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Job 1, 2
How would you describe Job’s love for his children? (1:5)
What motivates you, your love for God or your desires for God’s blessings? Would
your commitment to the Lord be the same without blessings? (1:9-11)
How do you respond when those closest to you abandon you and betray you? (2:9)
Proverbs 10
What comes out of your mouth and what does that say about your heart? (10:6, 8,
10, 11, 13, 14, 18-21, 31, 32)
Luke 11
What does it mean when the Bible says the kingdom of God is near? (11:20)
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What does Jesus reveal about the final judgment (11:31, 32)
What does God desire more than ritual and sacrifice? (11:39-54; see also Hosea 6:6,
Psalm 51:6, Matthew 9:3, and Matthew 12:7)
Job 3, 4
What was Job’s understanding concerning what happens after death? (3:11-19)
Is anyone innocent? Can anyone be good enough for God’s standard? (4:7)
Proverbs 11
What guides the upright? Compare 11:3 with 1 Chronicles 29:17, Job 2:3, and Job
2:9.
Luke 12
Job 5, 6
Wow! What is Eliphaz suggesting to Job about why his children were killed? (5:4)
How easy is it to judge how others should act when we are not going through their
circumstances? (5:8)
Is it easy to misapply God’s truths when approaching a situation from the wrong
perspective or motive? (5:9-27)
What was Job’s greatest desire, more than life itself? (6:10)
Had Job’s friends who initially ministered to him silently suddenly lost patience with
his situation and compassion for him? (6:15)
Proverbs 12
How do you think Job’s wife made him feel in his time of distress? (12:4; see Job 2:9)
What could Job’s friends have learned from Proverbs 12:23, 25?
Luke 13
What does 13:2-5 and Job tell you about our ability to understand why some people
suffer more than others?
What does 13:34 say about the relationship between God and man? (13:34)
Job 7, 8
What did Job seek from God in his misery? (7:20, 21)
Proverbs 13
How important is giving and receiving correction and discipline in a person’s life?
(13:1, 13, 18, 24)
Luke 14
Job 9, 10
How can a mortal b righteous before God? (9:2; see Gen 15:6, Deut 9:6, Psalm
143:2, Eccl 7:20, Matt 5:20, Rom 1:17, Rom 2:13, Rom 3:10, Rom 3:20-22, Rom
4:24, Rom 5:17-21, Rom 9:30, Rom 10:3, 4, 1 Cor 1:30, 2 Cor 5:21, and Titus 3:5)
Is there someone to act as an arbitrator and mediator between you and God? (9:33,
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Without God’s understanding and perspective, can life seem unfair, unjust, or
meaningless in the face of pain and suffering? (10)
Proverbs 14
Does God expect you to make amends for your sin? (14:9)
What does your temper reveal about you? (14:29, 14: 16, 17; 15:18, 16:32, 17:27,
19:19, 21:19, 22:24, 29:11, 29:22, Eccl 7:9, 1 Cor 13:5, Eph 4:31, Col 3:8, Titus 1:7,
and James 1:20)
Luke 15
Why did Jesus associate with sinners? What was Jesus seeking that causes great
rejoicing in heaven? (15:4-10)
What was the son’s motive for returning to his father? (15:17-19)
Who in this relationship displayed selfless love, the father or the son? (15:20-24).
Was the older brother acting selflessly or selfishly? Where was his heart? (15:28-32)
What can we learn from Luke 15 about our relationship with God and with others?
Job 11, 12
Are Zophar’s words generally true? Where does Zophar’s fail in his counsel to Job?:
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Proverbs 15
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How is life different for the proud and for the humble? (15:31-33)
Psalm 91
Is there anything you are fearing or are you trusting completely in God? (91:1-6)
Job 13, 14
Do you ever find yourself desperately desiring to speak to God face to face? (13:3)
Had Job lost his confidence in the Lord, despite feeling persecuted? Do you trust
God in all matters even when they seem hopeless? (13:15)
What did Job believe about the afterlife and salvation? (14:10-17)
Proverbs 16
What is the difference between how wise men and fools respond to rebukes? (9:8)
Psalms 92, 93
Do you sing for joy and the works of God’s hands? How blessed do you feel in life?
(92)
Do you ever spend time in quiet meditation considering how awesome our Lord is?
Do you ever consider how amazing it is that the Creator counts every hair on your
head and paid the penalty of your sin with the sacrifice of His son Jesus Christ? How
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