{"id":63,"date":"2019-06-20T16:57:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T16:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.local.net\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2019-06-20T16:57:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T16:57:55","slug":"proverbs-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/?page_id=63","title":{"rendered":"Proverbs 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 1-5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How does wisdom make itself known?<\/li><li>Where does wisdom make itself known?<\/li><li>Would someone be able to hide from wisdom?<\/li><li>Who does wisdom cry out to &#8211; a select few?<\/li><li>Who is singled out for understanding? What do they need in order to hear wisdom? Intellect, education?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 6-11<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How does Solomon describe his teachings? Is this a normal claim of a typical teacher? Why or why not?<\/li><li>What different aspects of the world do rubies, silver, and gold bring to mind?<\/li><li>What is the bottom line of verse 10? How does this compare to the thinking of the world? How does this compare to us in our everyday lives?<\/li><li>How does wisdom compare with rubies specifically?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verse 12-21<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What are the characteristics of wisdom?<\/li><li>Contrast the characteristcs of wisdom with the fruits of fearing the Lord? Do you think that &#8220;hate&#8221; is a bit strong?<\/li><li>Who benefits from wisdom?<\/li><li>What are the benefits? Wealth? Power? What are &#8220;durable&#8221; riches?<\/li><li>What are the fruits of wisdom?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 22-31<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>When did wisdom begin? Who used it? How?<\/li><li>Review Genesis order of the creation of the earth in Genesis 1. How does this correlate with Solomon&#8217;s description of wisdom&#8217;s beginning?<\/li><li>Also &#8211; consider John 1:1-5 for more discussion insight as to what Solomon may be describing.<\/li><li>Where was wisdom and who was &#8220;he&#8221; with?<\/li><li>If wisdom were given an identity &#8211; who do you think it would be?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 32-36<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What must someone do in order to be blessed?<\/li><li>Is it enough to hear wisdom in order to be blessed?<\/li><li>What is the final benefit of wisdom as described in this chapter?<\/li><li>What is the final curse of not finding wisdom?<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verses 1-5 How does wisdom make itself known? Where does wisdom make itself known? Would someone be able to hide from wisdom? Who does wisdom cry out to &#8211; a select few? Who is singled out for understanding? What do they need in order to hear wisdom? Intellect, education? Verses 6-11 How does Solomon describe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-63","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}