The big picture
Chapter 6 gathers several avoidable traps under one roof. A careless financial pledge can bind a person with his own words. Laziness can turn a series of harmless-sounding delays into sudden want. A schemer can coordinate eyes, fingers, feet, mouth, and heart around the work of division. The LORD's hatred of pride, lies, innocent bloodshed, plotting, and discord shows that social damage is not a minor concern. The chapter then returns to sexual betrayal, where remembered parental teaching becomes a lamp that exposes danger before contact. Fire and hot coals make the point without delicacy: some forms of intimacy cannot be made harmless by confidence. The final comparison with a hungry thief shows why adultery cannot be reduced to a price. Property may answer some losses, but wounded trust and jealousy do not submit neatly to compensation.
Central truth
Proverbs 6:1–19 exposes three forms of self-inflicted trouble: reckless obligation, lazy delay, and divisive deceit, then directs the learner toward urgent corrective action. Proverbs 6:20–35 warns that parental instruction should guard the learner from adultery because sexual betrayal consumes honor, resources, judgment, and peace that cannot be cheaply restored.
The study notes have a page of their own
The movement by movement analysis, the words to trace, the verse by verse notes and where readers differ are written for someone studying alone. They are on the Deep Personal Reflections page for this chapter. This page is the lesson.
A chapter-specific teaching brief
These anchors come from this chapter itself. They help a teacher use the Level 1 overview, the Level 2 study, and the Scripture text as one lesson.
Open with the chapter’s first image
Proverbs 6:1: “My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,”
Slow down at the turning point
Proverbs 6:15: “Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.”
Keep this word trail visible
sleep, hand, heart, woman, feet, friend
What to explain, in order
Teach the passage in this order. Each step names the verses it rests on, so every point can be shown in the text before it is applied.
Proverbs 6:1–19
Proverbs 6:1-5
The trap of a rash promise
Begin with the case of surety. Explain that in the ancient world striking hands was like signing a contract, and becoming surety meant being legally responsible for someone else's debt. The father calls it a snare made by your own words. Then read the urgent instructions to go and humble yourself, to give your eyes no sleep until you are free. Teach this first because it shows that wisdom deals with money and promises, and that when you are trapped by your own rash commitment, pride must not keep you there.
Proverbs 6:6-8
School of the ant
Read the address to the sluggard and the lesson of the ant. Explain sluggard as the habitually lazy person, the one who always postpones. Point out the details: no guide, overseer or ruler, yet the ant works and stores food at harvest. Teach this second because it introduces the second kind of self-inflicted trouble. The humour of sending a person to an ant should be enjoyed; it gives the class a picture they will remember long after the lesson.
Proverbs 6:9-11
A little, a little, a little
Read the two questions of verse 9, "How long" and "when", then the repeated "a little". Explain the folding of hands as the gesture of someone settling down to rest instead of working. Then read verse 11 with its two images: poverty arriving like a traveller and want like an armed man. Teach this third because it explains how laziness works: not by one big decision but by a habit of small delays. The suddenness of verse 11 is the father's warning.
Proverbs 6:12-15
The troublemaker's body
Turn to the third case. Read verses 12-14 and explain "naughty person" in older English as a worthless person, someone who causes harm. Walk through the signals: winking, speaking with the feet, teaching with fingers. These describe secret communication, the gestures of someone who manipulates. Then go inward to verse 14 and the heart that devises mischief. Teach this before the list of seven because it shows the type of person who sows discord, and verse 15 shows where he ends.
Proverbs 6:16-19
Seven things the LORD hates
Read the list slowly and explain the numerical saying. Explain abomination as something deeply offensive to God. Point out how the list travels through the body: eyes, tongue, hands, heart, feet, mouth, and then a whole person who sows discord. Teach this last because it gathers up all three cases. Rash speech, lazy hands and divisive hearts all show up here. End by noting that the list begins with pride and ends with discord, and that pride often begins the trouble that ends in division.
