Proverbs 29:1-27
(From Solomon to Hezekiah to Me: Continued)
Our lesson on this chapter will take a different approach from the ones we have used to this point. We will take a look at each verse in light of at least one Bible character who fits into some element of the verse. While we do this, you can turn to the back and see how to answer the one question for this chapter.
29:1: Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin
29:2: Demetrius, Gaius, and Diotrephes in 3 John
29:3: The prodigal son (Luke 15)
29:4: Solomon, the author (1 Kings 3-11; Ecclesiastes 2)
29:5: The man who reported the death of Saul (2 Samuel 1)
29:6: Absalom (2 Samuel 15-18)
29:7: The rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)
29:8: Nineveh (Jonah 1-4)
29:9: Ahab, when approached by God’s prophet (1 Kings 22)
29:10: The death of Jesus
29:11: Nabal (1 Samuel 25)
29:12: Rehoboam (I Kings 12)
29:13: The story of Job and the “three wise men”
29:14: Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords (1 Timothy 6:15,16)
29:15: Eli, David, and Samuel
29:16: Judges and Ruth
29:17: Abraham (Genesis 18:19)
29:18: Contrast Joshua 25:15ff and Jeremiah 6:16ff
29:19: Gehazi (2 Kings 5)
29:20: Peter (Matthew 16:13-23)
29:21: Philemon, Onesimus, and Paul (Philemon 1-25)
29:22: Saul of Tarsus (Acts 9:1ff)
29:23: Haman and Esther
29:24: Ananias and Sapphira
29:25: Joseph of Arimathaea (John 19:38)
29:26: The princes of Babylon (Daniel 6)
29:27: Saul of Tarsus and Joseph who had 11 brothers
QUESTION - PROVERBS 29
For chapter 29, see if you can go back through this chapter and find another person or story that fits in with each verse.
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