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.

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