Proverbs 5:1-23 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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Warning Against Adultery
Questions for Study 5

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I. Enticing to Sin (5:1-6)

1. What two things will be gained with wisdom and the Lord's words of insight? (1-2) What is discretion? How can our lips preserve knowledge? (Malachi 2:7; Colossians 3:8)

2. What is adultery in the Bible? How does adultery appear when we are tempted to violate the commitment with our spouse? (3) What is it in the end? (4) How does verse 5 emphasize the seriousness of adultery? How is adultery forgetting its consequences? (6)

II. It Leads to Ruin (5:7-14)

3. To what extent does the Father tell his children to avoid the adulterous? (7-8) What is the Biblical definition of marriage?(Mark 10:6-9; 1 Corinthians 6:15-17) What does adultery do to the married couple?

4. What happens to the married couple when one or both of them go to the sexual bed of another? Who benefits in the end?

5. What does verse 11 tell us about the results of sin? Who is responsible for the result of our life of sin? (12)

6. What must we realize about ourself when we commit adultery? (13) What must first be accepted and admitted to if we every want to correct the wrong commited? (14)

III. In Full View of the Lord (5:15-23)

7. What is the relationship with our spouse supposed to be like? (15) What can happen if we don't see and treate our marriage in this way? How can you ensure this to not be so?

8. Is it possible to be satisfied with out spouse our entire physical life? (19) How? What does it mean to be captivated by another and how long does the captivity last? (20)

9. Is adultery only known by two no matter to what extremes they go to to hide it from others? (21) What does it mean that our deeds ensnare us? (22) Who is the only person to blame for adultery? (23)

10. Considering the entirty of this chapter is there hope for the adulterer? (John 8:3-6)