👑 God & Wisdom
What is the foundation of true knowledge?
The fear of the Lord.
📖 Proverbs 1:7
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
What should you do when someone tries to tempt you to do something wrong?
Turn your back and don’t join them.
📖 Proverbs 1:10
My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!
What can Proverbs give to young people?
Knowledge and discernment.
📖 Proverbs 1:4
These proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the young.
What did the people do when wisdom offered them advice and correction?
They ignored the advice and rejected the correction.
📖 Proverbs 1:25
You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.
Who does Proverbs tell children to listen to?
Their father and mother.
📖 Proverbs 1:8
My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
Who wrote these Proverbs?
Solomon, the son of David and king of Israel.
📖 Proverbs 1:1
“These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel.”
What should you do when people are heading down a sinful path?
Don’t go with them; stay away from their path.
📖 Proverbs 1:15
My child, don’t go along with them! Stay far away from their paths.
Where does wisdom call out to people?
In the streets and public square.
📖 Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom shouts in the streets. She cries out in the public square.
What can happen when someone repeatedly ignores wisdom?
Trouble and disaster can overtake them.
📖 Proverbs 1:27
When calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone, and anguish and distress overwhelm you.
What does wisdom from your parents become like when you accept it?
A crown of grace and a chain of honor.
📖 Proverbs 1:9
What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.
What two things does Proverbs teach people?
Wisdom and discipline.
📖 Proverbs 1:2
Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise.
What do these bad influences promise everyone will share?
The things they steal—the loot.
📖 Proverbs 1:14
Come, throw in your lot with us; we’ll all share the loot.
What will wisdom share with you if you listen?
Her heart and wisdom.
📖 Proverbs 1:23
Come and listen to my counsel. I’ll share my heart with you and make you wise.
What did these people choose instead of fearing the Lord?
They chose to hate knowledge.
📖 Proverbs 1:29
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the Lord.
What did wisdom do that the people refused to respond to?
Wisdom called and reached out to them.
📖 Proverbs 1:24
I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
According to Proverbs, what three things should we learn to do?
Do what is right, just, and fair.
📖 Proverbs 1:3
Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair.
What are these people in a hurry to do?
Commit evil.
📖 Proverbs 1:16
They rush to commit evil deeds. They hurry to commit murder.
What kind of person should you be if you want to continue growing in wisdom?
Teachable and willing to listen.
📖 Proverbs 1:5
Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. Let those with understanding receive guidance.
What “fruit” do people eventually have to eat when they continually choose their own way?
The bitter fruit—the consequences—of their own choices.
📖 Proverbs 1:31
Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way, choking on their own schemes.
What should you do when someone gives you godly correction?
Listen to it instead of rejecting it.
📖 Proverbs 1:30
They rejected my advice and paid no attention when I corrected them.
Can someone who is already wise still become wiser?
YES. Wise people should continue listening and learning.
📖 Proverbs 1:5
Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. Let those with understanding receive guidance.”
What can greed eventually rob you of?
Your life.
📖 Proverbs 1:19
Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life.
What three groups of people does wisdom challenge for refusing to learn?
The simple, mockers, and fools.
📖 Proverbs 1:22
How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?
what destroys people who become careless about wisdom?
Their own complacency.
📖 Proverbs 1:32
“For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.”
What happens to those who listen to wisdom?
They will live in peace and without fear of harm.
📖 Proverbs 1:33
But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.