Proverbs Study week 4 day 5

Read Proverbs 9:1-6 List what wisdom has done and the message she calls out.
Pro 9:1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
Pro 9:2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
Pro 9:3 She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,
Pro 9:4 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks sense she says,
Pro 9:5 "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
Pro 9:6 Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight."

Wisom has;
built her house
hewn her seven pillars
slaughtered her beasts
mixed her wine
set her table
sent our her young women to call from the highest places in the town

Wisdom is calling out to the simple, so they can leave their simple ways and gain knowledge and understanding. Even the simplest of people can gain wisdom.


Now read verses 13-18. List what you learn about the woman of folly and her message.
Pro 9:13 The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
Pro 9:14 She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
Pro 9:15 calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
Pro 9:16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" And to him who lacks sense she says,
Pro 9:17 "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
Pro 9:18 But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

The woman of folly is very seductive and does not have wisdom. She is searching for naive young men without wisdrom and knowledge. She is convincing him that it is good. Only they do not know where what she has done to others who have followed in that same path.


How does the woman of folly relate to the adulteress and harlot we marked before>
She is seductive, and convincing. She preys on the naive and those lacking wisdom and knowledge.

Note the important words in the two invitaions and the different results from listening to these words.
They are both calling out to the simple man. Only one wants to give the simple man knowledge and wisdom. The wants the simple man because he lacks wisdom and that makes it easy for her to seduce him.

Proverbs Study Week Four Days 3 and 4

Send me an email if you want to continue to add a children's devotion. angieduke@hotmail.com. I wasn't sure how many of you reading this needed a kids devotion. The ice is melted. Thank God. I'm glad we were all able to get back to work and school safely. Don't forget about Super Sunday this Sunday at 3pm. Come early to setup, and stay after service for the Super Bowl Party. It is going to be tons of fun.

Day 3 of Week 4
We were suppose to wrap up chapter 8, studying 22-36.We are suppose to compare the relationship between The Lord and Wisdom. As you have seen, true wisdom comes from the lord. The world's wisdom can never compare to the Lords wisdom. Go ahead and write down what you learn from these verses.

Basically the Lord had wisdom from the beginnign of time. In everything he did, he had wisdom.
A quote from Matthew Henry
. An exhortation to hear and obey the voice of Wisdom, to attend and comply with the good instructions that the word of God gives us, and in them to discern the voice of Christ, as the sheep know the shepherd's voice.

We are to hear God's instruction, listen to him, like a kid learning from his parents we are to learn from God. We are not to neglect him. Stop and ask yourself, how am I neglecting God right now? Do I read my bible daily, do I pray, am I spending time with him, am I reaching out to others, am I taking time to teach my children the word of God, am I walking the walk daily? None of us are giving 100% to God. There is always more that we can do, more we need to learn, more people who need us to pray for them and be the light of Christ in their lives.


Day 4 of week 4
Read Proverbs 9 marking wisdom and understanding, and the woman of folly. Watch for pronouns refering to these characters.

Pro 9:1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
Pro 9:2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
Pro 9:3 She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,
Pro 9:4 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks sense she says,
Pro 9:5 "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
Pro 9:6 Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
Pro 9:7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
Pro 9:8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Pro 9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Pro 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. (KJV it says the knowledge of holy is understanding.)
Pro 9:11 For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
Pro 9:12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Pro 9:13 The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
Pro 9:14 She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
Pro 9:15 calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
Pro 9:16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" And to him who lacks sense she says,
Pro 9:17 "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
Pro 9:18 But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

That's all we need to do today. Read and mark our bibles. Tommorrow we will study 1-6 and 13-18. Read this a couple of times. Get a good understanding of the verses before we do our study.

Proverbs Study Week Four Day 2 / added kids devotion

I wanted to add a kid devotion to my study. Every night we sit down with our children and do a short devotion. This will take about 5 to 10 minutes of your time with your kids. After your devotion, have your kids pray, then pray over your kids. I always encourage my kids to pray for their friends. We try to add a new prayer request every week.

KIDS STUDY (Searching Deep)

I always have my kids get their bibles out and read the verse. It's typically just 2 or 3 verses. If you have more than one child, try to split it up or take turns. At my house, my kids have two different bible versions, so I have them both read.

VERSE
James 2:23 Abraham...was called God's friend.

Story: Luke burst into the kitchen, opening an envelope. " We got a letter from Miguel!" (ask your kids how they think they would feel to get a letter from their best friend.
His mother smiled. "That's wonderful. What does it say?" Luke's family had decided to sponsor a needy child from another country. They'd agreed to send money each month to an organization call Compassion International. That way, the organization could feed Miguel, help him stay healthy, help educate him, and tell him about Jesus. And the best part was, Luke and Miguel were going to be pen pals!
"There's Miguel's handwriting," Luke said, "but it's in Spanish."
His mom asked, "isn't it translated into English?"
Luke flipped the letter over. "Oh yeah. Here it is." He read it. "WOW. Miguel goes to school like me, and he loves baseball too." Luke lived in Minnesota. Miguel lived in Nicaragua, which was in Central America. Using the internet, Luke and his parents had learned a lot about Nicaragua. Luke wanted to go there someday and meet Miguel in person. Meanwhile, it was cool having a friend in another country. Grabbing a pen, Luke said, "I'm gonna write back and tell Miguel all about me!"

Prayer allows you to be "pen pals" with God. Although you can't see God now, you can build a relationship with him through prayer and reading your bible. And someday, with faith in Jesus, you'll meet Jesus face to face.

Words To TREASURE:
Exodus 33:11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend.

Now for our adult Study Time:

Day TWO
All we need to do today is list the claims wisdom makes in verses 1-21. Take your time and meditate on what you learn in these verses. They're so rich.
Precepts of Wisdom
1. They are proclaimed aloud
2. They are proclaimed from on high
3. They are proclaimed in the places of concourse, where multitudes are gathered together, the more the better.
4. They are proclaimed where they are most needed.
5. They are directed to the children of men.
6. They are designed to make them wise

This is really deep reading. A lot to take in, in a few short verses.

It also says that wisdom is better than jewels and all you desire cannot compare to her. .....That is a pretty strong verse. Take a minute to think about what it really means. I'm sitting here thinking of all the things I desire, I would love to go to Cozumel or Cancun, a house at least twice the size of the one I own, all my bills to be paid off, I could go on forever on this one. It says that all of those cannot compare to wisdom. So what should I truly desire more, all of these wonderful earthly things, or wisdom? Wisdom of Course.

