I.    THE TONGUE (vv. 1,2,4,7,22,23,28).
      v.1: soft vs. harsh
      v.2: wise vs. foolish
      v.4: wholesome vs. perverse
      v.7: lips vs. heart
      v.22: counsel vs. no counsel
      v.23: joy and good
      v.28: righteous vs. wicked
II.  THE “EYES” AND “EARS” OF GOD (vv. 3,8,9,11,29).
      v.3: watching every place
      v.8: hearing prayer
      v.9: way of wicked vs. following righteousness
      v.11: heart really is known
      v.29: far and near
III. ATTITUDES (GOOD AND BAD; vv. 13,14,15,18,21,25,26).
      v.13: merry and sorrow; cheerful and broken
      v.14: moving in opposite directions
      v.15: all or all!
      v.18: and your part in strife is...?
      v.21: joyful folly vs. walking uprightly
      v.25: proud vs. widow (humble)
      v.26: thoughts and words
IV. BLESSINGS AND CURSINGS (HERE AND NOW; vv.
      6,16,17,19,20,24,27,30).
      v.6: treasure and trouble
      v.16: little and great
      v.17: love and hate
      v.19: hedge of thorns vs. highway
      v.20: glad father and despised mother
      v.24: upward and below
      v.27: greedy vs. hates bribes
      v.30: double blessing
V.  DISCIPLINE (vv. 5,10,12,31,32,33).
      v.5: receive instruction
      v.10: double negative
      v.12: another double negative
      v.31: start with hearing
      v.32: than start heeding
      v.33: finally get honor from humility and intruction from reverence
 

1.    What can a soft answer do (v. 1)?
2.    Where are the eyes of the Lord (v. 3)?
3.    Whose revenues are trouble (v. 6)?
4.    How are the sacrifices of the wicked an abomination to the Lord (v. 8)?
5.    Does the Lord love all people the same (v. 9)?
6.    What are before the Lord (v. 11)?
7.    Where is a cheerful countenance made (v. 13)?
8.    Who has a continual feast (v. 15)?
9.    How is little better than great treasure (v. 16)?
10.  When is a dinner of herbs better than a stalled ox (v. 17)?
11.  To what is the way of a slothful man compared (v. 19)?
12.  Who makes a father glad (v. 20)?
13.  Why are purposes (plans) often disappointed (v. 22)?
14.  When is a spoken word good (v. 23)?
15.  Where is life and where is hell (v. 24)?
16.  How does one who is greedy of gain trouble his own house (v. 27)?
17.  What does it mean to “studieth to answer” (v. 28)?
18.  Does God hear the prayer of the wicked (v. 29)?
19.  Who abides among the wise (v. 31)?
20.  What must come before honor (v. 33)?
 

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