Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: The book of Ecclesiastes begins this way, "The words

of the -------- , the son of David , king in -------."

2. Sentence completion: One of the key thoughts of Ecclesiastes is contained in this verse, " "----- Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher----"

3. Fill in the blanks: In Ecclesiastes, Solomon wrote of the futility of work in this way: "What is ------- cannot be made straight, And what is lacking cannot be --------."

1. Preacher---Jerusalem (Eccl. 1:1 )

2. "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity' (Eccl. 1 : 2 )

The term "vanity" stresses the emptiness or lack of substance to those things which men tend to believe are important.

3. Crooked---numbered (Eccl. 1: 15 )

Sin has introduced disorder into the world, and no amount of human effort can make the world orderly again.

Poetry---Memory

1.Fill in the blanks: A proverb warning against folly says, "A -------

for the horse, A ------- for the donkey, And a -------- for the fool's back."

2. In Proverbs, Agur confessed wonder at four things, " The way of an

------- in the air, The way of a -------- on a rock. The way of a -------

in the midst of the sea, And the way of a -------- with a virgin."

1. Whip---bridle---rod (Prov. 26: 3 )

2. Eagle---serpent---ship-----man (Prov. 30: 19 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: One proverb reads, "Who can find a virtuous wife?

For ----"

2. Fill in the blanks: A proverb about character says, "Charm is ------- and

beauty is --------, But a woman who fears he Lord , she shall be praised."

3. A proverb about God's revelation says, "Every-------- of God is pure; --- Do not add to His ---------, Lest He reprove you , and you be found a liar."

1. "Her worth is far above rubies" (Prov.31: 10 )

King Lemuel asked this question in order to answer it positively with the lengthy description of a wise woman for which Proverbs 31 is famous.

2. Deceitful---vain (Prov. 31: 30 )

3. Word---words (Prov. 30: 5, 6 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: One proverb about life's unpredictability reads,

"Do not boast about tomorrow, For you------"

2. A proverb about confession reads, "He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever----"

3. Fill in the blanks: A proverb about contentment says , "Give me

neither ------ nor-------- Lest I be ------- and deny You Or lest I be------

and steal."

1. "Do not know what a day may bring forth"(Prov. 27 : 1 ).

2. " Confesses and forsakes them will have mercy" (Prov. 28: 13 )

3. Poverty---riches---full---poor (Prov. 30: 8,9 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: A proverb about self- control reads, "Whoever has no rule over his own --------- Is like a city broken down, without -------."

2. One proverb reads, Whoever digs a pit will -------- into it, And he who rolls a ------- will have it roll back on him."

3. A proverb about friendship says, "Faithful are the ------- of a friend, But the------- of an enemy are deceitful."

1. Spirit---walls (Prov. 25: 26 )

A city without walls is vulnerable to any enemy which approaches. A

man with no self-control is likewise defenseless against every threat to his spirit.

2. Fall---stone (Prov. 26: 27 )

Violence eventually returns upon its instigator (cf 6: 12-15).

3. Wounds---- kisses (Prov. 26: 27 )

The worst that one receives from a friend is better then the best he receives from an enemy.

Poetry- Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: A proverb favoring traditional values read, "Do not remove the ancient -------- Which your -------- have set."

2. A proverb about discipline reads, "Do not withhold ------- from a child, For if you ------- him with a rod, he will not --------."

3. A proverb about consistent character states, "A righteous man who falters before the wicked Is like a murky ------- and a polluted --------."

1. Landmark---fathers (Prov. 22:28 )

In Proverbs, this advice speaks of the importance of respecting the

accomplishments of the past. In the law, this was legislation forbidding the alteration of boundaries (Deut. 19: 14; 27: 17 )

2. Correction---beat---die (Prov. 23:13 )

3. Spring---well (Prov. 25 : 26 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: Proverbs teaches sobriety. One proverb says, "Wine is a -------- , Intoxicating drink arouses brawling, And whoever is led astray by it is not ------."

2. Sentence completion: A proverb about domestic tranquility states, " It is

better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in -----

3. One of the most familiar proverbs about rearing a child states, "Train up a child in the way he should go, And---

1. Mocker----wise (Prov. 20: 1 )

2. "A house shared with a contentious woman" (Prov. 21: 9 )

3. "When he is old he will not depart from it" (Prov. 22: 6 )