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Proverbs 3 · Grade 5

Trust and Wisdom

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A father urges his son to keep his commandments, for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace. He tells him to bind kindness and truth around his neck. The center of the chapter is a call to trust: Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. Trust is not a feeling only. It shows in every choice.

Trust shows in giving: Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase. It shows in accepting correction: for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights. In the New Testament, the writer of Hebrews quotes this passage to remind believers that God disciplines them as His children (Hebrews 12:5-6).

Wisdom is better than silver and gold. Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. The chapter ends by applying wisdom to neighbors: Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due. Don't devise evil against your neighbor. Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

Show What You Know

  1. What will keeping the commandments add?

  2. What does it mean not to lean on your own understanding?

  3. What does Yahweh's correction show?

  4. What did Yahweh found by wisdom?

  5. Whom does God mock, and to whom does He give grace?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Happy is the man who finds ____
  2. ____ Yahweh with your substance

Down

  1. and he will make your paths ____
  2. Don’t let ____ and truth forsake you
  3. ____ in Yahweh with all your heart

Think About It

  1. Proverbs 3:5-6 asks us to acknowledge God in all our ways. What is one area of your life where you want to trust God more?

  2. God corrects those He loves. How can you respond well when a parent, leader, or God corrects you?

Memory Verse

“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.”

Proverbs 3:5 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for leading my path. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does Hebrews say about God's discipline?
  • Where do you need God to make your path straight?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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