Matthew Henry says that in verses 12-21 wisdom is Christ.

Divine wisdom gives men a level head
It gives men good hearts
It has a good influence on governing affairs
It will make all those happy, truly happy, that receive and embrace it.

That's a lot for today. We will study verse 8 some more tomorrow. There is a lot to embrace, and we have three days to embrace it.

I hope you all are having a good day. Be careful in this nasty weather. Don't drive tonight if you don't have to.

Love In Christ
Angie

Week Four Proverbs Study

Well, we made it through three weeks. Be proud of yourselves. This is isn't as hard to do as I thought it would be. You guys keep me going. We had a great week, prayers have been answered for us this week. My brother is not moving to Tulsa, Yeah. We received our first donation for our mission trip, Yeah. I am finally well. I had a super great feel good day. I am so thankful to be feeling better. I hope you guys have great things going on in your lives as well. Please share them with us if you do. Praise reports are always encouraging.

The Call of Wisdom or of the Foolish Woman....
Food and wine are set at wisdom's table, and she calls men to forsake folly and live. But the foolish woman equally calls men to secretly partake of her stolen water and bread...and then die. Can you distinguish these voices? Will you heed the right call?

Day One of Week Four

Read Proverbs 8 and Mark (wisdom, knowledge, understanding, love, Lord, and blessing)
Take time to underline these in your bible, even though I highlight them in the study.

In this chapter, wisdom is personified, so you'll find many feminie pronouns. Loof for them so you don't miss any significant observations. Personification is a literary device that draws attention to and explains a concept in a way we can relate to. The characteristics of a person are attributed to the concept because we understand how people think and act.

Days 1-3 are focusing solely on Chapter 8. Tomorrow we will pull out some things about wisdom, and Wednesday we will talk about the relationship between the Lord and wisdom. Days 4-6 we will focus on Proverbs 9. Two chapters in 6 days, we can do it.

Pro 8:1 Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?
Pro 8:2 On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;
Pro 8:3 beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
Pro 8:4 "To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man.
Pro 8:5 O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.
Pro 8:6 Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right,
Pro 8:7 for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Pro 8:8 All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
Pro 8:9 They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
Pro 8:10 Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,
Pro 8:11 for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
Pro 8:12 "I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
Pro 8:13 The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
Pro 8:14 I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength.
Pro 8:15 By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;
Pro 8:16 by me princes rule, and nobles, all who govern justly.
Pro 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
Pro 8:18 Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.
Pro 8:19 My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.
Pro 8:20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice,
Pro 8:21 granting an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.
Pro 8:22 "The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
Pro 8:23 Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
Pro 8:24 When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.
Pro 8:25 Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth,
Pro 8:26 before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world.
Pro 8:27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
Pro 8:28 when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,
Pro 8:29 when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
Pro 8:30 then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,
Pro 8:31 rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.
Pro 8:32 "And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways.
Pro 8:33 Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
Pro 8:34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
Pro 8:35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD,
Pro 8:36 but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death."

Day 21 Group Discussion

I am going to post group discussion questions tonight. Find the answers, post them if you like. I will post the group answers tomorrow night after our Fuel Cell. If you would like to come to the group discussion, it will be

Fuel Cell
Sunday Night
6pm
Matt and Angie Duke
104 Cleaver
Pocola
Menu:Homemade Chicken Pot Pie/dessert/salad

Store in your heart:
Proverbs6:16-19
Read and discuss
Proverbs 5:3-6,15-20
6:16-19,23-29
7:6-27

Discuss the central teaching of Proverbs 5-7
The central teaching for these chapters was one to warn against adultery.
2. A parent imparting their wisdom to their kids
3. Chapter 6 had some other general warnings of how not to be as well


What are some of the tactics of the adulteress?
She is alluring, she lies, she seeks eagerly, she dresses to catch the eye, she knows how to persuade young naive boys, she is manipulative, beautiful,

How is a man vulnerable to these tactics?
He is vulberable because he is young and naive and does not have the wisdom to understand to stay away and what will happen if he doesn't.

How does Proverbs 6:16-19 relate to the teaching of the adulteress The things that?
God hates, are the characteristics of an adulteress

Discuss how the commandments of the father and teachings of the mother help a naive young manThis is how our ?children learn right from wrong, they need the strong commands of their father to lead and guide them. They need a father figure to impart their wisdom to them. They need a mother that is strong in the Lord that teach right from wrong as well.


How should we respond to God's instruction in these chapters?
We should listen to Gods instruction and follow it. If we don't we are going to suffer a world of consequences

Verses for thought:
Exo 20:14 "You shall not commit adultery.
Exo 20:17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."

Wisdom and Understanding can stop us from making these mistakes. It should be our goal to obtain wisdom and understanding to prevent making mistakes, and reaping the consequences thereafter.

Proverbs Study days 19 and 20

We are going to both of these together. Seems to be my norm on Friday and Saturday.

We are going to begin just by reading Proverbs chapter 7.
In your bible mark the words, (my son, adulteress, wisdom, heart, and harlot)
Pro 7:1 My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
Pro 7:2 keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
Pro 7:3 bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Pro 7:4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
Pro 7:5 to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
Pro 7:6 For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,
Pro 7:7 and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,
Pro 7:8 passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house
Pro 7:9 in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.
Pro 7:10 And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.
Pro 7:11 She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;
Pro 7:12 now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
Pro 7:13 She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,
Pro 7:14 "I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;
Pro 7:15 so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
Pro 7:16 I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen;
Pro 7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Pro 7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
Pro 7:19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;
Pro 7:20 he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home."
Pro 7:21 With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
Pro 7:22 All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast
Pro 7:23 till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.
Pro 7:24 And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
Pro 7:25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths,
Pro 7:26 for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng.
Pro 7:27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.


I want to add a few extra verses that will tie into the study.
2Ti 2:22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

1Pe 2:11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

Matthew Henry breaks down the chapter as follows:
In this chapter we have, I. A general exhortation to get our minds principled and governed by the world of God, as a sovereign antidote against this sin (Pro_7:1-5). II. A particular representation of the great danger which unwary young men are in of being inveigled into this snare (v. 6-23). III. A serious caution inferred thence, in the close, to take heed of all approaches towards this sin (Pro_7:24-27). We should all pray, “Lord, lead us not into this temptation.”

