> <body> <div id="header"> <img src="header1.gif" align="left"></img> <h1>30MinuteBibleStudies.com</h1> <div id="menu"> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="articles.html">Articles</a></li> <li><a href="faq.html">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- menu --> </div> <!-- header --> <div id="main"> <div id="content"> <h2>Proverbs Studies 1-4</h2> <h3>Proverbs Study 1 - The Wisdom of Solomon</h3> <h5>Read 1 Kings 2:1-4</h5> <p>1. What advice did David give Solomon?</p> <h5>Read 1 Kings 3:4-15</h5> <p>2. What did Solomon ask of the Lord? Why?</p> <p>3. What else did God promise Solomon?</p> <h5>Read 1 Kings 3:16-28</h5> <p>4. How was Solomon's wisdom first demonstrated?</p> <h5>Read 1 Kings 4:29-34, 5:12, 10:1-9 and 10:23-24</h5> <p>5. How did Israel benefit from Solomon's wisdom?</p> <p>6. What was the effect of Israel's wise ruler on the surrounding nations?</p> <h5>Read 1 Kings 11:1-13</h5> <p>7. What led to Solomon's downfall? What were the consequences for the kingdom of Israel?</p> <h5>Read Luke 11:27-31</h5> <p>8. What did Jesus recognise as the ultimate wisdom? (v28) </p> <p>9. How can we be wise?</p> <p>Recommended Reading: 1 Kings 2-4 and 11</p> <hr /> <h3>Proverbs Study 2 - An Introduction to the Book of Proverbs</h3> <h5>Read Proverbs 1:1-7</h5> <p>1. What is the purpose of these proverbs, and for whom were they intended?</p> <p>2. On what should true wisdom be based?</p> <h5>Read Proverbs 1:8-19</h5> <p>3. What temptations does this introduction warn against? What consequences? </p> <h5>Read Proverbs 1:20-33</h5> <p>4. Why might Solomon have presented Wisdom as a woman? What relationship does he encourage young men to have with Wisdom? (See also 7:4)</p> <p>5. Why do people reject wisdom and what are the consequences?</p> <h5>Read Corinthians 1:18-31 and 2:13-16</h5> <p>6. What does it mean for Jesus to be our wisdom?</p> <p>7. What will characterise a person who has the mind of Christ?</p> <p>Recommended Reading: Proverbs 1 and 7</p> <hr /> <h3>Proverbs Study 3- The Fear of the Lord</h3> <p>1. What is fear and when is it useful?</p> <p>2. What attributes and characteristics of God inspire fear?</p> <h5>Read Deuteronomy 31:12-13</h5> <p>3. How do God's people learn to fear Him?</p> <h5>Read Proverbs 1:7 and Proverbs 3:1-8</h5> <p>4. How does a proper fear of the Lord lead to trust in His greater wisdom?</p> <h5>Read Proverbs 14:26-27, 15:33 and 19:23</h5> <p>5. How does the fear of the Lord lead to security?</p> <h5>Read Proverbs 14:2, 19:3 and 28:14</h5> <p>6. What foolish ways result from not fearing God?</p> <h5>Read Philippians 2:12-16</h5> <p>7. How can fearing the Lord help us to live our lives according to God's will?</p> <p>Recommended Reading: Proverbs 3 and 14</p> <hr /> <h3>Proverbs Study 4- The Moral Benefits of Wisdom</h3> <h5>Read Proverbs 2</h5> <p>1. How does Chapter 2 assert that a person can find protection from following wicked ways?</p> <p>2. What evils are warned against, and what are the consequences of following this path?</p> <h5>Read Proverbs 5</h5> <p>3. What advice is given to help a young man avoid the sin of adultery? How is this relevant to sin in general?</p> <h5>Read Proverbs 6:20-7:27</h5> <p>4. How did the simple youth of Chapter 7 seek temptation and court disaster?</p> <h5>Read Colossians 3:1-17</h5> <p>5. What aspects of our "earthly nature" are we told to get rid of?</p> <p>6. With what should we "clothe" ourselves so we can better reflect the image of God?</p> <p>7. How can we do better at "embracing wisdom" rather than flirting with sin?</p> <p>Recommended Reading: Proverbs 2, 5 and 6</p> <hr /> </div><!-- content --> <div id="sidebar"> <h3>Related Studies</h3> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Mark Bible Study series</a></li> <li><a href="index.html">Messages from the Messiah series</a></li> <li><a href="index.html">People of the New Testament series</a></li> <li><a href="index.html">James Bible Study series</a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- sidebar --> </div> <!-- main --> <div id="footer"> <p>Copyright&copy;2007 30MinuteBibleStudies.com. All rights reserved.</p> </div> <!-- footer --> </div> <!-- content --> </body> </html>