1.   LESSONS IN LOGIC (What do these verses IMPLY and what should I
      INFER from them?).
           28:1: The need to be righteous (allows me to be fearless).
           28:5: The need to seek (allows me to understand “all about it”).
           28:8: I cannot serve mammon (without losing everything).
           28:12: Let’s wait until verse 28 .
           28:17: I should not cast my pearls before swine (some are going to rush
                     over the edge, and I cannot stop them).
           28:21: It doesn’t take much to give in (sin is always only a step away).
           28:24: If God says they are in the same category, they are in the same
                     category (such use of logic is one of the greatest teachers).
           28:25: How my life turns out will include the choices that I make (Have 
                      I chosen to be greedy and proud or trusting?).
           28:28: Combined with verse 12, there are powerful implications that 
                     will help me to see if I am righteous, wicked, courageous,
                     cowardly, perishing or increasing.

2.    LESSONS IN SOWING AND REAPING.
            28:2: In society: stability versus instability.
            28:7: In the home: sons who are discerning or shameful?
            28:9: Before God: there is “worship” that God despises!
            28:10: As an individual: I will fall or I will gain—but not both.
            28:13: With regard to sin: Oh, how I prefer mercy over…over anything!
            28:14: As an individual: A great lesson on reverence over stubbornness.
            28:18: As an individual: Am I wholehearted (upright) toward God?
            28:20: As an individual: Which “things” do I value more?
            28:27: With regard to others: Let me look to help the poor.

3.    LESSONS IN FIGURES OF SPEECH.
            28:3: A simile (using “like” or “as”) to show that there is as much of a
                    contradiction in the poor oppressing one another as there is in rain
                    destroying food—but both of these contradictions” actually do
                    happen!
            28:15: A simile to illustrate the terror of the situation when wicked rulers
                       take advantage of the poor in savage ways.

4.    LESSONS IN “FIRST PRINCIPLES.”
            28:4: LAW (and forsakers).
            28:6: INTEGRITY (and double-dealers).
            28:11: UNDERSTANDING (and the self-willed).
            28:16: STANDARDS (and foolish princes).
            28:19: INDUSTRY (and empty chases).
            28:22: THOUGHTLESSNESS (and unfulfilled “wants”).
            28:23: COURAGE (and avoiding the issue at hand).
            28:26: DIRECTION (and self-trusting).

1.    When do the wicked flee (v.1)?
2.    By whom can “the state” be prolonged (v.2)?
3.    Look at the front of your study guide an list the two verses that are noted 
       as being similes.
4.    Who praises the wicked (v.4)?
5.    What will help us to understand all things (v.5)?
6.    What kind of a son is wise (v.7)?
7.    Whose prayer shall be an abomination (v.9)?
8.    “Whose causeth the ___________ to go astray in an _____ way, he shall
       fall himself into his own ____: but the __________ shall have good things
       in possession” (v.10).
9.    What phrases are similar in verses 12 and 28?
10.  What does verse 13 teach us about “covering sin”?
11.  What good can it do for us to “hate covetousness” (v.16)?
12.  In verse 18, what would be the contrast with being “perverse”?
13.  What will you have if you follow vain persons (v.19)?
14.  A faithful man shall _______ _____ __________ (v.20).
15.  What is not good (v.21)?
16.  What kind of an eye does a person have who hastens to be rich (v.22)?
17.  Who shall find more favor; the one who rebukes or the one who flatters
       (v.23)?
18.  The son or daughter who robs parents is compared to what kind of a
       person (v.24)?
19.  Does verse 25 say anything good about a proud heart?
20.  Are there any connections between the ideas and results in verses 25 and
       26?
21.  How important are our dealings with the poor (v.27)?