Now for my thoughts:
Lets remember that Solomon is still instructing young men against the sins of the flesh. I believe that fleshly lusts is probably one of the biggest sins in the world today. We watch it in on TV, we see it in magazines, product advertisement, the people walking down the street, it surrounds us. We don't even want to get into the billions of dollars made in the Porn industry. We live in a world where girls are getting plastic surgery of all types before they even turn 18. Why do we do those things? So we can be attractive. I would think fleshly lusts are even more so in today's time than it was back then. This is a very important thing to discuss, not only for ourselves, but for our spouses, and for our kids. Kids are sending naked pics of themselves to their boyfriends and girlfriends via the cell phone. When are we going to do what Solomon is doing right now, when are we going to start teaching our kids about the sins of the flesh.

You flirt with sin, and eventually you will give into it. You may think it's OK to go around it, to see what it's like, and eventually that sin will find it's way into your life. Then is starts taunting you, you see it everywhere you go, it looks so inviting. That is when wisdom and understanding comes to play. We have to use wisdom to know what to stay away from.

IN Job 28:28 And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

We are going to be enticed, it is the fear of the Lord that keeps us from giving in, and when we turn away from it, then we know we have the understanding in our heart. The understanding that it is wrong, and sometimes, no matter how enticing it may seem, you just have to know that you are suppose to walk away.


For if you fall into the snares of adultery the price you pay will be great.

God is doing awesome things

I'm taking a break tonight. I will post 2 days tomorrow. God has blessed us so much this week, we have had some great answers to prayer. We are planning a mission trip to Massachusetts this summer to help our friends with a church plant. They need help with construction work and other things, and we have been praying about going. Funds are the only set back we have, but we are believing that God is going to provide for us to go. Today we received an email from someone who wants to put some money towards our trip. I wanted to cry. We didn't ask for this money, but God laid it upon some one's heart to give it to us. It just reminded of how big our God is, and we felt as if it was God jump starting that faith inside of us, to start planning this trip and things will fall into place. (Just like Ryan said it would). It really overwhelmed our hearts, that God has provided before we have even started trying to get funding for our trip. I'm really anxious to see how this is going to fall into place, and to watch God work. It put a little fire in me, and today we started planning our trip. I want you to be in prayer for our family, and for Ryan and Christy and the church plant. They live by faith every day of every week.

Another great thing this week, didn't really happen to me, but Cindy called the other night and left a message on my phone about school stuff. After I finished my study I called her back. She answered the phone crying, her mom's feeding tube was clogged and she couldn't get in touch with anyone to get it fixed. They sent her to the pharmacy for stuff to unclog it, but didn't send her with the prescription she needed. She had just finished praying as she was driving back to her mom's to please send an angel to take care of her mom because she no longer knew what to do and then I called. I asked her why she was crying and she explained the story, and I said Cindy I think Matt knows how to do that, do you want us to come over? We went over and Matt had her fixed up in about 5 minutes. Mrs. Sue called Matt one of her many angels. God is always good. God knew what needed to happen, even when we didn't.

What I want to say, God knows all of our needs. When we can't figure it out on our own, and when we just can't think of anyone else to call, God sends someone in our direction. Never doubt what God can do in your life. I know I am not doubting what he can do in ours. I am excited to see how the next few months is going to unfold. I know to do this, I am going to have to completely rely upon God and not me.

I hope you all have a very blessed week. You can start reading Proverbs seven if you like. I will post the study tomorrow. God Bless you all.

Love In Christ
Angie

Proverbs Study Day 18

I have not yet posted the answers for yesterdays study, I wanted to give you guys a chance to try to do the study on your own. I want to welcome Paula and Anna to our Study. Love you guys, and means so much to discuss this with you when we are working.

Today we are to read Proverbs 6:20-35
Marking adulteress, my son, and commandment in our bibles as we go.

Pro 6:20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
Pro 6:21 Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.
Pro 6:22 When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.
Pro 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
Pro 6:24 to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Pro 6:25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
Pro 6:26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
Pro 6:27 Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?
Pro 6:28 Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched?
Pro 6:29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.
Pro 6:30 People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
Pro 6:31 but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.
Pro 6:32 He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.
Pro 6:33 He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
Pro 6:34 For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
Pro 6:35 He will accept no compensation; he will refuse though you multiply gifts.

Get a notebook or a peice of paper and keep up with your study.

What did you learn about the commandment of the father and the teaching of the mother?

What did you learn about the adulteress?

What consequences does a man risk by assoiciating with an adulteress?

Proverbs Study Day 17

I hope everyone enjoyed yesterday's study. It was to study and brought back some cool memories for me. Im babysitting my beautiful 4 month old neice. She is a little fussy tonight, so I'm going to try to get this done the best I can.

Prayer: God as we do our study today, place the words deep in our hearts. Help us to hide the words in our hearts, and to hear what we need to hear. Let us apply it to our lives, and give us wisdom as to when and where we need to use these words in our lives. Thank for this time of study.
Amen.

Today we are Reading Proverbs 6:1-19 (In your bible mark the words: my son, the Lord, and wise.

Pro 6:1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger,
Pro 6:2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,
Pro 6:3 then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor.
Pro 6:4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
Pro 6:5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Pro 6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Pro 6:7 Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,
Pro 6:8 she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.
Pro 6:9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
Pro 6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Pro 6:11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
Pro 6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,
Pro 6:13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger,
Pro 6:14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
Pro 6:15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
Pro 6:16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him:
Pro 6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Pro 6:18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
Pro 6:19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

The study says to group the verses by the subjects they cover.

When you are done, pick the verse that spoke to you the most, and write down how you can apply it to your life this week.

I will post my answers in the comment sections below. It may be a few hours before I post them.

Proverbs Study Day 16

(I am using the ESV version)

Read Proverbs 5:15-23 (mark the words adulteress(strange or forbidden woman), the lord, iniquities (sin) in your bible.)Pro 5:15 Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.

Pro 5:16 Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets?
Pro 5:17 Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.
Pro 5:18 Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
Pro 5:19 a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.
Pro 5:20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
Pro 5:21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths.
Pro 5:22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
Pro 5:23 He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.

Also note metaphors about water: cisterns, wells, springs, streams, and fountains. Note the instructions. What principle relates to a wife? How does this contrast with the one that relates to an adulteress?