Proverbs 6:20–35
Proverbs 6:20-23
A companion for every hour
Begin with the father's renewed call, which repeats 1:8 almost word for word, and with the mother's teaching named again. Explain binding and tying as images of keeping the teaching close and visible. Then walk through verse 22 as a day: going out, sleeping, waking. Read verse 23 slowly and explain that reproof is part of the light. Teach this first because the whole warning that follows depends on it. The father does not say be strong; he says keep this teaching with you, and it will keep you.
Proverbs 6:24-25
Ears, heart and eyes
Read verse 24 and show that the evil woman's power is in flattery, the smoothness of the tongue. Then read verse 25 and the command not to lust after beauty "in thine heart". Explain eyelids as a look designed to capture. Teach these verses second because they show that temptation begins long before the deed, in what is heard and desired. The class needs to see that the battle is fought in the heart and the imagination, where the father's teaching is meant to be bound.
Proverbs 6:26-29
Fire in the bosom
Read verse 26 and explain the contrast. A prostitute may reduce a man to poverty, "a piece of bread", but the adulteress hunts "the precious life", his whole self. Then read the fire and coals questions. Explain the bosom as the fold of a garment at the chest. Teach these questions here because they confront the illusion that one can get close without being harmed. Verse 29 names neighbour's wife specifically: this is betrayal of a marriage and of a neighbour.
Proverbs 6:30-35
The debt that cannot be paid
Read the comparison with the thief carefully. Explain that the father is not excusing theft; even the hungry thief must repay sevenfold. The point is that theft can be repaid and adultery cannot be undone the same way. Read verses 32-35 and explain the jealous husband's fury as the natural response to betrayal, a rage no gift will buy off. Teach this last because it shows that adultery breaks something money cannot fix. The final note is honour lost and peace destroyed.
Where learners get stuck
The misreadings this passage tends to produce, and how to answer each from the text.
Proverbs 6:1–19
"Proverbs says it is always wrong to help someone with money."
The warning concerns surety, guaranteeing a debt rashly, especially for a stranger (6:1). Elsewhere Proverbs commends generosity to the poor (19:17, 22:9). The issue is foolish commitments that bind you beyond your means, not kindness. Teach prudence about guarantees and loans alongside the generosity the book also commands.
"Rest is laziness, and Christians should always be working."
The sluggard is not someone who rests but someone who will not get up when it is time to work (6:9). The ant works at harvest. Scripture commands Sabbath rest (Exodus 20:8-11), and Jesus rested. Teach the difference between rest at the right time and habitual delay, and be careful with anyone exhausted, ill or depressed, for whom this passage must not become a weapon.
"The seven things are the only sins God hates."
The numerical form is a teaching device, a way of drawing attention to a group of related sins, not a complete list. Many other passages condemn other sins. Teach the seven as a portrait of a person who harms community, and do not let anyone conclude that sins not on the list are acceptable.
"God hates sinners."
The verse says God hates these things: pride, lies, violence, scheming and discord. It describes his opposition to what destroys people. Elsewhere Scripture shows God's love for sinners and his call to repent. Teach that God hates these things because he loves the people they harm, including the ones who do them.
Proverbs 6:20–35
"Verse 30 says stealing is fine if you are hungry."
Verse 30 says people do not despise a hungry thief, meaning they understand his desperation. Verse 31 still requires him to restore sevenfold. The father is not approving theft; he is comparing a wrong that can be repaid with one that cannot. Teach the comparison, and also note that Scripture elsewhere commands care for the hungry so that no one is driven to theft.
"The woman is to blame, not the man."
The passage warns a son, so it describes a woman tempting him. But verse 32 places the responsibility on the man: he "lacketh understanding" and "destroyeth his own soul". Verse 25 tells him to guard his own heart. Teach that the one who chooses adultery is responsible for it, whoever tempted, and apply the warning equally to anyone tempted by anyone.
"Verses 34-35 mean revenge for adultery is right."
The verses describe what a betrayed husband is likely to feel and do. They are an observation of consequence, not a command to take vengeance. Romans 12:19 forbids personal revenge. Teach the verses as a warning about the depth of damage adultery causes, and be pastorally careful with anyone in the room who has been betrayed and carries anger.
"Once adultery has happened, a marriage can never recover."
