Women of Grace
2006-2007
Proverbs...Ancient Wisdom
For Today's Woman

 Homework for Lesson Twenty One
Wisdom Has Built Her House

Your homework will help sharpen your understanding of the Bible and is a ministry to others as you share your answers in your small group. Prayerfully think through each answer with the expectation of sharing with others what God has taught you.

Memory Work: Proverbs 14:1

1. Read Proverbs 9:1-6

(a) Describe the feast that Wisdom has prepared.




 

(b) For whom is the feast given?


 

(c) What are the requirements to take what has been offered?



 

(d) What are the rewards to those who partake?





 

2. Read Matthew 22:1-14.

(a) What are the similarities between this parable and Proverbs 9:1-6?


 

(b) How did most of those who were invited respond?





 

(c) Why do you think God the Father would provide such a
feast for ungrateful sinners?





 

3. What do the following verses teach about what God has built in Christ?

Matthew 16:16-18





 

Ephesians 2:19-22







 

I Peter 2:4-5






 

4. (a) How has God built you up in the knowledge of Him through this study of Proverbs?




 

(b) What truths that you have learned this year have been precious and pleasant to your soul?





 

5. (a) What did King Solomon build in 1 Kings 9:1 and 1 Kings 11:6-8?






 

(b) How do you explain his change of heart?





 

(c) How can we keep on the path of wisdom and keep away from the path of the foolish? Give practical steps.








 

6. (a) What did Jesus teach about wise and foolish building in Matthew 7:24-27?














 

(b) On what foundation are you building your life? See also I Corinthians 3:11-13.






 

7. What one lesson from Proverbs would you most like to remember and why? Pray with your partner about this and continue to pray for each other over the summer.