Be sure to note the destiny (the"end") of the wicked. The wicked and the righteous each have a destiny, and as you might expect, one destiny is unpleasant, and one is pleasant. What evil is discussed in this chapter?

How would you theme Proverbs 5?

After you have done your study, you may go to the comments section to see the answers in which I found in my own study time. Compare them to what you have learned, and feel free to post what you received from today's study. Please Post any prayer requests you may have. This weeks prayer requests are posted on Day 14 of the study, I will update prayer requests as I recieve them. I pray that you all have a great night of rest, and wonderful day tomorrow.

Proverbs Day 15

Week Three
As An Ox Goes
To The Slaughter

Today is only 14 verses, we can do it. God I pray as we do today's study that you open our hearts and minds to hear what we need to hear and to store it in our hearts. Give us wisdom to use the word that you have given us today. We thank you for this day, and thank you for your word. AMEN

Enticed by persuasions, seduced by flattering lips, the young man lacking sense is led away by an adulteress like an ox to the slaughter. He doesn't stand a chance because he didn't treat wisdom as his sister or understanding as his friend.

Read Proverbs 5:1-14 today, marking references to the adulteress in red. Add adulteress to your bookmark. As in past chapters, also mark my son.



Pro 5:1 My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
Pro 5:2 that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.
Pro 5:3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
Pro 5:4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Pro 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol;
Pro 5:6 she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
Pro 5:7 And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
Pro 5:8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,
Pro 5:9 lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless,
Pro 5:10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,
Pro 5:11 and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,
Pro 5:12 and you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
Pro 5:13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.
Pro 5:14 I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation."

In today's study we are to make a list of we learn about adulteresses. Adultery is the key concept in the ten commandments, in the law, and in the New Testament. A subject that is repeated throughout the Bible is probably a very important topic. Sometimes the Bible sues the word adultery literally, referring to physical, sexual sin. At other times, the Bible uses the word adultery metamorphically and addresses Israel's tendency to worship other gods. which subject is being addressed here in Proverbs?

I think in this passage it is a literal meaning. You may think differently, but lets remember that Solomon is pouring out instruction upon his son. I know that if my son, were older I think my husband would advise him how to treat women. What to do and what not to do, what is expected of him as a christian man. I think you have to be literal when explaining these things. Solomon goes into great detail of how easy it is to fall into this sin, how enticing it can be, so enticing that it may not even seem like a bad thing at the time. But through the instruction of his father it can open his eyes to see something before it happens. Kind of like a Caution Flag, danger head. Making him aware that these things are out there, and it his job to make sure that he stays away from it. If he doesn't listen, then he tells him what will happen if he does. There are no great and little sins, only great and little consequences. This sin carries a some very big consequences.

How do you keep yourself from falling into this sin? being attentive to wisdom, (he says to my wisdom) Incline your ear to my understanding. Basically do what I say.

An Adulteress Description:
Her lips drop honey.
Her mouth is smoother than oil.
In the end she is as bitter as wormwood.
Her feet go down to death.
Her steps take hold of Sheol.


One thing that I got from today's study, is the importance of listening to wisdom. Whether that wisdom come from the bible, or maybe that wisdom comes from some one who has been there and done that and they want to prevent us from doing the same. I think God places those people in our lives to give us instruction, to be our wisdom and our understanding on things we may not yet have wisdom and understanding about. Listen to what God has to say, listen to what your elder's have to say, listen to what your pastor and your Sunday School teacher has to say, these are people of wisdom and understanding that God has place in our lives so that we may understand the wisdom and knowledge they have obtained in their lives.

This is not a Proverbs post

I just want to say how much all of you have encouraged me. Before now, I have not done a good job at doing a daily study. I had felt that God had laid it upon my heart, to blog the daily study that we do in our Sunday Night Fuel Cell. When I first started blogging the study, I thought it would be to help my (as Miranda calls them) cell mates. But it has turned out to help other people in their daily studies. I have had people from church and work come and thank me for posting the study, that it has been encouraging to them to have a daily study to follow. I say that not to boast on myself, because it is totally God that I started posting the study. I thought it would help keep myself accountable to doing a daily study, and I prayed that it may help someone else along the way. As we go forward, I want to encourage you to post comments on the blog explaining what you have learned and how it has touched you, your comments will be beneficial and encouraging in helping others with their study. You don't have to post answers to all of the questions, just post what God has spoke to you through what you have read. Thank you for words of encouragement. I will post day 15 in a few hours. I hope you all have a great day. Remember to post any prayer requests you may have, so we can all pray together. You guys are awesome to study with. As we are learning in Proverbs, obtaining wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, is the key to life and reaching other people. As we gain those things, we will gain rest, and strength, protection, the ability to run and not stumble, and so on. I pray that as we go through this study together, that God will store in hearts what we have learned, and give us wisdom as to when and how to use it.

Love In Christ
Angie Duke

Proverbs Study Day 14

Group Discussion:
On Sunday Nights I try to input every one's quotes during our discussion time. Feel free to add any comments you may have.Store in your hearts: Proverbs 3:5-6
Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Pro 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.


Read and Discuss: Proverbs 3-4

Questions for discussion or Individual Study

Discuss the father-son relationship implied in Proverbs 3-4.
Chapter 4 is Solomon talking to his son

It is a father talking to his son, teaching him in the ways that are right and wrong.




Does it apply to women too?
Yes we do think it applies to women too. Proverbs 4:3 says that he was the only one in the sight of his mother. However the father is the head of the household and should be the biggest example, we as mother's should be an example and give instruction as well letting the men lead.


What are the benefits of acquiring wisdom?

Benefits of acquiring wisdom is protection, honor, grace, guidance, understanding, long life, your step will not be hampered, when you run you will not stumble, tree of life.

What are the qualities or characteristics of wisdom?more profitable than silver
honor
light
life for your soul



What is the relationship between the son who acquires wisdom and the Lord?
the son will fear the Lord
The Lord will give you confidence and keep your foot from being caught
the son should not despise the Lords discipline or be weary of his reproof.

Contrast the righteous and the wicked.
wicked can't sleep, righteous can sleep with ease
wicked stumbles, righteous does not
wicked will not fear the Lord the righteous will


Summarize the central teachings of these two chapters and discuss how you can remember them.
Its a plee from a father to his son begging him not to make stupid mistakes. Follow my instruction, do not follow the wicked. If you will only follow God and gain wisdom and understanding, your path will be protected.

