Topic-Pure and Impure Women

Your homework will help sharpen your understanding of the Bible, and it is a ministry to others as you share your answers in your small group. Prayerfully think through each answer with the expectation of sharing with others what God has taught you.

Memory Work: Proverbs 4:23

1. Read Proverbs 2:11, 16, 17; 5:1-3; 6:20-25; 7:1-5; 22:14; 23:27, 28

  • Why does Solomon encourage his son to pursue wisdom?
  • Describe the immoral woman.
  • How does the immoral woman first approach the unwary?
  • How is God's Word described in these verses?
  • How would the knowledge of God's Word protect Solomon's son from the immoral woman?

    • 2.According to Proverbs 7:6-23, what were the steps the man took that led him into sexual sin?

  • How might an unwary woman also be led into sexual sin?

    • 3.What are the consequences of sexual sin as described in these proverbs?

  • Proverbs 2:18-19
  • Proverbs 5:4-14
  • Proverbs 6:26-35
  • Proverbs 7:22-27
  • 1 Kings 11:1-10; Proverbs 31:3: What were the effects of women on Solomon's relationship to God?

    • 4.Skim through the Song of Solomon. Contrast the relationship of the Shulammite and her Beloved with the illustration in Proverbs 7:6-23

    5.What instructions are Christians given about sexual purity in 1 Corinthians 6:13-20 and 2 Timothy 2:22?

  • How did Joseph obey God's Word in this way? See Genesis 39:1-12

    • 6.In what ways does the world lie about sex?

  • What practical steps can you give to a young person to help her/him remain pure?

    • 7.In what specific ways will you pray this week that God's standard of holiness will be pursued by you and your family?


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