Proverbs Flashcards
What is NOT related to the purpose of the book of Proverbs?
a) For attaining wisdom and discipline
b) For acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair.
c) For making the fools more foolish
d) For giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young
C) for making the fools more foolish
Proverbs 1:2-6
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 1:7
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of _______ but fools _______ wisdom and discipline…”
a) wisdom, despise
b) knowledge, despise
c) wisdom, love
d) knowledge, acknowledge
B)
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 2:4
“If you look for it as for _______ and search for it as forbidden _______, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God…”
a) gold, silver
b) silver, treasure
c) wisdom, knowledge
d) gold, treasure
B) Silver; treasure
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 7:4
“Say to wisdom, ‘You are my _______…’ and call understanding your _______; they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words…”
a) father, mother
b) teacher, mirror
c) sister, kinsman
d) mirror, ability
C) sister; kinsman
Sister; intimate friend (ESV)
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 25:11
“A _______ aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver…”
a) action
b) word
c) greeting
d) work
B) word
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 29:18
“Where there is no _______ the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law.”
a) wisdom
b) knowledge
c) faith
d) revelation
D) revelation
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 31:10
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than _______ …”
a) gold
b) life
c) rubies
d) crown
c) rubies
“An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels…”
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 14:34
“_______ exalts a nation, but _______ is a disgrace to any people…”
a) wisdom, pride
b) good king, evil king
c) righteousness, sin
d) goodness, evil
C) righteousness, sin
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 3:16-17
“_______ is in her right hand; in her left hand are _______ and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace…”
a) wisdom, intelligence
b) long life, riches
c) law, grace
d) justice, love
B) long life, riches
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 3:3
“Let _______ and _______ never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart…”
a) grace, peace
b) wisdom, intelligence
c) righteousness, truth
d) love, faithfulness
D) Love, faithfulness
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 11:30
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins _______ is wise…”
a) lives
b) salvation
c) inheritance
d) souls
D) souls
Where in proverbs is this verse recorded?
“To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue…”
a) Proverbs 3
b) Proverbs 7
c) Proverbs 16
d) Proverbs 20
C) Proverbs 16:1
“The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord…”
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 21:6
“A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a _______ snare…”
a) sinful
b) deadly
c) fortunate
d) blessed
B) deadly
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 10:11
“The _______ of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the _______ of the wicked…”
a) wisdom
b) mouth
c) intelligence
d) strength
B) mouth
Fill in the blank - Proverbs 8:13
“To fear the LORD is to hate _______…”
a) enemy
b) Satan
c) evil
d) friend
C) evil