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Book: Wisdom for Daily Living - Youth (NASB)
Wisdom for Daily Living - Youth (NASB)
Artwork: Sermon On the Mount by Carl Bloch
Copyright: Carl Bloch, used by permission, Hope Gallery, www.CarlBloch.com
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Assignment 1
Job 32:8
But it is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Psalms 19:7
The law of the LORD is perfect , restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalms 119:98,99
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine.
I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms 119:130
The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.
Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
2 timothy 3:15,16
And that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
Assignment 2
Job 28:28
And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.'
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 14:26,27
In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And his children will have refuge.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death.
Jeremiah 9:23,24
Thus says the LORD, "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;
But let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD.
Assignment 3
Proverbs 2:1-5
My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,
Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;
If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Then you will discern the fear of the LORD And discover the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 4:5-7
Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
Bonus Verse *
James 1:5
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
* Bonus verses are for bonus blessings. These are not part of the required memory work.
Assignment 4
Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Isaiah 55:8,9
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS
And again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS.
James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable , full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
Assignment 5
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14,18
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
John 14:9
Jesus said* to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
1 Corinthians 1:22,24,30
For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom;
But to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
Colossians 2:8,9
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.
For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,
Assignment 6
John 3:14-18
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
So that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
1 Corinthians 2:7-10
But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;
The wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
But just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.
For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
Bonus Verse
Acts 2:22,23
Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—
This Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.
Assignment 7
Proverbs 3:5,6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 4:11,12,18,26
I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble.
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established.
Proverbs 6:20-22
My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.
Assignment 8
Proverbs 1:10,15
My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,
Proverbs 2:10-13
For wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you,
To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;
From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding produces favor, But the way of the treacherous is hard.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
Bonus Verse
Proverbs 16:17,18
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; He who watches his way preserves his life.
Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
Assignment 9
Psalms 34:13
Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.
Psalms 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Proverbs 15:1,2
A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable , But the mouth of fools spouts folly.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 21:23
He who guards his mouth and his tongue, Guards his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 29:20
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Colossians 3:8
But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.
Assignment 10
Proverbs 6:27,28,32
Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?
Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?
The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense ; He who would destroy himself does it.
Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise.
1 Corinthians 6:19,20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God , and that you are not your own?
For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
2 Timothy 2:3,4
Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.
Assignment 11
Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 13:1
A wise son accepts his father's discipline, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 24:3,4
By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;
And by knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches.
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you .
Ephesians 5:24,25
But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
Ephesians 6:2
HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise),
Assignment 12
Proverbs 3:13-18
How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding.
For her profit is better than the profit of silver And her gain better than fine gold.
She is more precious than jewels ; And nothing you desire compares with her.
Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.
Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who hold her fast.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is a little with the fear of the LORD Than great treasure and turmoil with it.
Proverbs 16:20
He who gives attention to the word will find good, And blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.
Assignment 13
Deuteronomy 6:6,7
These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
Proverbs 13:24
He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
Proverbs 20:7
A righteous man who walks in his integrity— How blessed are his sons after him.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 29:15,17
The rod and reproof give wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.
Correct your son, and he will give you comfort; He will also delight your soul.
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Assignment 14
Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise wins souls.
Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 18:24
A man of too many friends comes to ruin , But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 22:1
A good name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.
Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong , And a man of knowledge increases power.
James 3:13
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
Assignment 15
Proverbs 31:10-12
An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her, And he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
Proverbs 31:20
She extends her hand to the poor, And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
Proverbs 31:25-28
Strength and dignity are her clothing, And she smiles at the future.
She opens her mouth in wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She looks well to the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.