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Bible study · Proverbs 6:1-35

Proverbs 6: The commandment is a lamp

Read Proverbs 6:1-35 before you meet.

In a few lines

The seven things the LORD hates in Proverbs 6 name the same eyes, feet and devising heart as the worthless person just before them (6:13-14, 6:17-18), and 6:25's "Don’t lust" is, in Hebrew, the verb of "You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife" (Exodus 20:17).

The verse to carry

“For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,”

Proverbs 6:23

To talk about

  1. 1. The ant, "having no chief, overseer, or ruler" (6:7), still "provides her bread in the summer" (6:8). What helps you do what needs doing when no one is checking?

  2. 2. The list of what the LORD hates includes "a lying tongue" (6:17), "a false witness who utters lies" and "he who sows discord among brothers" (6:19). Why do you think so much of the list is about words, and what helps a group of friends keep from discord?

  3. 3. "For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light" (6:23). When has something you were taught shown you the way at the moment you needed it?

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