The Adultress
What is adultery?
Do you have to be married to commit adultery?
A married person having sexual relations with someone to whom they are not married
No
What is wisdom?
Knowledge applied
What Is A Sluggard
A Lazy Person
Our speech is supposed to be like a fountain of __________________. Finish the thought.
Life
When the father urges the son to listen in Proverbs, who is actually speaking, and who is being spoken to?
God (the father) is speaking to us (the son)
Was adultery required for Scriptural divorce under the Old Law?
No
In your own words, explain what a fool, a simple person, and a scoffer are. (66 points per definition; 33 if hinted)
Fool: One who hates wisdom. Simple: A fool who will believe anything. Scoffer: One who mocks and ridicules wisdom.
Proverbs 26:13: “As a door turns on its hinges, __________________.” Finish the verse.
So does a sluggard on his bed
Is rebuke a good thing, and why?
Yes, because it instructs in what is right
What is Sheol?
Old Testament word for realm of the dead/grave
What is the literal translation of the Hebrew word used to describe another man’s wife?
Strange
Proverbs 9:1: How many pillars support wisdom’s house?
Seven
What does the sluggard do after picking up food?
Not bring it to his mouth.
In your own words, explain the difference between gossip and slander.
Gossip: Telling rumors about people. Slander: Saying bad things about people.
On the subject of personification…
150 points: What is personification?
150 points: Name two things in Proverbs that are personified (100 each)
· 150 Points: A concept or inanimate object being framed as an actor in literature
· 150 Points: Wisdom and folly
Proverbs 30:20: “This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘__________________.’”
200 points: Finish the verse. 200 points: Explain the meaning.
I have done no wrong
She has seared her conscience
Proverbs 11:22: “Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is __________________.”
200 points: Finish the verse - 200 points: Explain the meaning.
A beautiful woman without discretion
Beauty is wasted on wicked women
What animal is the sluggard commanded to consider?
The ant (Proverbs 6:6)
James compares the tongue to what?
A fire
Proverbs 5:15: “Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.” What is this verse talking about?
A warning against adultery
Name the minor prophet whom God commanded to marry an adulteress.
Hosea
Proverbs 26:4-5: Read these two verses and explain why they do not contradict each other.
They are talking about “answering the fool according to his folly” in two different senses; 26:4 means “don’t act like the fool,” while 26:5 means “rebuke the fool for his folly.”
Who said “If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat”?
Paul (2 Thessalonians 3:10)
Proverbs 27:14: What are the two things we need to consider in our speech, as shown by this verse?
Time and place
What is the modern word for bearing false witness?
Perjury