Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: "Pride goes before destruction, A ----"

2. Fill in the blanks: One proverb says, "A------- loves at all times, A

-------- is born for adversity."

3. One proverb reads,"A merry-------- does good, like--------, But a broken

--------- dries up the bones."

4. Sentence completion: One of the proverbs reads, "A man who

has friends must himself be friendly, But there is---"

1. "A haughty spirit before a fall" (Prov. 16:18 )

Pride and arrogance are the forerunners of self-destruction.

2. Friend--- brother (Prov. 17:17 )

Friendship will survive conflict. In fact,friendship makes conflict endurable.

3. Heart---medicine-----spirit (prov. 17: 22 )

One's emotional well-being affects all of one's personality for good or ill.

4. :A friend who sticks closer then a brother" (Prov. 18: 24 )

Primarily, Solomon had in mind that a true friend, who is a rare creature, will be more loyal then anyone else, but Christians have rightly concluded that Jesus is the closest Friend and have applied this passage to Him.

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: Proverbs teaches, "A merry heart makes a -------

--------, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is-------."

2. One proverbs teaches,"All the ------- of man are --------in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the ------."

3. One proverbs reads, "Better is a dinner of herbs where --------is,

Then a fatted calf with --------."

1. Cheerful--- countenance---broken (Prov. 15: 13 )

2. Ways---pure-----spirits (Prov.16: 2)

3. Love---hatred (Prov. 15:17 )

Emotional health is better then wealth.

Poetry---Memory:

1. Fill in the blanks: One proverb reads, "In all-------- there is profit, But idle------- leads only to poverty."

2. Sentence completion: Proverbs teaches, "Righteousness exalts a nation, But---"

3. Finish this proverb, "A soft answer turns away wrath, But---"

1. Labor----chatter (Prov. 14: 23 )

2. "Sin is a reproach to any people" (Prov. 14: 34 )

Most of the proverbs are about personal wisdom. This one and a handful of related ones are about national righteousness.

3. "A harsh word stirs up anger" (Prov. 15: 1 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: Proverbs teaches, "As a ring of gold in a swine's

--------, So is a-------- -------- who lacks discretion."

2. Proverbs teaches,"He who spares his rod--------- his son, But he who

-------- him disciplines him promptly."

3. Sentence completion: In Proverbs, Solomon observed, "There is a way that seems right to man,----

1. snout--- lovely woman (Prov. 11: 22 )

Character is fundamental and beauty is ornamental. A society which overvalues beauty is confused at a fundamental level.

2. Hates---loves (Prov. 13: 24 )

3. " but its end is the way of death" (Prov. 14: 12; 16: 25 ).

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: Solomon wrote, "A wise-------makes a glad father, But a foolish-----is the grief of his mother."

2. Proverbs teaches, "Hatred stirs up ---------, But love covers all -------."

3. Proverbs teaches, "Where there is no-------, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is -------."

1. Son---son (Prov. 10: 1)

2. Strife---sins (Prov. 10: 12)

Hatred divides people, while love unites them.

3. Counsel---safety (Prov. 11:14 ).

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: One of the proverbs says, "Can a man take fire to his bosom, And -----

2. Complete the frequent phrase which starts, "The fear of the Lord is-----

1. "His clothes not be burned"? (Prov. 6: 27 )

Solomon was not concerned with fire safety. He was comparing

adultery to playing with fire (vv. 20-29)

2. "The beginning of wisdom" (Prov.9: 10 )

"Fear" is not terror. It includes awe, respect, and the knowledge that dealing

with God involves the prospect of judgment as well as reward.

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: One of the proverbs says "Keep your heart with all diligence, For---

2. Fill in the blanks: One of the proverbs reads, "Go to the ------, you-------!

Consider her ways and be wise."

3. One of the proverbs says, "A little ------, a little-----, A little folding of the hands to ---------_So shall your poverty come on you like a robber."

1. "Out of it spring the issues of life" (Prov. 4: 23 )

2. Ant---sluggard (Prov. 6: 6)

While the ant's diligence is merely from instinct, it exemplifies a pattern of life which a man can choose and make a spiritual discipline.

3. Sleep---slumber----sleep (Prov. 6: 10, 11 )