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Proverbs 1:8-19 | Bible Study Questions

Observation

What does it say?

  1. Read Proverbs 1:8-19.
  2. Do you notice any repeated words or ideas?
  3. Are there any illustrations or metaphors?
  4. Do you notice any commands in these verses? What are they?
  5. Whose instruction/teaching is mentioned?
    1. What other characters do you see?

INTERPRETATION

What does it mean?

  1. How is wisdom described in this text?
    1. When is it wise to listen to your father's instruction and your mother's teaching?
    2. When might it be unwise to listen to them?
    3. What is the result of listening to and wise teaching and instruction?
  2. What does it mean to "entice" someone?
    1. What is enticing about what the sinners are asking? (v. 13-14)
    2. What do they intend to do to others?
    3. What is the ultimate result? (v. 18)
    4. There may be exceptions to this rule. Not all evil men end up dead because of their evil actions. Some may die quietly in their sleep. Do you think this affects the principle that Solomon is describing?
  3. How are the commands in Proverbs 1:10 and Proverbs 1:15 similar?
    1. How are they different?

APPLICATION

How should it change us?

  1. If you have children, would you describe your instruction to them as a "graceful garland for their head" or a "pendant for their neck"? Why or why not?
    1. How can you grow in instructing your children with wisdom?
  2. Are their violent or sinful people in your life that try to entice you to join in their sin?
    1. What can you do to "hold back your foot" and "not consent" to their enticement?
    2. What can you remind yourself of when faced with the enticement of sin?
  3. What are some steps you can take to grow in your teachability as we study the book of Proverbs?
  4. Pray in light of this passage and about any applications you have made
  5. Sing O Church Arise to God and to one another.

Proverbs 1:8-19 | Bible Study Questions

Observation

What does it say?

  1. Read Proverbs 1:8-19.
  2. Do you notice any repeated words or ideas?
  3. Are there any illustrations or metaphors?
  4. Do you notice any commands in these verses? What are they?
  5. Whose instruction/teaching is mentioned?
    1. What other characters do you see?

INTERPRETATION

What does it mean?

  1. How is wisdom described in this text?
    1. When is it wise to listen to your father's instruction and your mother's teaching?
    2. When might it be unwise to listen to them?
    3. What is the result of listening to and wise teaching and instruction?
  2. What does it mean to "entice" someone?
    1. What is enticing about what the sinners are asking? (v. 13-14)
    2. What do they intend to do to others?
    3. What is the ultimate result? (v. 18)
    4. There may be exceptions to this rule. Not all evil men end up dead because of their evil actions. Some may die quietly in their sleep. Do you think this affects the principle that Solomon is describing?
  3. How are the commands in Proverbs 1:10 and Proverbs 1:15 similar?
    1. How are they different?

APPLICATION

How should it change us?

  1. If you have children, would you describe your instruction to them as a "graceful garland for their head" or a "pendant for their neck"? Why or why not?
    1. How can you grow in instructing your children with wisdom?
  2. Are their violent or sinful people in your life that try to entice you to join in their sin?
    1. What can you do to "hold back your foot" and "not consent" to their enticement?
    2. What can you remind yourself of when faced with the enticement of sin?
  3. What are some steps you can take to grow in your teachability as we study the book of Proverbs?
  4. Pray in light of this passage and about any applications you have made
  5. Sing O Church Arise to God and to one another.

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