A Merry Heart Doeth Good Like a Medicine

WEEK NINETEEN

Proverbs 17

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:

but a broken spirit

drieth the bones.

THE THINGS I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS WEEK!!!

I COR.10:31

Date:Time:

Weekly Memory Verse - Proverbs 17:22

Read - Proverbs 17: 1-5

Examine -

1. What is a dry morsel?

2. What does sacrifice mean?

3. What is the writer contrasting?

4. What two things will a wise servant have?

5. What refines silver?

Gold?

6. Who refines the heart?

7. Who gives heed to false lips?

8. Who gives ear to a naughty tongue?

9.What are you really doing when you reproach the poor?

10. What will happen if you're glad at other's calamities?

Apply -

How do you respond to other's judgment?

Your answer will determine your spirituality.

Do you seek to meet the needs of others?

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Weekly Memory Verse - Proverbs 17:22

Read - Proverbs 17:6-9

Examine -

1. What are children's children?

2. What are they?

3. What is the children's glory?

4. What is not characteristic of a fool?

5. Who should not have lying lips? Why?

6. What is a gift?

7. Of whom is this true?

8. What do you prove by covering a matter?

9. What happens if you repeat a matter?

Apply -

What do your lips tell us?

Are you one that seeks love or separates friends?

What specifically can you do to improve this?

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Weekly Memory Verse - Proverbs 17:22

Read - Proverbs 17:10-14

Examine -

1. What enters more into a wise man than into a fool?

2. What do evil men seek?

3. What will be sent against him?

4.Define whelps-

5. What happens to a mother bear without her cubs?

6. What does this tell us about a fool in his folly?

7. What happens to the man who gives evil for good?

8. What does the first part of vs. 14 mean?

9. What should we do with contention?

Apply -

What do you seek . . . God or rebellion?

Would God consider you a fool or a wise man?

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Weekly Memory Verse - Proverbs 17:22

Read - Proverbs 17:15-18

Examine -

1. What two things are abominations to the Lord in this passage?

2. If a fool doesn't have a desire (heart) for wisdom, will he pay a price for it?

3. What does a true friend do?

4. For what was a brother born?

5. What do you think this means?

6. What does a man void of understanding do?

7. What is surety?

Apply -

Are you a true friend or are you wishy-washy?

How do you treat the just?

How do you treat the wicked?

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Weekly Memory Verse - Proverbs 17:22

Read - Proverbs 17:19-23

Examine -

1. If you love strife then you love .

2. If you exalt your gate, what are you seeking?

3. What happens if you have a froward heart?

4. What happens if you have a perverse tongue?

5. Define begetteth-

6. What happens if you beget a fool?

7. Who has no joy?

8. What does good like a medicine?

9. What dries the bones?

10. Who takes a gift out of the bosom?

Why?

11. See Ex. 23:8- What are these 2 passages saying?

Apply–

If we were to do a medical report on you, what would we find?

Are your bones drying?

Ask God to help you to be merry today-- It's your choice!

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Weekly Memory Verse - Proverbs 17:22

Read - Proverbs 17:24-28

Examine -

1. Where is wisdom?

2. Where are the eyes of a fool?

Note: A wise person looks in God’s Word to find his answers but a fool looks everywhere else in the earth.

3. What is a foolish son to his father and mother?

4. What two things are not good?

5. How do you prove you have knowledge?

6. What does an excellent spirit mean?

7. Who is of an excellent spirit?

8. When is a fool counted wise?

9. Who is a man of understanding?

Apply -

Based on your mouth, what would people consider you?

Do you run your mouth too much?

Ask God to keep your mouth shut!

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Weekly Memory Verse - Proverbs 17:22

Read - Reread entire chapter.

Examine - Review all questions for the week and write a summary of the chapter here.

Apply -

Review all decisions you have made this week. Ask God to help you to make these

decisions a permanent part of your life.

Review your memory verse

Proverbs 17:22

" A merry heart doeth good

like a medicine: but a broken spirit

drieth the bones."

Don’t forget your WISDOM Journal entries!!

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