The passage says reproach "shall not be wiped away" in the community's eyes and that the husband's anger refuses ransom, which shows the depth of the wound. It does not describe every marriage or forbid reconciliation. Scripture shows God restoring people after grievous sin, as with David. Teach the seriousness without telling anyone their marriage is beyond God's healing.
Learning objectives
- Explain the surety warning in verses 1–5.
- Describe the ant’s lesson in verses 6–8.
- Trace the sluggard’s repeated delay.
- Identify the deceitful person’s signals.
- List the seven hated practices.
- Connect discord with the unit’s warnings.
- Trace instruction from heart to daily life.
- Explain the lamp and light images.
- Identify how flattery functions in the warning.
- Explain the fire and coals comparisons.
- Contrast theft and adultery.
- Describe the injured husband’s response.
Teacher preparation
- Separate the three movements at verses 1, 6, and 12 so the class does not force one image across the whole unit.
- Prepare “surety” as guaranteeing another person’s debt or obligation, with the warning aimed at entanglement entered too casually.
- Note that the ant has no guide, overseer, or ruler in verse 7, yet prepares food in season.
- Mark the body parts in verses 12–14 and 16–19: mouth, eyes, feet, fingers, heart, tongue, and hands.
- Read the seven-item list slowly.
- Read verses 20–23 as the positive frame before teaching the sexual warning; instruction is first described as a companion and guide.
- Mark the movement from commandment and law in verse 23 to reproofs of instruction, showing that correction belongs to the path of life.
- Prepare the rhetorical questions in verses 27–28.
- Clarify verses 30–31: the passage does not approve theft.
- Handle verses 33–35 without romanticizing jealousy or violence.
Evidence and interpretation checks
Explicit
Verses 1–5 explicitly urge immediate action when one has become bound by an ill-considered pledge, using the urgency of escaping a hunter. Verses 20–23 explicitly connect parental command, teaching, reproof, and the path of life through the images of binding, leading, keeping, speaking, lamp, and light.
Scripture-supported
Verses 6–11 support the lesson that laziness is not merely inactivity but repeated postponement until lack arrives with the speed of an armed man. Verses 27–29 support the conclusion that adultery is not a risk one can handle without consequence: the fire images deny the fantasy of safe contact.
Strong inference
The movement from a “naughty person” in verses 12–15 to the seven hated things in verses 16–19 strongly links deceitful conduct with social destruction. The comparison with theft in verses 30–35 strongly implies that some losses can be materially repaid while covenant betrayal creates damage that money cannot settle.
Possible or traditional reading
The numerical pattern “six things… yea, seven” is a common wisdom device. It signals a climactic list, not uncertainty about whether God hates six or seven things. Some readers take “destroyed” and “wound” in verses 32–33 as a fixed prediction of physical punishment. The text clearly promises shame and ruin, but does not specify one universal civil outcome.
Limit
The passage does not prohibit every guarantee, nap, or gesture. It targets reckless bondage, habitual delay, and a coordinated pattern of deceit and conflict. The passage does not assign all blame to the seducing woman. Verse 32 directly addresses the man who commits adultery and says he destroys his own soul.
Discussion with answer guidance
1. What makes the surety situation urgent in verses 1–5?
What a good answer contains
Becoming surety means guaranteeing another person's debt, often by striking hands with a stranger (6:1). Verse 2 says "Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth". Words have created a trap. The father's response is urgent: "Do this now", "go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend" (6:3), give no sleep to your eyes (6:4), and escape "as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler" (6:5). A good answer sees both the danger and the urgency. A weak answer misses that humbling oneself is part of the remedy.
Show teacher guidance
Notice “snared,” “taken,” “deliver thyself,” and the gazelle-and-bird images.
2. Why does Proverbs send the sluggard to an ant?
What a good answer contains
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise" (6:6). The ant has "no guide, overseer, or ruler" (6:7), yet she "Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest" (6:8). The point is that the ant works without anyone making her, and prepares at the right time. A good answer sees the sharp humour: a human is sent to learn from an insect. A weak answer says only that ants work hard and misses the absence of supervision and the timing.
Show teacher guidance
Verse 7 removes external supervision, while verse 8 shows timely preparation.
