PROVERBSA "POWER" BIBLE STUDY CHAPTER 17:1-16 THESIS: The right features in life are contentment and character

Chapter 17: How Life 1. Building Contentment, 17:1-16 Should Look 2. Building Communion, 17:17-28 How to build contentment: I. BY RESPONDING TO GODS MERCY, 1-10 Five Principles of Reality: A. Principle of Peace, 1 B. Principle of Promotion, 2 C. Principle of Punishment, 3-5 1. By the Lord, 3 2. To the Liar, 4 3. For a Laugh, 5 D. Principle of Priorities, 6-9 1. Of Fathers, 6 2. Of Fools, 7-8 a. Foolish words, 7 b. False wealth, 8 3. Of Friends, 9 E. Principle of Prudence, 10 II. BY RESPONDING TO GODS MORALITY, 11-16 Six Fundamentals of Immorality: A. Being Unruly, 11 B. Being Unthinking, 12 C. Being Ungrateful, 13 D. Being Unstable, 14 E. Being Unfair, 15 F. Being Unteachable, 16 Notes:

PROVERBSA "POWER" BIBLE STUDY CHAPTER 17:17-28 THESIS: It doesnt take a village; it takes communion with God Chapter 16: Lives 1. Right Focus in Life, 16:1-15 Compared 2. Right Focus on the Lane, 16:16-33 How to build communion: III. PRINCIPLES BUILDING COMMUNION, 17-21 A. Principles Understanding Friendships, 17-18 1. How to Develop One, 17 2. How to Destroy One 18 B. Principles Underlying Folly, 19-21 1. Motives of the Man, 19 2. Tongue of the Talker, 20 3. Father of the Fool, 21 IV. PROBLEMS BUILDING COMMUNION, 22-26 A. Problem of Facing Gloom, 22 1. It Can Be Overcome, 22a 2. It Can Overwhelm, 22b B. Problem of False Gifts, 23 C. Problem of Foolish Goals, 24 D. Problem of Family Grief, 25 E. Problem of Fatal Guilt, 26 V. PRONOUNCEMENTS BUILDING COMMUNION, 27-28 A. How to Show Wisdom, 27 B. How to Seem Wise, 28 Solomons NOTES on handling contention in the Body: Defining the troublemakers: Prov 16:27; 17:4,11a,20 Defining the churchs responsibility: Prov 16:20,6 Defining the sinners response: Prov 15:12 Defining the pastors faith: Prov 15:30; 16:22

Key Thot: Key Thot: Contention should be nipped in the bud (v 14)

For the child of God, wisdom is as near as the word of God (v 24)