Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

Things People Say -- The Proverbs

Peter Combes – December 24, 2000

The Christmas Eve class will start at 8:30 a.m.

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

  1. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of:
  1. faith
  2. hope
  3. love
  4. wisdom
2.    "Go to the ant, thou sluggard!  Consider her ways and be --- ": 
  1. hardworking
  2. obedient
  3. skilful
  4. wise
3.   Chapters 8 and 9 are examples of:
  1. prophetic literature
  2. Wisdom literature
  3. apocalyptic literature
  4. eschatological literature
4.    A beautiful woman without direction is like:
  1. a tree blown by the wind
  2. a stampede of horses
  3. a pig
  4. a cat
5.    God maintains the boundaries of:
  1. Israel
  2. kings
  3. Judah
  4. Egypt
6.    What is better than gold?
  1. faith
  2. hope
  3. love
  4. wisdom
7.    "He who is kind to the poor -- :
  1. throws good money after bad
  2. lends money to God
  3. upsets the basis of society
  4. will soon be poor himself
8.   An adventuress is like a:
  1. cat
  2. tempest
  3. running stream
  4. well
9.   "A whip for a horse, a bridle for the ass"  What for fools?
  1. honeycomb
  2. a book of instruction
  3. a rod
  4. a blackboard
10.   A good wife is more precious than:
  1. gold
  2. frankincense
  3. myrrh
  4. jewels