Author: Mike (page 7)

This is Proverbs 5:7-14 from the NET Bible:

So now, children, listen to me;
do not turn aside from the words I speak.
Keep yourself far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
lest you give your vigor to others
and your years to a cruel person,
lest strangers devour your strength,
and your labor benefit another man’s house.
And at the end of your life you will groan
when your flesh and your body are wasted away.
And you will say, “How I hated discipline!
My heart spurned reproof!
For I did not obey my teachers
and I did not heed my instructors.
I almost came to complete ruin
in the midst of the whole congregation!”

So, in the midst of the whole congregation, let’s answer these three questions from these 8 verses:

1. What happened in the text?
2. What do I learn about God?
3. What should I do about it?

On to Proverbs chapter 5. Here are verses 1-6 in the NET Bible:

My child, be attentive to my wisdom,
pay close attention to my understanding,
in order to safeguard discretion,
and that your lips may guard knowledge.
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.
Lest she should make level the path leading to life,
her paths are unstable but she does not know it.

“Her paths are unstable but she does not know it.” OH NO I DATED HER!!!

Ahem. Although they appear on every entry, I’ll go ahead and pose the questions again:

1. What happened in the text?
2. What do I learn about God?
3. What should I do about it?

The last bit from Proverbs chapter 4 includes verses 25-27 from the NET Bible

Let your eyes look directly in front of you
and let your gaze look straight before you.
Make the path for your feet level,
so that all your ways may be established.
Do not turn to the right or to the left;
turn yourself away from evil.

Okay, that’s brief enough. Ask yourself these questions, and then you can look at my responses after the jump.

1. What happened in the text?
2. What do I learn about God?
3. What should I do about it?

Here we have Proverbs 4:20-24 from the NET Bible

My child, pay attention to my words;
listen attentively to my sayings.
Do not let them depart from your sight,
guard them within your heart;
for they are life to those who find them
and healing to one’s entire body.
Guard your heart with all vigilance,
for from it are the sources of life.
Remove perverse speech from your mouth;
keep devious talk far from your lips.

Okay, we’re supposed to listen to his words, and watch our own. More comprehensively, what do we see in terms of:

1. What happened in the text?
2. What do I learn about God?
3. What should I do about it?

Today’s chunk is Proverbs 4:14-19 from the NET Bible

Do not enter the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of those who are evil.
Avoid it, do not go on it;
turn away from it, and go on.
For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm;
they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
For they eat bread gained from wickedness
and drink wine obtained from violence.
But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light,
growing brighter and brighter until full day.
The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness;
they do not know what causes them to stumble.

Let’s ask the customary questions:

1. What happened in the text?
2. What do I learn about God?
3. What should I do about it?

Here is Proverbs 4:10-13 from the NET Bible

Listen, my child, and accept my words,
so that the years of your life will be many.
I will guide you in the way of wisdom
and I will lead you in upright paths.
When you walk, your steps will not be hampered,
and when you run, you will not stumble.
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
protect it, because it is your life.

Because it is your life. Sounds important. Let’s ask ourselves some important questions.

1. What happened in the text?
2. What do I learn about God?
3. What should I do about it?