It's instruction, do you choose to follow it, or do your choose to not to. Either way, we know what happens if we follow either road. We are given the choice, God wants us to choose wisdom and understanding, but the ways of the wicked of there to persuade us as well.

I need the daily getting before God to get understanding and wisdom.

Picturing a Father with his son on his lap, giving him wisdom. The last few verses of chapter three saying don't pass up a moment, don't tell them to come back later i will talk to you tomorrow, do it now. It's what being a good Father is about. A picture perfect relationship between a father and son.

Prayer Requests:
Max and Lucia Harris (strength, rest, and healing)
Randy and Angie (healing, and pray for stability in his job)
Matt Yakel (sick)
Angie, Matt, and Zach Duke (sick,Angie has fluid on her ears)
Ryan and Christy McCullah (finances, and church planting)
Isaac and Melissa Schoeppey (sick)
Miranda Scott and Melissa Schoeppey(a job)
David Erwin,Angie's brother (moving to Tulsa, get back into church)
Danny Erwin, Angie's brother and family (get back into Church)
Matt and Angie Duke(Finances to go to Massachusetts for a week to help with church plant)
Cindy Grizzles Mom: Sue Earls

Ben's Request: prayer for Lindsey,former leader at 180 having seizures and medical problems.

Ben's youth pastor and his wife had a baby boy that has a medical problem. Tests are being run to determine illness. Baby is one month old his name is Elijah Mayo.

Boy in Melissa's class his mom has a fungus in her lungs and may not make it,the boy needs prayer and has asthma problem, now attending Ft Smith schools.

Proverbs Study Days 12 and 13

Sorry that I am a day behind. I have been trying to rest and heal. Still need your prayers. Zach is better, he is still a little congested, my ears are still ringing and I am congested as well. Matt is not feeling well tonight either. I guess it is spreading through our house. Pray that he and Abby will be OK.

Now...
Read Proverbs 4:10-19 (marking my son, wisdom, and wicked) and then we will list instructions for and benefits of seeking wisdom.

Pro 4:10 Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.
Pro 4:11 I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
Pro 4:12 When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.
Pro 4:13 Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
Pro 4:14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.
Pro 4:15 Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
Pro 4:16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
Pro 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Pro 4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
Pro 4:19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.

Instructions and benefits of seeking wisdom:
1.Accept my words-your years will be many
2.Keep Hold Of My Instruction
3.If you walk your steps will not be hampered
4. If you run you will not stumble

Instructions for avoiding wickedness, and list separately characteristics of the wicked.
It says to flat out avoid it, do walk in it, do not follow wickedness.

characteristics of the wicked:
they cannot sleep, they eat and drink wickedness and violence, they walk in darkness and do not know what they stumble over.

contrast the wicked and the righteous:

Wicked / Righteous
Cannot Sleep Rest
They Stumble Do Not Stumble
Walk in Darkness walk in light


Day 13
Read Proverbs 4:20:27 (marking my son, and heart)
Pro 4:20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
Pro 4:21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.
Pro 4:22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
Pro 4:23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Pro 4:24 Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
Pro 4:25 Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
Pro 4:26 Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.
Pro 4:27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

Note the instructions about "my sayings" or "my words" and their value to those who find them.
My words: Be attentive, Let them not escape your sight, and keep them in your heart.

The Value:They are LIFE to those who find them
They are healing to all their flesh

List the body parts that the author mentions and the instructions for each one Summarize how they relate to verse 22.
Ear
Eyes (Sight)
The Flesh
Your Feet
Heart

In order to have life, and healing of the flesh, I think you must honor the Lord with your whole self. Not just with words, not just in hearing, not just in doing, but with all things combined. Sometimes we think it's enough to sit in church and listen, sometimes we think it's enough to be the good guy that walks around helping out his neighbor while never hearing the word, but it's not good enough. We are to worship God with our whole self in order to receive what God has promised in verse 22. If we do not use all that God has given us to direct our path, we will fall into the path of the wicked. If we do not hold dear all that he has told us, we will stumble and fall. If you are thinking that going to church on Sunday morning is enough, your wrong. If that is seriously all that you desire of God, don't be surprised when you fall.

In the book of Proverbs we are given so much instruction, what will happen if you do good, what will happen if your do bad. Inevitably, we will still do bad even though we know what lies ahead. Inevitable we still won't dig deeper in the word, even though we are told the rewards that we will gain. Ask yourself, what am I doing right and what am I doing wrong. Because what is happening in your life, lies in your hands. God gave us instruction, its our choice as to whether or not we choose to follow it.

Prayer Requests:
Max and Lucia needs healing and strength
My family needs healing
Cara's friends who lost her husband
Melissa and Miranda finding a job
My brother is moving to Tulsa
Cindy Grizzle's Mom (Sue Earls)
Finances for my family to go to Massachusetts for a week this summer and help Ryan and Christy with Church planting.

Proverbs Day 11

Day Four of Week Two....


Read Proverbs 4:1-9 today, marking my son, heart, instruction, teaching, understanding, commandments, and wisdom. These key words appear throughout Proverbs. Consider starting a running list of everything you learn about these words throughout your study of the book of Proverbs. Several other themes run through the book, so as you see them cropping up again, you can compile lists of everything you learn in all the chapters of Proverbs...

Pro 4:1 Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
Pro 4:2 for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.
Pro 4:3 When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
Pro 4:4 he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.
Pro 4:5 Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
Pro 4:6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
Pro 4:7 The beginning of is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
Pro 4:8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Pro 4:9 She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."

Now go back and read Proverbs 1:1
Pro 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
and note the author: Solomon

Read Proverbs 4:3
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

2Samuel 12:142Sa 12:14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die."

1 Chronicles 14:3-4 1Ch 14:3 And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.
1Ch 14:4 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,


Leave a comment answering the following questions.....

Can you figure out the author's father and mother?

Was he the only son his mother?

In light of these verses, what does "the only son in the sight of my mother" mean?

What do your think?

What actions does the author urge?

....now make a list of each acdtion and list the benefits of each action in a second column.

Do you want these benefits?

I will post my answers in the comments section. Do not read the comments until you have formed your own answers and opinions. I hope this will help you get into the study a little more, and not just read what I have studied. Leave your prayer requests in the comments section, click subscribe if you would like to be emailed when I post my blogs.