3. What does the repeated “a little” in verses 10–11 accomplish?
What a good answer contains
"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep" (6:10). Each little delay sounds harmless. Then verse 11: "So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man". The repetition shows how small postponements add up. Poverty arrives like a traveller who suddenly appears, or like an armed robber. A good answer connects the smallness of each choice with the size of the result. A weak answer treats sleep itself as the sin, when the point is habitual delay.
Show teacher guidance
The tiny delays sound harmless one at a time, but the repetition shows how accumulated postponement produces sudden poverty.
4. How is the deceitful person described before any list of sins appears?
What a good answer contains
Verse 12 calls him "A naughty person, a wicked man" who "walketh with a froward mouth". In verse 13 "He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers", using secret signals. Verse 14 goes inward: "Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord". Verse 15 says calamity comes suddenly. A good answer traces the body language back to the heart and sees that his whole person is used for division. A weak answer misses the secret signals and the heart behind them.
Show teacher guidance
Use verses 12–14: corrupt mouth, signaling eyes and limbs, a perverse heart, imagined mischief, and sown discord.
5. Which items in verses 16–19 involve speech, and which involve action?
What a good answer contains
Speech: "a lying tongue" and "A false witness that speaketh lies". Action: "hands that shed innocent blood" and "feet that be swift in running to mischief". Inner attitude and planning: "A proud look" and "An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations". The last item, sowing discord, involves both speech and action. A good answer sees that the list moves through the body, eyes, tongue, hands, heart, feet, mouth, and shows how they work together. A weak answer just recites the seven without noticing the pattern.
Show teacher guidance
Separate lying tongue and false witness from hands shedding innocent blood, swift feet, and the devising heart, then note their coordination.
6. Why might “he that soweth discord among brethren” stand last?
What a good answer contains
The form of six things, yea seven, is a Hebrew way of building to a climax, and the last item often carries emphasis. The one "that soweth discord among brethren" (6:19) echoes verse 14, where the wicked man "soweth discord". The whole unit has been building toward this. A good answer says the position gives emphasis without claiming that God ranks sins mathematically. It may also note that discord destroys community, which the earlier items also harm. A weak answer either ignores the position or overstates it.
Show teacher guidance
Treat the position as emphasis, not proof of a ranking.
7. What do verses 20–23 say instruction does through an ordinary day?
What a good answer contains
Verse 21 says "Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck", and verse 22 follows the teaching through a whole day: "When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee". The instruction guides on the road, guards in the night and speaks first in the morning. A good answer sees that parental teaching is pictured as a companion, present in walking, sleeping and waking, not a rulebook stored on a shelf. A weak answer lists the verbs without seeing that they cover every hour, which is the point.
Show teacher guidance
Track the sequence: bind it, tie it, let it lead while going, keep while sleeping, and talk when awake.
8. Why call commandment a lamp and law a light?
What a good answer contains
"For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life" (6:23). A lamp shows the next step in the dark; light shows the whole scene. The third line matters most: the reproofs, the corrections, are themselves the way of life. A good answer keeps the three together and sees that illumination includes being told you are going the wrong way. Psalm 119:105 uses the same image. A weak answer turns the lamp into general inspiration and drops the reproofs.
Show teacher guidance
Keep verse 23 attached to “reproofs of instruction.” Illumination includes correction that exposes a dangerous route.
9. What danger appears first in verses 24–25, before any physical act?
What a good answer contains
Verse 24 names speech first: "the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman". Verse 25 goes inside: "Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids". The danger begins in what is said and in what the heart wants, long before any act. A good answer notices that the father guards the ears and the heart, and that the eyelids picture a look meant to capture. Jesus makes the same connection in Matthew 5:28. A weak answer starts the danger at the physical act and misses where the passage starts it.
Show teacher guidance
The text names flattering speech and inward lust for beauty.
10. What is the force of the fire and coal questions in verses 27–29?
What a good answer contains
"Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?" (6:27-28). The expected answer is obvious: no. Verse 29 applies it directly to adultery: "whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent". A good answer explains that the questions expose self-deception, the belief that one can play with fire and escape the burn. A weak answer treats the questions as open debate, when the father has framed them so that only one answer is possible.
