Tag: Proverbs (page 2)

The last few verses of Proverbs 5:

But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress,
and embrace the bosom of a different woman?
For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes,
and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.
The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities,
and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
He will die because there was no discipline;
because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

(That’s 5:20-23.)

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

Here is Proverbs, chapter 5, verses 15-19:

Drink water from your own cistern
and running water from your own well.
Should your springs be dispersed outside,
your streams of water in the wide plazas?
Let them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in your young wife –
a loving doe, a graceful deer;
may her breasts satisfy you at all times,
may you be captivated by her love always.

Wow. This is more fun!

What do you see in this passage?

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

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?