Proverbs 6:20-35 | Bible Study Questions

Read Proverbs 6.20-35
Do you notice any repeated words or ideas?
How is God mentioned and described in this passage?
1. If He is not mentioned, what other characters do you see?
2. How are they described?
What commands do you see?
1. What is the result of these commands?
What imagery do you see? (things like analogies, metaphors, similes, etc.)

What should be done with the parent's commands?
1. Why do you think it's important that the son not just obey them but "bind them on his heart"?
Why do you think the tongue of the evil woman is described as "smooth"?
1. How is the speech of the evil woman contrasted with the parent's commands?
2. Why do you think the son is commanded at the level of his heart, rather than just the level of his actions? (Prov. 6:25)
How do the Father and Mother compare/contrast prostitution to adultery in verse 26? What about between adultery and theft in verse 30-31?
1. How would you summarize the heart of the author's point in this week's passage?
2. For what reasons is it important for all of us (whether we're married or not) to hear these words about the purity and beauty of marriage?

Is this something that our culture today (and we ourselves!) still needs to hear?
If you're in a mixed group, break off into a group of men and a group of women to discuss the following questions. (~10 minutes)
1. What are ways that we are tempted to visit the "forbidden woman/man"? (i.e. accessing pornographic websites, etc.)
2. Sexual sin is something we all struggle with. Read 1 John 1:8-2:2.
  1. What is one sexual sin you can confess from the last week or so?
3. Read 1 Corinthians 10:12-13. How does this give us hope to fight temptations?
4. Pray in light of this passage, the forgiveness we have in Christ, and about any applications you have made
Come back together as a group and pray once more in light of this passage.
Sing Come Thou Fount to God and to one another.

Read Proverbs 6.20-35
Do you notice any repeated words or ideas?
How is God mentioned and described in this passage?
1. If He is not mentioned, what other characters do you see?
2. How are they described?
What commands do you see?
1. What is the result of these commands?
What imagery do you see? (things like analogies, metaphors, similes, etc.)

What should be done with the parent's commands?
1. Why do you think it's important that the son not just obey them but "bind them on his heart"?
Why do you think the tongue of the evil woman is described as "smooth"?
1. How is the speech of the evil woman contrasted with the parent's commands?
2. Why do you think the son is commanded at the level of his heart, rather than just the level of his actions? (Prov. 6:25)
How do the Father and Mother compare/contrast prostitution to adultery in verse 26? What about between adultery and theft in verse 30-31?
1. How would you summarize the heart of the author's point in this week's passage?
2. For what reasons is it important for all of us (whether we're married or not) to hear these words about the purity and beauty of marriage?

Is this something that our culture today (and we ourselves!) still needs to hear?
If you're in a mixed group, break off into a group of men and a group of women to discuss the following questions. (~10 minutes)
1. What are ways that we are tempted to visit the "forbidden woman/man"? (i.e. accessing pornographic websites, etc.)
2. Sexual sin is something we all struggle with. Read 1 John 1:8-2:2.
  1. What is one sexual sin you can confess from the last week or so?
3. Read 1 Corinthians 10:12-13. How does this give us hope to fight temptations?
4. Pray in light of this passage, the forgiveness we have in Christ, and about any applications you have made
Come back together as a group and pray once more in light of this passage.
Sing Come Thou Fount to God and to one another.