A prayer request was posted:
Please pray for Max and Lucia. Max needs healing and Lucia needs peace and strength. please keep them both in your prayers.

Continue to pray for me, I still lack a voice and hearing. Zach is much better, thanks for praying for him.

Continue to pray for Miranda and Melissa in their search for a job.

Pray for my brother David, he will be moving to Tulsa to take on a promotion.

PROVERBS DAY 10

We are week two day three of Proverbs.

Today we are going to read Proverbs 3:21-35, marking key words, including my son (wise), and references to the Lord. Continue looking for verses grouped around similar principles and subsequent good and bad consequences.

Pro 3:21 My son, do not lose sight of these-- keep sound wisdom and discretion,
Pro 3:22 and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
Pro 3:23 Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble.
Pro 3:24 If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Pro 3:25 Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes,
Pro 3:26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
Pro 3:27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.
Pro 3:28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it"--when you have it with you.
Pro 3:29 Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you.
Pro 3:30 Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm.
Pro 3:31 Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways,
Pro 3:32 for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence.
Pro 3:33 The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Pro 3:34 Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor.
Pro 3:35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.

How do verse 27-30 relate to verses 31-35?
27-30 are instructions on what not to do to our neighbors
31-35 warn us of the wicked


I like verse 24. How many of us have trouble sleeping at night? What is keeping you from sleep? Are you worrying about finances, work, home, family, etc? If so, then we need to ask ourselves why. Are we not what we should be in God. Because this verse says that if we have sound wisdom and discretion, that we will have a sweet sleep. I work in pharmacy and I can't tell you how many sleep aids we sell on a daily basis. If people only knew they could have the best nights sleep ever, if they only had the sound wisdom and discretion that we receive from God. Why is it so easy for us to look to earthly things to take care of all of our needs, when all we need is Jesus.


NEIGHBOR-5. One of the human race; any one that needs our help, or to whom we have an opportunity of doing good. (webster dictionary)

The next thing that stood out to me was how we should treat our neighbor. If we have it to give today, we should not wait until tomorrow.


CONTEND, v.i. [L., to stretch. Gr., See Tend, Tenet.]

1. To strive, or to strive against; to struggle in opposition.


We should not contend with any man for no reason, when he has done you no harm. This says that we should not contend (strive against or struggle in opposition) for any reason. That's a pretty bold statement. In today's world I think everyone is contending with everyone else. We have to have better cell phones than they do, we have to have better technology than they do, we have to make more money, work out more and look better than they do, we have to take better vacations. Don't act like you are not guilty, most of us are guilty of that on a daily basis. We are suppose to love our neighbor as we love ourself, not try to be better than they are. Your $500 phone, doesn't mean jack to the homeless who are starving. That verse says that we should not contend for any reason. So we are not allowed an excuse to be anything less than what God expects us to be.

verse 27, do not with hold good from those to whom it is due when it is whithin your power to do it.
WOW>>lets ponder that for a moment. I want you to take a minute and write down in your journal or on a peice of paper the good things that you think you are with holding from those to whom it is due, when it is within your power to do it.

Tomorrow we will read Proverbs 4:1-9

Proverbs Day 9

It's been a long day, and truly I don't feel like reading tonight. Sometimes you just have to get yourself into the routine. Just like I am going to have to get back into the routine of working out three days a week, as soon as we are better. Zach and I are not feeling well. Zach has been running fever all day, so please keep us both in your prayers. Pray for Melissa Hendrix, she is a little under the weather today as well. If you guys have any prayer requests fell free to post them so we can pray for you.

Today we are reading Proverbs 3:13-20 It's just seven verses, so it won't take long. Mark the same words that we marked in the first 12 verses. List all you learn about wisdom. Notice that these verses are not instructions, but they do contain principles for living.

Pro 3:13 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,
Pro 3:14 for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold.
Pro 3:15 She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
Pro 3:16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Pro 3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Pro 3:18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.
Pro 3:19 The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;
Pro 3:20 by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.

WISDOM, n. s as z. [G. See Wise.]

1. The right use or exercise of knowledge; the choice of laudable ends, and of the best means to accomplish them. This is wisdom in act, effect, or practice. If wisdom is to be considered as a faculty of the mind, it is the faculty of discerning or judging what is most just, proper and useful, and if it is to be considered as an acquirement, it is the knowledge and use of what is best, most just, most proper, most conducive to prosperity or happiness. Wisdom in the first sense, or practical wisdom, is nearly synonymous with discretion. I differs somewhat from prudence, in this respect; prudence is the exercise of sound judgment in avoiding evils; wisdom is the exercise of sound judgment either in avoiding evils or attempting good. Prudence then is a species, of which wisdom is the genus.

Knowledge

KNOWL'EDGE, n. nol'lej.

1. A clear and certain perception of that which exists, or of truth and fact; the perception of the connection and agreement, or disagreement and repugnancy of our ideas.

UNDERSTAND'ING, ppr.

1. Comprehending; apprehending the ideas or sense of another, or of a writing; learning or being informed.


In this definition of wisdom is says that wisdom is the right use or exercise of knowledge. In home group we were discussing the difference between wisdom and knowledge. What I get from this definition is, who shows us how to use or exercise knowledge? God of Course. It is our job to obtain the knowledge by reading and teachings, but it is God who gives us the wisdom on how to use the knowledge in which we have gained. Some people think that wisdom is knowledge is the same thing, but obviously you have to have knowledge before you can obtain wisdom.

Matthew Henry says that is far more greater to have wisdom than any earthly thing our heart desires. Think about it, if our minds filled with knowledge of Gods word and God then gives us the wisdom on how to use it. It is limitless, on what you can do, who you can reach, how you get through life. As my dad says, show someone how to fix it so next time they can fix it themselves. My dad is that guy, the guy everyone calls when they need something fixed, from air conditioners, to cars, to refrigerators, he has pretty much fixed a little bit of everything. Imagine being the person with all of the knowledge of the bible and having the wisdom of God on how to use it. Anyone can read the bible, but only those who fear the Lord and believe in him will be given the spiritual wisdom on how to use it. What would you be able to fix, how many people would call you up, because they in lack of knowledge and wisdom are seeking someone who could help. Isn't that far greater than anything we have here on earth. The more you dig in, the more you will rely on God, and not be so scared about every bit of life that is coming at you. My dad doesn't have much fear of things breaking down, because he can fix most of it.

