Wisdom and Instruction:

1. True or false? Satan viewed his attacks on Job's family and health as the work of God.

2. When Satan accused Job to God and obtained permission to attack Job, God spelled out definite limits to Satan's freedom.

3. Once God gave Satan permission to harm Job's possessions and family, He felt no personal responsibility for Satan's actions.

1. True (Job 1: 11; 2:5 )

Satan knew that ultimately he could do nothing unless God permitted it .

Satan was the immediate cause of the evil; God's permission was the ultimate controller.

2. True (Job 1 :12; 2: 6 )

3. False God said to Satan, " You incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause" ( Job 2: 3 ).

Wisdom and Instruction

1. Multiple choice: In the book of Job, Satan gave God two circumstances in which he thought Job would curse God. What were they?

(a) Famine and pestilence; (b) loss of possessions and loss of health;

(c) prosperity and power.

2. When God evaluated Job to Satan, He said , "There is none like Him on earth." What made Job exceptional?

(a) His wealth; (b) his blamelessness and fear of God; or (c) his priestly care for his family.

1. (b) Loss of possessions and loss of health (Job 1: 11; 2:5 )

Satan thought that Job served God because God blessed him.

He was certain that removal of the blessings would reveal Job's breaking point.

2. (b) His blamelessness and fear of God (Job 1: 8 )

Satan did not believe God's evaluation of Job and set out to show God that Job's worship was motivated by desire for God's blessing (vv9,1o).

Poetry-- Memory

1.Fill in the blanks: The Shulamite begged Solomon , "Set me as a seal upon your ------- , As a seal upon your -------."

2. In the Song of Solomon, the bride reflects , "Many waters can not quench

------- , Nor can the floods --------it."

3. Sentence completion: In the Song of Solomon, the bride spoke of the value of genuine love, "If a man would give for love All the wealth of his house,--"

4. Fill in the blanks: The Song of Solomon concludes with this appeal from the Shulamite, "Make haste, my --------, And be like a gazelle--- On the

-------- of spices."

1. Heart---arm (Song 8: 6 )

Whether in searching for love from God or a human lover, it is natural to look for guarantees of love. At least God's promises are always dependable.

2. Love--- drown (Song 8: 7 )

3. "It would be utterly despised" (Song 8:7 )

4. Beloved---mountains (Song 8: 14 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: The Shulamite told the daughters of Jerusalem about her beloved. She said, "He brought me to the banqueting house,---

2. Fill in the blanks: Solomon extolled the chastity of his beloved. A

--------- enclosed Is my sister, my spouse, A------- shut up, A------- sealed."

3. In the Song of Solomon, the Shulamite described Solomon like this, "Yes

he is altogether ------. This is my beloved, And this is my -------."

1. "And his banner over me was love" (Song 2: 4 )

Because the Song of Solomon has been applied to the relationship of Christ and the church, the phrase about Love's banner is one of the most encouraging and beautiful for Christians.

2. Garden--- spring ---fountain (Song 4: 12 )

Solomon found his beloveds chastity an attractive feature. He was

not interested in a promiscuous woman.

3. Lovely--friend (Song 5: 16 )

Not only were they romantically related, but the Shulamite and Solomon had the respect and enjoyment of one another, which characterizes friends.

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: The conclusion of Solomon in Ecclesiastes was this,

"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God---"

2. Fill in the blanks: In Ecclesiastes, Solomon had this to say about the futility of scholarship, "Of making many -------- there is no end, and much

------- is wearisome to the flesh."

3. In the Song of Solomon, the Shulamite described herself this way:

"I am the -------- of Sharon, And the -------- of the valleys."

1. "And keep His commandments, For this is the whole duty of man"

( Eccl.12: 13 )

2. Books---study (Eccl. 12: 12 )

Solomon was not playing down scholarship. He was stating that much that passes for scholarship is nonessential, especially if it fails to begin with he fear of God.

3. Rose---lily (Song 2: 1 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: In Ecclesiastes, Solomon wrote of the benefits of friendship in this way, "Two are better then one, -For if they------- , one

will lift up his companion."

2. Sentence completion: Solomon, in Ecclesiastes, advised, "It is better not to vow then-----".

3. Fill in the blanks: In Ecclesiastes, Solomon wrote, "Remember now your

-------- in the days of your --------."

1. Fall (Eccl. 4: 9,10)

2. To vow and not pay (Eccl. 5: 5 )

3. Creator--- youth (Eccl. 12: 1 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: In Ecclesiastes, Solomon evaluated his quest for pleasure in this way, "Indeed all was -------- and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the ------."

2. Sentence completion: In Ecclesiastes 3, Solomon wrote, "To everything there is a season,---"

3. Fill in the blanks: In Ecclesiastes, Solomon noted the yearning of man after God. He wrote, "He has made everything ------- in its time. Also He has put --------- in their hearts."

1. Vanity--- sun (Eccl. 2 : 11)

2. "A time for every purpose under heaven" (Eccl. 3: 1 )

This introduces the most famous poem of the book about every activity of life having its place in the balanced, but inscrutable plan of God.

3. Beautiful---eternity (Eccl.3 : 11 )