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1 Proverbs Series Lesson #007 February 10, 2013 Dean Bible Ministries Dr. Robert L. Dean, Jr.

2 Prov. 14:12, There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Proverbs Guide for Skillful Living DEATH LIFE Conditions for Knowing God

3 10 Lessons on Wisdom Proverbs 1:8 9:18 1. Challenge to listen to the father s guidance and reject the influence of your peers, 1:8 19 Comment: Wisdom rebukes the simple, the naïve, the open minded, 1: Protect yourself from the wicked, 2: The promise of the Lord and the son s responsibility, 3: The value of wisdom, 3: The importance of following the path of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, 4:1 9

4 Prov. 2:1, My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands within you, Prov. 2:2, So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; Prov. 2:3, Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, Prov. 2:4, If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; Prov. 2:5, Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

5 Prov. 2:1, My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands within you, Prov. 2:2, So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; Prov. 2:3, Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, Prov. 2:4, If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; Prov. 2:5, Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

6 Prov. 2:1, My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, Prov. 2:2, [So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;]

7 Prov. 2:1, My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, Prov. 2:2, [So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;] jql laqach qal imperf 2 masc sing To take, grasp, seize; accept, receive; to take as one s own property; to acquire Npx tzafan qal imperf 2 masc sing To hide, to store up, to hide, to conceal, to internalize something

8 Prov. 1:3, To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity;

9 Prov. 4:10, Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.

10 Prov. 8:10, Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;

11 Prov. 10:8, The wise in heart will receive commands, But a prating fool will fall. Prov. 21:11, When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

12 Prov. 21:11, When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

13 Col. 3:16, Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

14 Deut. 6:4, Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD alone! Deut. 6:5, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your all. Deut. 6:6, And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. Deut. 6:7, You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. Deut. 6:8, You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. Deut. 6:9, You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

15 Romans 12:2, Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renovation of your thinking, that you may demonstrate that the will of God is good and acceptable and sufficient.

16 Psa. 1:1, Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; Psa. 1:2, But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. Psa. 1:3, He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

17 Psa. 119:11, Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.

18 Josh. 1:8, This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

19 John 15:7, If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

20 Eph. 6:17, And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

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