PROVERBS—A "POWER" BIBLE STUDY PROVERBS—A "POWER" BIBLE STUDY

CHAPTER 16:1-15 CHAPTER 16:16-33

THESIS: God has his way of getting his own way (v 9) THESIS: The rule of the road is simple: depart from evil (v 16)
Chapter 16: Lives 1. Right Focus in Life, 16:1-15 Chapter 16: Lives 1. Right Focus in Life, 16:1-15
Compared 2. Right Focus on the Lane, 16:16-33 Compared 2. Right Focus on the Lane, 16:16-33

How to have the right focus in life: How to have the right focus on the lane:
I. WHAT’S IN OUR HEART AFFECTS OUR FEET, 1-9 III. HUMILITY AND HAPPINESS, 16-20
A. Preparation of the Heart, 1-4 A. Fools Follow Gold, 16
1. Affects Words, 1 B. Freed from Guilt, 17
2. Affects Way, 2 C. Found in Good, 18-19
3. Affects Work, 3 1. Not the Haughty Spirit, 18
4. Affects Wicked, 4 2. But the Humble Spirit, 19
B. Pride of the Heart, 5-9 D. Funded by God, 20
1. Affects Willfulness, 5
2. Affects Well-being, 6 IV. HEART AND THE HIGHWAY, 21-33
3. Affects War, 7 A. Sensible Path Excels, 21-24
4. Affects Wealth, 8 1. Accelerated Learning, 21
5. Affects Walk, 9 2. Accelerated Living, 22
3. Accelerated Leading, 23-24
II. WHAT’S IN OUR MOUTH AFFECTS OUR FEALTY, 10-15 a. Speak with honesty, 23
(Fidelity to a King) b. Speak with wholesomeness, 24
A. King’s Lips,10-12 B. Selfish Path Enslaves, 25-26
1. Defy Transgression, 10 1. Sincerity in Appearances, 25
2. Despise Tampering, 11 2. Slavery to Appetites, 26
3. Defeat Temptation, 12 C. Sinful Path Endangers, 27-30
B. Our Lips, 13-15 1. Beware the Dangerous, 27
1. Delight Faith, 13 2. Beware the Deceitful, 28
2. Deflect Fury, 14 3. Beware the Destructive, 29-30
3. Desire Favor, 15 a. Destroys with his pleas, 29
b. Destroys by his ploys, 30
Notes: D. Successful Path Ennobles, 31-33
Because it has three things:
1. Mature Virtue, 31
2. Moral Victory, 32
3. Mystic Vision, 33

Key Thot: God keeps his scales in balance by pitting cheaters against Key Thot: You will never regret filling the gaps in your education (v
each other (v 11) 22)