It took wisdom, knowledge, and understanding for the Lord to create the Earth. It is going to take that for us to live on this earth that he created.

Proverbs Day 8

Week Two
The Teaching of A Father

According to Deuteronomy 6, Moses gave Israel the commandments so that they, their sons, and their grandsoms would fear the Lord and keep all His statutes and commandments all the days of their lives. Moses instructed Israel to teach the commadments diligently to their sons and talk about them all the time-when they sat, walked around, lay down, and rose up.

Less than five hundred years later, Solomon obeyed this command with the hope that through the wisdom God gave him, his son might also feat the Lord.

Day One of Week 2

Read Proverbs 3:1-12,
Pro 3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
Pro 3:2 for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
Pro 3:3 Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Pro 3:4 So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.
Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Pro 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Pro 3:7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.
Pro 3:8 It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
Pro 3:9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
Pro 3:10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Pro 3:11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof,
Pro 3:12 for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.


mark references to God and the key words and phrases wise, teaching, commandment, understanding, heart, and my son.

Watch for the word so, which introduces the reason for the instruction that precedes it.(So is listed differently in the KJV than the ESV. This is the ESV version above. The KJV says...Pro 3:10 So shall thy barnes be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
It also says So in verse 4..so we will find favour.

Make a list of the instructions and prinicples in these verses. Beside each one, list the result or the value of following the principle. You may want to rephrase prinicples to firm up your understanding, and memorizing your words will help you. Over the course of these 13 weeks, you'll see many prinicples repeated, giving you an idea of how important God thinks they are for us to know.

1. Do not forget my teaching, let your heart keep my commandments. For it will add days of life and peace to you.
2.Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you so you can find favour in God and man.
3.Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding...he will keep your paths straight.
4.Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil....It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
5. Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; ...then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
6.My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof,
for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

If you do not have esword, download it onto your computer. This is free and a great to when referencing other bible versions. Also many commentaries are listed that may help you get a better understanding.

proverbs day seven group discussion

What is the significance of wisdom and foolishness according to Proverbs 1-2?

What kinds of people are discussed in these chapter?
adulteress (which is and example of temptation)


Discuss their goal, their kinds of life, and their futures?
Those who are doing evil, will end of destroyed yet those seeking God and wisdom will be protected.

Discuss the idea of wisdom as a treasure?
It should be something sought after, considered valuable, and something you hold close to your heart.
It should be your motivation for getting close to God and seeking him out.
Obtaining wisdom is not something we should dread but desire, so we kind find the treasure (which is how God will use the wisdom to touch someone else)


What did you learn about the Lord in these two chapters?
you are going to fear the Lord ot btain wisdom
If you turn from him, he will turn from you, but if you seek after him he will guide your paths.

How does wisdom protect us?
with wisdom you understand righteousness and justice and equity every good path

How do wisdom, understanding, knowledge, teaching, and commandments relate to one another?

Its a backwards ladder, you first must obey the commandments, receive teaching and instruction to obtain knowledge, with the knowledge you must understand, Then wisdom will come when God gives it to us. But we must first do the first four things.

What application can you make to your own life?
Mine personally would be that I would seek God daily. That I will follow his commandments, and study and learn so that he can provide me with wisdom when the time is right on how to use what I have learned. I should also make sure that my kids are doing the same. A daily devotion time and prayer is very important for my kids every day.

How does this weeks study motivate you?
I have never been more motivated to study Gods working. understanding his protection over us, if we will seek him more. I am loving this study.

Proverbs Day Seven

Will be at our Fuel Cell
Sunday Night at 6pm
at the Duke House

Serving Potato Soup
and Corn Bread.

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Proverbs Day Five and Six

Read the rest of Proverbs 2 today drawing a black cloud around evil and wickedness. Now go back to see how these verses tie in to verses 10 and 11. Underline parallel words.

Now list what you learned about the way of evil. What is the value of wisdom?

Pro 2:12 delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,
Pro 2:13 who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
Pro 2:14 who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,
Pro 2:15 men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.
Pro 2:16 So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
Pro 2:17 who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
Pro 2:18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;
Pro 2:19 none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.
Pro 2:20 So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Pro 2:21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,
Pro 2:22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

It ties into verse 10 and 11, in that 10 and 11 states that when we receive wisdom and knowledge, we are delivered from the evil things. But first you must want wisdom, it must be something you desire in your

parallel words:evil, forsakes, forbidden, perverted, perverseness

It seems to me that it is easy to filled with evil if you are not filled with wisdom and knowledge. It is very important to stay strong in the word and strong in prayer. If not, don't be surprised when your life is destroyed.

The value of wisdom is the value of your life. If you want to live for Christ and reach out to others, wisdom is the key. Put on the full armour of God. Don't be fool, dont allow your to lead to destruction because you are to lazy to get into the word. If you study these chapters, and cannot fully understand the importance of getting in the word, then I don't know what can make you understand it.

DAY SIX......
Read Proverbs 2:16-19 and list the characteristics of the strange immoral woman:
A strange woman indeed! utterly estranged from all principles of reason, virtue, and honour. She is false to him whom she entices. She speaks fair, tells him how much she admires him above any man, and what a kindness she has for him; but she flatters with her words; she has no true affection for him, nor any desire of his welfare.
Read verses 20-22 and look for conclusions. When do you think these things will happen?
Part of these things will happen now, you are to walk in righteousness now, and seek wisdom now. The way you live now affects your life and its surroundings. If you live a wicked life, you will have a miserable life and not gain heavenely treasure.

Chapter 2 Flow Chart
I. He shows them that, if they would diligently use the means of knowledge and grace, they should obtain of God the knowledge and grace which they seek (Pro_2:1-9). II. He shows them of what unspeakable advantage it would be to them. 1. It would preserve them from the snares of evil men (Pro_2:10-15) and of evil women (Pro_2:16-19). 2. It would direct them into, and keep them in, the way of good men (Pro_2:20-22. So that in this chapter we are taught both how to get wisdom and how to use it when we have it, that we may neither seek it, nor receive it in vain.

Proverbs Day 4

Read:
Pro 2:1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
Pro 2:2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
Pro 2:3 yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
Pro 2:4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
Pro 2:5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

These verses are telling us how precious wisdom is in our lives. Its teling us that if we seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasure. That tells us the importance we must place on obtaining these things. Like in "Fools Gold" they are seeking for a treasure, and they do whatever they must do to get it and when they do get it, they do all they can to protect it. When it's found it is like winning the lottery. All of their hard work and seeking for the treasure finally pays off. We should feel the same about obtaining wisdom and understanding, we should seek and hold it close to our hearts, for when we are able to use it will be worth far more than any earthly treasure we may obtain.


