Proverbs | March 9, 2025
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Proverbs 23
1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, 2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. 3 Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. 4 Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. 5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. 6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies, 7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you. 8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words. 9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
Proverbs 31
3 Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, 5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Talk Sheet Questions
Working backwards from Proverbs 30, have each person in the group read a chapter and share what they saw that could apply to self-control.
From what you learned in question one, what are some of the biggest obstacles to self-control? What are some of the biggest blessings of self-control?
Can you have too much self-control? Explain.
In practical terms, how does someone become more self-controlled?
How does my desire/need to be self-controlled connect to the Holy Spirit? (Galatians 5:22-23)
Prayer
Pray for Christians in New Life Church to be marked by self-control.