Show teacher guidance
They make the expected answer obvious: one cannot embrace the act while assuming its burning consequences can be avoided.
11. Why compare adultery with a hungry thief in verses 30–35?
What a good answer contains
Verse 30 says "Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry", though verse 31 says he must still restore "sevenfold" and give "all the substance of his house". Theft can be understood and repaid. Adultery cannot be repaid that way: "his reproach shall not be wiped away" (6:33), and the wronged husband "will not regard any ransom" (6:35). A good answer sees that the comparison measures what can and cannot be restored. A weak answer reads verse 30 as approving theft, when verse 31 still demands full repayment.
Show teacher guidance
The thief can be understood and can repay sevenfold, but adultery creates dishonor and relational fury that restitution cannot simply erase.
12. Who is held responsible in verse 32?
What a good answer contains
"But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul" (6:32). The man himself is held responsible. He is not excused by the flattery of verse 24 or the beauty of verse 25; he lacks understanding and destroys his own life. A good answer notices that responsibility comes back to the one who acts, after a passage that has described the pull of temptation honestly. A weak answer places all the blame on the woman, which the verse refuses to do.
Show teacher guidance
The person committing adultery lacks understanding and destroys his own soul.
Responsible application
Untangle reckless commitments
Before accepting financial or organizational obligations for another person, identify the exact exposure, exit terms, and whether haste is doing the thinking.
Borrow the ant’s calendar
Turn large responsibilities into work that begins before crisis season, using the ant’s preparation rather than panic as the model.
Stop discord at its supply chain
Trace conflict backward through false speech, hidden intent, signaling, and mischief instead of treating division only after relationships break.
Carry instruction before temptation
Build moral preparation into ordinary routines so guidance is already present while going, sleeping, and waking rather than improvised under pressure.
Do not bargain with fire
Use verses 27–29 to challenge plans that depend on repeated proximity to temptation while assuming self-control will cancel predictable risk.
Respect irreparable dimensions
Teach that some wrongs cannot be reduced to a financial repayment because trust, reputation, covenant, and another person’s peace have been injured.
Session plans
Two timings of the same lesson. The shorter keeps the reading, the central discussion and one response; the longer gives the confusions and the application their own time.
Proverbs 6:1–19
45 minutes
A rash promise
Read 6:1-5 and ask question one. Explain surety in simple terms.
The ant's lesson
Read 6:6-8 and ask question two. Address confusion two.
A little sleep
Read 6:9-11 and ask question three.
The troublemaker
Read 6:12-15 and ask question four.
Seven things
Read 6:16-19 and ask questions five and six. Address confusions three and four.
Response
Pick one application, read the key verse, hand out the sheet and pray.
90 minutes
Three kinds of trouble
Ask the group to name a kind of trouble people bring on themselves. Write the answers up.
Surety and humility
Read 6:1-5 with question one and confusion one. Discuss what humbling yourself to get free might look like today.
The ant and the sluggard
Read 6:6-11 with questions two and three and confusion two. Read Proverbs 24:30-34 alongside.
The divisive person
Read 6:12-15 and question four. Ask how secret signals and gossip divide groups.
The seven
Read 6:16-19 with questions five and six and confusions three and four.
Application
In small groups, choose one of the three troubles and plan one corrective step, then share it.
Handout and prayer
Read the key verse together and pray for unity in the church.
Proverbs 6:20–35
45 minutes
A companion
Read 6:20-23 and ask questions one and two.
Where it begins
Read 6:24-25 and ask question three. Read Matthew 5:28 briefly.
Fire and coals
Read 6:26-29 and ask question four.
The thief and the adulterer
Read 6:30-35 and ask questions five and six. Address confusions one and two.
Care and hope
Address confusions three and four briefly and with care.
Response
Read the key verse, give out the handout and pray.
90 minutes
Teaching that stays
Ask the group what words from a parent or teacher still come back to them.
Lamp and light
Read 6:20-23 with questions one and two. Read Psalm 119:105 alongside.
Heart and eyes
Read 6:24-25 with question three and Matthew 5:27-28.
Playing with fire
Read 6:26-29 and question four. Discuss the illusion of being able to get close without harm.
