School of Proverbs (Chapter 1)

Bar Baraka Prerequisite

 1. What is a proverb?

2. Who is considered the main author of the Book of Proverbs?

3. Are all the proverbs written by Solomon?

4. What is the purpose of the Book of Proverbs?

5. What is the beginning of knowledge? (Prov. 1:7)

6. What is meant by verse 10: “…if sinners entice thee, consent not”?

7. What happened to sinners and those who followed them? (verses 11-18)

8. What is personification?

9. What is being personified in verses (20-33)?

10. What gender is Wisdom personified as? Take a guess as to why this gender?

11. Who is the audience of Wisdom?

12. How is Wisdom received by its audience?

13. What is the result of rejecting Wisdom? (verses 23-32)

14. What is the result of receiving Wisdom? (verse 33)

Homework vocabulary:

Proverb
Parallelism
Mock
Justice
Personification
Discretion
Fear of the Lord
Wisdom
Hearken
Reproof