Proverbs Overview
Message Notes
April19, 2020| Teacher: Ken Wilson
Proverbs:
The Way of Wisdom
(Proverbs 1-31)
Author:
• Proverbs is not a composition.
• Proverbs is a collection (10:1; 22:17; 25:1; 30:1; 31:1)
• The collection was initiated by Solomon (1:1).
Audience:
• Princes of Israel
• Children in families
• Disciples
• All of God’s people
Arrangement:
Introduction 1:1-7
Title 1:1
Purpose 1:2-6
Motto 1:7
A Father’s Plea to Attain Wisdom 1:8-9:18
Collections of Proverbs 10:1-31:31
Solomon’s First Collection 10:1-22:16
The Sayings of the Wise 22:17-24:34
Solomon’s Second Collection (by Hezekiah) 25:1-29:27
The Words of Agur 30:1-33
The Words of Lemuel 31:1-9
The ABC’s of Wisdom 31:10-31
Artistry:
• Hebrew Poetry and Parallelism
• The Appeals of Lady Folly and Lady Wisdom (7,8,9)
• The Introduction (1:1-7) and Conclusion (31:10-31)
• The wisdom of Proverbs provides a guide for all your relationships
• Proverbs is not merely “truth,” it is “The Truth”
The Way of Wisdom:
The wisdom of Proverbs illuminates the path to a productive life
that leaves a legacy for others to admire and follow.
Next Steps
• Commit to read one chapter of Proverbs every day.
• Make a plan for a family discussion of Proverbs each week.
• Read Proverbs in a different translation.
This Week’s Growth Guide
God’s Word is both central and critical to your spiritual growth. We invite you to utilize the Growth Guide during the week to further your application of the Truth from the message.
• Monday - Psalm 1
• Tuesday - Psalm 8
• Wednesday - Psalm 15
• Thursday - Proverbs 31:10-31
• Friiday - Proverbs 1:1-7
Home Church
Our Home Churches meet weekly to facilitate quicker relational depth, study the same passage taught
Sunday to help apply Scripture in the context of community, and pray with one another. Home Church helps our body seek God’s best for one another.
Home Church Questions
• Read Proverbs 1:1-33.
• What was the main point of the message this week?
• Was there anything new, interesting, insightful, or even unclear from the message?
• What was your main takeaway from this week’s message?
• Have you ever been through a series on the book of Proverbs before? What was it like?
• What has been your personal experience with studies of the book of Proverbs? How have you used the book? What are somebest practices you have learned?
• Discuss the difference between something being “true” and it being “the truth.”
• How do we apply Proverbs in light of the fact that the book is about probabilities and not promises?
• Watch the “Bible Project” video of Proverbs again.
(Here is the link:https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=AzmYV8GNAIM) Discuss what you found helpful in the video.
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