What do you learn from marking Lord?

How does this fit with Proverbs 1:7
Pro 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

We only have beginning knowledge when we fear the Lord. Without the fear of the Lord we will never gain knowledge and wisdom.


now read:
Pro 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Pro 2:7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Pro 2:8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints.
Pro 2:9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Pro 2:10 for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Pro 2:11 discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,
Pro 2:12 delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,
Pro 2:13 who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
Pro 2:14 who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,
Pro 2:15 men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.
Pro 2:16 So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
Pro 2:17 who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
Pro 2:18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;
Pro 2:19 none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.
Pro 2:20 So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Pro 2:21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,
Pro 2:22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.



List the benefits of seeking wisdom as a treasure?

It is so obvious the benefits of seeking wisdom. This lets you know he us is our shield. The wisdom we seek is not in vain or a waist of time, but something that protects and guards us and keeps us walking straight.
My Prayer: Lord we thank you for your word. Your word that leads us through everyday of our life. Your word that helps shield our lives with the full armour of God. Being able to use to help us through our dialy lives, to help us witness to the lost and hurting, to strengthen us when we are week, to comfort us when we are hurting. I pray that each of us will seek that wisdom everyday, and that we will treasure it and use it everyday. We thank you for your word.
Amen

Study is done...time for OU FOOTBALL GO SOONERS BEAT THE GATORS GO BOOMER SOONERS

Day Three Proverbs

Today we are suppose to first understand three Hebrew words for fool:
Keisyl-the dull, closed, stubborn mind that rejects information
Nabal-means no spiritual perception
Eviyl-is an arrogant, flippant, mentally dull, coarse, and callous person.

The fool found in Proverbs 1:7 is Eviyl
1:22 and 32 is Kesil

How does this help you understand these texts?

Pro 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Lets reread this using the Hebrew description.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; arrogant, flippant, mentally dull, coarse and callous people despise wisdom and instruction.

So we are not just talking about laziness, arrogant can be someone who feels they can do things are their own without the wisdom that God gives gives us.

FLIP'PANT, a. [L. labor, to slide or slip, and to liber, free.]

1. Of smoother, fluent and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.

2. Pert; petulant; waggish.

I wanted to look up Flippant, I think of it as someone who is carefree,talkative, but not with wisdom, kind of like a car salesman.

Callous, I think everyone understands, someone who is cold hearted. Maybe too hurt by the world to even give darn anymore.

now to verse 22
Pro 1:22 "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

.........scoffing and dull, closed, stubborn minded people that rejects information from others hate knowledge?

I can't tell you how many times people will come to Matt because of his occupation and ask medical advice from him, and they do not take it. Why ask to begin with if you aren't even going to accept the advice that is given. How long are we going to be closed minded, stubborn headed, people that reject information that is given to us. Whether that information be from the bible, or an older Christian, God places
people and the word to speak into our lives, how long are we going to reject it.



Pro 1:32 For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Being closed, dull, and and stubborn minded will ultimately destroy us. Its time we open up our hearts and minds to the word of God. It's time that we gain wisdom and knowledge so that we can share it with someone else.


Last: You are to determine a theme for proverbs chapter one. Record it in your journal.



My prayer: Father help us to not be arrogant and closed minded. Help us to dig into your word and put on the full armour of God so we will know how to fight our battles, and we will have the wisdom necessary to witness to those around us. Be with us as we go through this study. Help us to open our eyes to what we need to fix in our lives. Help us to not be enticed by sin. I don't want to wallow in my own self pitty, I want to read your word and feel armed and ready at all times. I thank you for what we have learned today. Help us to apply it to our daily walk.
Amen

proverbs chapter 1

Pro 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Pro 1:2 To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,
Pro 1:3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
Pro 1:4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth--
Pro 1:5 Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
Pro 1:6 to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
Pro 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

I am speaking to myself more than anyone. I don't know how often we expect God to fix things in our lives, but we lack the wisdom and understanding because we were to foolish to take the time to read God's word. We want God to fix everything in our lives, but we don't want to do anything for God. We don't want to take time to read his word to gain the wisdom and knowledge that will see us through our everyday life, we don't want to take time to pray, but expect God to take time to take care of all of our problems.

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction." How many of us are fools for not getting in the word and obtaining knowledge and wisdom everday.

How can we advise our kids how to live, if we are not learning how to live ourselves? How can God use you, if you do not have the wisdom and the knowledge in which you need to be used?

Pro 1:8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,
Pro 1:9 for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
Pro 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
Pro 1:11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;
Pro 1:12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
Pro 1:13 we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
Pro 1:14 throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse"--
Pro 1:15 my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,
Pro 1:16 for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Pro 1:17 For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird,
Pro 1:18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
Pro 1:19 Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.
Pro 1:20 Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;
Pro 1:21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
Pro 1:22 "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Pro 1:23 If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.
Pro 1:24 Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
Pro 1:25 because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
Pro 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,
Pro 1:27 when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
Pro 1:28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
Pro 1:29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,
Pro 1:30 would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,
Pro 1:31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
Pro 1:32 For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
Pro 1:33 but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster."

These passages remind of the instruction that just days ago I told my own child. There is a kid at school that often gets in trouble, and just being around him causes people around him to get in trouble to. We told Zach that he can not hang out with this kid. If he does, he is going to get caught up in his lies, and get in trouble right along with him. But we told him that we should pray for him. Zach prays for this little boy every night. If he chooses not to listen to our instruction and hangs out with this kid, then it will be his fault when he gets in trouble and he will have to suffer the consequences of his actions.

I feel this is what he is saying here.Do not be enticed by sin. Gain wisdom and knowledge, Wisdom surrounds us, it is up to us to gain it and accept it. If we are sitting around all day and we have watched TV, played on the computer, read something other than Gods word, and yet haven't taken the time to dig in the word and pray, then how can we expect God to change our lives?

If we refuse counsel we will eat the fruit of our way. YIKES>>> Not only that but we will have our fill of our own devices. It's your choice to make good and bad decisions. You can't make good decisions without wisdom, you can't gain wisdom without knowledge, without knowledge and wisdom how are you going to get through life?