Proverbs 21:1-30

Memory Verse: 4

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SORRY, THE QUESTIONS FOR THIS BOOK HAS NOT BEEN STARTED.

I. Within is Without (21:1-10)

1. Are we the director of our course? What is the dangers of self-deception? What is more acceptable than sacrifices to God? What is the cause of haughty eyes?

2. What are diligence and haste and their results? Why is the fortune in verse 6 a deadly snare? What is violence the mark of?

3. What are used to compare the guilty and innocent in verse 8? What is the purpose of the proverb in verse 9? Why does one crave evil?

II. The Righteous One (21:11-20)

4. Compare the proverb in verse 11 to the proverbs in 19:25 and 19:29. What can be learned?< Who is the Righteous One and what does he do? (Ezra 9:15; Isaiah 24:16; Acts 3:14-15, 7:52; 1 John 2:1) What is one way that God interacts with people according to verse 13?

5. Compare the proverb in verse 14 to 17:8-9 considering how to interact with difficult people. What is justice in society and in the Bible? Is it possible to begin a life of following Jesus and then stray so far from the path to die in our sins? (Luke 8:4-15)

6. How is the love of pleasure destructive? What is the meaning of the proverb in verse 18?

7. What defines an ill-tempered wife? (9, 19, 25:24) Where is there wisdom in saving up for the future?

III. The Pursue is On (20:21-31)

8. What does it mean to pursue righteousness and love? What are the weapon's of the wise? How can our mouth bring calamity and how can that be corrected?

9. Who is mocking the proud and the arrogant in verse 24? What does a sluggard crave and what does the generosity of the righteous reveal? (25-26)

10. What are three different types of sacrifices that can be deduced from the proverb in verse 27? Why is it important to determine the validity of the witness according to the proverb in verse 28?

11. What do the wicked pretend about? What statement is proclaimed about the LORD in verse 30? Who is in control of all and any battle?