What cannot be repaid
Read 6:30-35 with questions five and six and confusions one, two and three.
Hope after failure
Take confusion four and read Psalm 51:1-2.
Application
In pairs, discuss one practical boundary that protects faithfulness.
Handout and prayer
Read the key verse together and pray for marriages and for the young.
Adapting the lesson
Proverbs 6:1–19
Children
Bring a picture of ants and talk about how they work without anyone telling them. Ask what jobs children can do without being told. For verses 16-19, use a simple list and ask which body part each thing uses. Keep the surety section out or very simple: be careful what you promise.
Youth
Talk about procrastination with the "a little" of verse 10, and let them name their own versions. Discuss how secret signals and group chats can divide friends, using verses 12-14. Explain surety in modern terms, such as co-signing or promising money they do not have. Keep it practical and avoid shaming.
Adults
Give time to the financial wisdom of verses 1-5, including co-signing loans. Discuss how small delays accumulate in work, health and spiritual life. Spend time on discord in churches and families. Be careful with anyone facing debt or unemployment, and do not imply laziness where it is not present.
One to one
Read the passage together and ask which of the three troubles feels closest. Listen. If they are trapped by a debt or promise, talk through what humbling themselves and seeking release might look like. If they struggle with procrastination, agree a small step. Pray for wisdom and courage.
Proverbs 6:20–35
Children
For children, use only 6:20-23. Bring a torch and turn off the lights, then show how a lamp helps us see where to step. Explain that God's words and good teaching from parents are like a lamp. Leave out the adultery verses. Ask the children who teaches them good things.
Youth
Use 6:20-23 to ask where they keep the teaching they have received. Then discuss 6:24-29 frankly but without detail: flattery and lust in the heart come before actions. Use the fire question to talk about thinking they can handle tempting situations. Offer private conversation and never ask anyone to share their own experiences.
Adults
Teach the passage as a sober warning about adultery's cost. Discuss boundaries in friendships, workplaces and online. Be aware that people in the room may have been betrayed or may have betrayed. Speak of the damage honestly and of God's grace without making either cheap.
One to one
Read 6:20-23 together and ask what teaching keeps them steady. If the person is struggling with temptation, gently read 6:27-28 and talk about practical boundaries. If they have been betrayed, let them speak, acknowledge the wound and avoid rushing to advice. Pray together.
Song and video learning lab
A song or video may interpret, compress, or dramatize the text. Its value becomes clearer when its choices are compared with Scripture.
- Before the media: the exact passage and its central movement.
- During the media: the words, people, events, and emotions the artist emphasizes.
- After the media: what it clarifies, what it leaves out, and what belongs back in the biblical text.
Handout
One page for learners to take home. The print button prints this section alone.
Proverbs 6:1–19
The passage in brief
Proverbs 6:1-19 warns about three kinds of trouble we bring on ourselves. Making rash promises about money can trap you, so get free quickly even if you have to humble yourself. Laziness grows through small delays, but the ant works without being told. A troublemaker uses secret signals and stirs up conflict. God hates pride, lies, violence, wicked plans and those who stir up division among others.
A verse to keep
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 6:6 · King James Version
Questions to take home
What does the ant do without anyone telling her?
How do small delays lead to big trouble in verses 10-11?
Which of the seven things in verses 16-19 do you see most often?
This week
Do one task this week that you have been putting off, and do it without being told.
Proverbs 6:20–35
The passage in brief
In Proverbs 6:20-35 a father tells his son to keep his parents' teaching close, because it guides him by day, guards him by night and speaks to him in the morning. It will protect him from flattering words and from lusting after another man's wife. You cannot carry fire without being burned. Adultery destroys a person's honour and peace in a way that cannot simply be paid back.
A verse to keep
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 6:23 · King James Version
Questions to take home
How is good teaching like a lamp in verse 23?
Where does temptation begin in verses 24-25?
What does verse 32 say about the person who commits adultery?
This week
Write one piece of good teaching you have received and keep it where you will see it every morning.
Music and video connected to the passage
Related media appears when its Scripture reference overlaps this study. Music and video can illuminate a theme while the biblical text remains the foundation.
