Wisdom: One of God’s Greatest Offers
(Proverbs 2:1-22)
I. WISDOM IS RECOMMENDED (2:1-8).
A. It is worth it to— (2:1-4):
—Receive it/—Hide (Treasure) it/—Incline your ear toward it/
—Apply your heart to it/—Cry out for it/—Lift up your voice for it/
—Seek it/—Search for it.
B. It will— (2:5):
—Allow you to understand
_______________________________________________.
—Allow you to find
_______________________________________________.
C. Because: Its source is the
Lord (2:6-8).
He gives it/It comes from His mouth/He lays (stores) it up/
He is a buckler (shield)/He keeps (is a guard)/He preserves.
II. WISDOM PROTECTS (2:9-19).
A. The claim (2:9-11).
You will
understand...
You will
have it in your heart and soul.
You will
be preserved and kept.
B. The areas of protection (2:12-19).
1. Evil
men (2:12-15).
a. Ways and words (2:12).
b. Paths and darkness (2:13).
c. Joys and delights (2:14).
d. Crooked and froward (devious; 2:15).
2. Immoral
women (2:16-19).
a. Strange (immoral) flatterers (seducers; 2:16).
b. Forsaking covenant-breakers (2:17).
c. The path of death (2:18).
d. A one-way street (2:19).
III. THE TWO WAYS (AGAIN; 2:20-22).
A. The way of goodness, righteousness,
the upright, and the perfect
(blameless; 2:20,21).
B. The way of the wicked
and transgressors (unfaithful; 2:22).
Proverbs 2
1. Notice in verses 1-5 what we must do in order to understand
the fear of the
Lord and to find the knowledge of God:
(1) _____________________ my words,
(2) _____________________ my commandments
with thee;
(3) _____________________ thine ear
unto wisdom,
(4) _____________________ thine heart
to understanding,
(5) _____________________ after knowledge,
(6) _____________________ __________
thy voice for understanding;
(7) _____________________ her as silver,
(8) _____________________ for her as
for hid treasures.
2. In verses 6-9, we learn what God does to help us to understand
righteousness, judgment, equity, and
every good path:
(1) For the Lord giveth _____________________:
(2) Out of his mouth cometh _____________________
and
____________________.
(3) He layeth up _______________ _______________
for the righteous:
(4) He is a ____________________ to
them that walk uprightly.
(5) He keepeth the __________ of _____________________.
(6) And preserveth __________ ____________________
of his saints.
3. Wisdom and knowledge are said to accomplish or do certain
things for us
in verses 10-20:
(1) Discretion shall _____________________
_______________.
(2) Understanding shall _______________ _______________.
(3) To _____________________ thee from the
way of the evil man.
(4) To _____________________ thee from the
strange woman.
(5) That thou mayest _____________________
in the way of good men.
(6) And _____________________ the paths of
the righteous.
4. The evil man is the man that: (12-15).
(1) _____________________ froward things.
(2) Who _____________________ the paths
of uprightness.
(3) To _____________________ in the
ways of darkness;
(4) Who ______________________ to do
evil.
(5) And _____________________ in the
frowardness of the wicked.
(6) Whose ways are _____________________.
(7) And they _____________________ in
their paths.
5. The strange woman does these wicked acts:
(1) Which _____________________ with
her words;
(2) Which _____________________ the
guide of her youth.
(3) And _____________________ the covenant
of her God.
6. What shall be done to the wicked and the transgressors (21,22)?
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