Preview: A lesson on what God requires of us in order to bestow wisdom and understanding on us.
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 4:1-14.
Memory Verse: Proverbs 4:7.
1. Why does the Lord want us to understand His will? Ephesians 5:15-17.
2. What did Solomon pray for? I Kings 3:9.
3. Why did it please God that he had asked this? I Kings 3:10.
4. Did God grant it to him? What more did He give him? I Kings 3:11-14.
5. How wise did God make Solomon? I Kings 4:29-31.
Note: If we seek to please God in all things, He has promised to pour out a blessing on us that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
6. Who has all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge? Colossians 2:2-3.
7. What are we commanded to do to get wisdom? James 1:5.
8. How did David get wisdom and understanding? Psalm 119:98-104.
9. How does one begin to get wisdom? Proverbs 9:10.
10. What is wisdom and understanding to him that has it? Proverbs 16:22-23.
11. Did Jesus have wisdom and understanding? Luke 2:47 & Luke 2:52.
12. Will Jesus open the understanding of the Scriptures to His servants? Luke 24:45 & Amos 3:7.
13. Should we pray and sing with understanding? I Corinthians 14:15.
14. Should we be children in understanding? I Corinthians 14:20.
15. Should we pray that other true followers of Christ might get wisdom and understanding? Colossians 1:9-10.
16. What will we know when the Son of God has given us an understanding? I John 5:20.
17. What will the Scriptures do for us? II Timothy 3:15.
18. In what condition must we become in order to be wise in the things of God? I Corinthians 3:18. Why? I Corinthians 3:19-20.
Note: Let us be careful to seek our wisdom and understanding from above, because the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. May the Lord help us to become fools for Him so that He can exalt us with a wisdom and understanding that the world can never possess.
19. What are the characteristics of Heavenly wisdom? James 3:17.