The Lord's Purpose Prevails
Questions for Study 19
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I. The Purposes of a Man's Heart are Deep Waters (19:1-9)
1. What does the Bible define as blameless and how much value does it place on it? What is zeal and how can it be misplaced? When things go wrong as to our own making who do we usually blame?
2. What are the effects of wealth and poverty that are opposites to each? What are the different ways that the proverb-prophecy in verse 5 is fulfilled? Is the friends that money true friends?
3. What influence does poverty have on a person's social life? What are the practical benefits of wisdom and understanding? (8) How is the proverb in verse 9 similar and different than the proverb in verse 5?
II. Kindness to the Poor = Lends to the Lord (19:10-19)
4. When and how might a fool live in luxury? What is the Biblical definition of patience and overlooking an offense? If you were in the wild and suddenly hear a loud lion roar how would you feel?
5. What is the response to the sole sound of a constant drip in the middle of the night? What does the proverb in verse 14 reveal about having a prudent wife? What is a shiftless person like?
6. What does it mean to be contemptuous of our ways? What is one way that we can build treasures in the afterlife in heaven?
7. What is Biblical discipline? (18) What is Biblical punishment? (19)
III. The Lord's Purpose Prevails (19:20-29)
8. What different ways do people learn and which one is presented in verse 20? What should be the response to the wisdom in verse 21? Is there any exceptions to the desire for love?
9. What progression is presented in the life-choice presented in verse 23? What is the intention of the proverb in verse 24? Is the instructions in verse 25 punishment or discipline?
10. What are different ways that children rob and drive out their parents? Can having an open mind to learning ever end? (27) What does it mean to gulp down evil and how is it related to corruption? What is the difference between penalties and beatings and when will they have the desired results?
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