1. Read Proverbs 14:10 and 14:13. Write down the truths about emotions you learn from these verses.

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1 Women in the Word Proverbs: Emotions October 18, Read Proverbs 14:10 and 14:13. Write down the truths about emotions you learn from these verses. 2. Which emotions do you personally struggle with the most, and what techniques have you attempted to control these emotions? 3. Read the following proverbs and list the emotions that enhance life and the emotions that detract from our lives: Proverbs 10:12; 12:25; 13:12; 14:30; 15:13 and 17:22. Emotions that enhance our lives: Emotions that detract from our lives: 4. What do these proverbs tell us about the power of emotions to affect our physical and mental health?

2 Women In the Word Proverbs: Emotions Oct. 18, 2012 Page 2 5. The Book of Proverbs has much to say about the foolish, hot-tempered man. Read the following verses and describe the behaviors associated with this kind of man. Proverbs 12:16 Proverbs 14:17 Proverbs 15:18 Proverbs 20:3 Proverbs 29:11 6. List the different ways we tend to stir up dissention and strife. Think of both the overt and the subtle ways women create strife and quarrels. 7. What do you think motivates us to stir up dissention? Read Proverbs 10:12. What is ultimately the root of dissention? 8. List specific things you can do to promote peace instead of quarrels. 9. Read Ephesians 4:26-27 and Proverbs 14:17. Is anger a sin? How does anger entice us to sin? 10. What does Proverbs 22:24-25 recommend to keep from becoming hot-tempered? 11. Read Proverbs 25:20 and 15:30. What do these verses say about our responsibility to consider the emotions of others?

3 Women In the Word Proverbs: Emotions Oct. 18, 2012 Page Can you recall a time when someone spoke unhelpful words to you during emotional distress, or a time when you spoke unhelpful words? What was the result? 13. List the imperatives (commands or do nots ) from the following verses. Proverbs 23:17-18 Proverbs 24:17-20 What do these commands suggest about our ability to control our emotions? 14. Emotions are inevitable and we must use discernment to deal with them. How do wise people deal with emotions as described in Proverbs 17:27 and 29:11? Proverbs 4:23 is another helpful verse in managing our emotions. List specific steps you can take to guard your heart. 15. Based on all that you have read in Proverbs, write a description of a wise woman s management of her many emotions. 16. Which proverb from this week s study will you memorize? How will you incorporate it into your daily life? 17. Do you have a personal prayer request to share with your small group?

4 Women in the Word October 18, 2012 Wise Up! Successful Living from Proverbs Emotions: Tools of Discernment As water reflects a face, so a man s heart reflects the man. Proverbs 27:19 Emotions are inevitable, individual, and constantly. Proverbs 14:10, 14:13, 13:12, 12:25 Some emotions life and some from life. 14:30, 15:13, 17:22 Only a few emotions are identified as. 10:12, 23:17, 24:17-20 Emotions confirm that we are made in the image of. Emotions reveal the condition of our. 27:19, 4:23 Practice discernment and emotional control with my own emotions. 1. Identify sinful emotions (hatred, jealousy, envy, rejoicing in other s misfortune). Confess them. Repent. 28:13 2. Control your behavior so that you aren t lead into sin. 29:11, 16:32, 20:3 3. Hold every emotion captive to the truth. 4:23 Practice discernment and emotional control with the emotions of others. 1. God expects us to evaluate the emotional control of others. 22: God expects us to be a source of kindness and cheer to those who are hurting. 25:20, 15:30 Key: Changing, Enhance, Detract, Sinful, God, Heart

5 Women In the Word Proverbs: Emotions October 18, 2012 Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.. (3:4) a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance. Proverbs 14:10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy. Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief. Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 12:25 An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up. Proverbs 14:30 A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones. Proverbs 15:13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. John 16:33 In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world. Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs. Proverbs 23:17 Do not let your heart envy sinners but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord. Proverbs 24:17 20 Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice, or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him. Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out. Exodus 34:6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Proverbs 27:19 As water reflects a face, so a man s heart reflects the man. Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Ephesians 4:26 27 In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Proverbs 29:11 A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.

6 Proverbs 16:32 Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city. Proverbs 20:3 It is to a man s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Proverbs 22:24 25 Do not make friends with a hot tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared. Proverbs 25:20 Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Proverbs 15:30 A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones. Ezekiel 36:26 27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Jeremiah 31:33 I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.