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Week 17, Day 1: Monday, 27 April 2009

Judges 13, 14

What is it that the Israelites can’t seem to overcome? (13:1)

What happens every time God’s people disobey? (13:1)

What was the vow of the Nazirite? (13:5; see Numbers 6)

Who decided Samson would take up the Nazirite lifestyle? (13:7)

Who was is that Manoah did not recognize? (13:16-18, 22)

How did God enable His leaders? (13:24)

Was a Jew to marry a Philistine according to God’s commands? (14:2)

What was the Law for a Jew after handling an animal carcass? (14:6-9)

What sort of people was Samson marrying into? (14:15)

Proverbs 27

What are some of the subtle things we do to boast about ourselves? (27:2)

How powerful is jealousy? (27:4)

Can a rebuke be at times the best show of love? (27:5)

How could verses 27:7 and 27:8 relate to each other concerning marriage?

Does God want us to develop relationships of trust and confidence in our

neighborhoods, and does this require a certain level of vulnerability? (27:10)

Does God intend for us to ever go it alone? (27:17)

How do verses 27:20, 21 relate to 27:1, 2?

Romans 9

Who are God’s children? (9:8)

On what does your salvation depend? (9:16)

What prevented the Jews from suffering the same fate as Sodom and Gomorrah?
(9:29)
What mistake did the vast majority of the Israelites make? (9:32, 33)

Week 17, Day 2: Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Judges 15, 16

Who was Samson serving and defending, God or himself? (15:3)

What was Samson’s weakness? (16:1, 4)

Compare 16:21 with Matthew 5:29.

To the very end, what was Samson’s focus? (16:28)

Did God accomplish His purpose through Samson despite Samson’s sin? (16:30)

Proverbs 28

Can unbelievers understand justice? (28:2)

What happens to those who get rich quick? (28:8)

Who falls into trouble? (28:14)

Compare 28:8, with 28:16, and 28:19, 20.

Romans 10

What is your heart’s desire? (10:1)

Is zealousness for God enough? (10:2)

What causes many religious to stumble? (10:3)

Who is saved? (10:13)

Week 17, Day 3: Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Judges 17, 18
What crime did Micah commit against his mother? (17:2) Compare to Proverbs 10:1,
19:26, 28:24,

How does Micah’s mother respond to his terrible sin? (17:2) Review Proverbs 29:15.

What was Micah’s mother’s vow? (17:3) How far out of touch have the Israelites
with the Lord’s commands? How much did she actually give to the silversmith?
(17:4)

What happened to the Israelites to make them sink so low? (17:6) Compare with
Proverbs 29:18.

How were Levites supposed to live? (17:10, Numbers 18, Numbers 35, Deuteronomy
12:19, Joshua 21)

How badly did Micah misinterpret his relationship with the Lord? (17:13)

Did the Levite really know what God’s will was? (18:5, 6)

What sort of people did the Danites decide to slaughter? (18:7, 10, 27)

What sort of character do the Danites and the Levite reveal in themselves? (18:17-
21)

Did the Danites worship God in His House? (18:31)

Proverbs 29

How does 29:3 apply to Samson’s life (Judges 16:1)

How does 29:6 apply to what you learned about Samson?

Did Samson turn away anger? (29:8)

Does God keep account of all men’s actions? (29:13)

Will conflict exist between the wicked and the upright? (29:27)

Romans 11

Is it easy for us to sometimes feel defeated? (11:3)

How is the Remnant chosen? (11:5)

Does God use even man’s failures for His glory? (11:11, 12, 15)

What does God want to result from the salvation of the Gentiles (11:11, 14)

Should we be prideful in our faith? (11:19-24)

Can we fully understand God’s ways? (11:33)

Week 17, Day 4: Thursday, 30 April 2009

Judges 19, 20

How far has Israel slipped that a Levite would take a concubine? (19:1)

What are the consequences of marrying an ungodly person? (19:2)

Could the Israelites be trusted anymore? (19:12-20)

How far had the people fallen? (19:22)

How hard were the hearts of the homeowner and the Levite? (19:24)

Why did the Levite cut up and send out the concubine’s body? (19:29, 30)

Compare 19:13 with Romans 1:32.

What were the consequences of Israel’s sin? (20:12-48)

Proverbs 30

Does God know exactly what you need and what you cannot handle without
temptation? (30:7-10)

How do those who are pure in their own eyes treat others? (30:12-14)

Do sinners manage to justify any action? (30:20)

Does anything good come from a married woman who is unloved? (30:21-23)

What is to be learned from 30:24-28?

Romans 12
How are you to worship the Lord? (12:1)

How can you discern God’s Will? (12:2)

What attitude should we have when showing mercy to others? (12:8)

What does genuine love look like? (12:9-21)

How are we to treat those who persecute us? (12:14, 17-20)

How are we to treat those who are socially unacceptable? (12:16)

What is our daily task? (12:21)

Week 17, Day 5: Friday, 1 May 2009

Judges 21

What should we learn from Judges about emotional, ungodly oaths? (21:1, 5, 18;
11:31)

Can people justify terrible actions as a godly calling? (21:3, 10-24) Note that the
Israelites used a time dedicated to God to perpetrate their second immoral act.

What happens to society when men do not follow God’s laws? (21:25)

Proverbs 1

How does a disciplined and prudent person live (1:3)

Do you ever gain so much wisdom that you don’t need to review God’s Word? (1:5)

Is wisdom easy to find if you want to find it? (1:20-23)

Romans 13

Does God enable all governments, even bad ones? (13:1)

Why is love fulfillment of the law? (13:10)

Week 17, Day 6: Saturday, 2 May 2009

Ruth 1, 2
Why might there have been a famine in the land? (1:1)

Do you demonstrate the same loyalty and fidelity in your relationships as Ruth did?
(1:16-19)

Did Naomi, though in Moab for many years, continue to follow God’s Laws? (1:11-
13; see also Deuteronomy 25:5)

Did Ruth ever lose hope, give up, or abandon Naomi in her desperate times? (2:2)

Does God control circumstances to bless His people? (Chapters 1 and 2)

Proverbs 2

Where does wisdom come from? (2:6)

How do you get wisdom from your brain to your heart? (2:1-4)

Psalm 49

What hope did David have? (49:15)

Week 17, Day 7: Sunday, 3 May 2009

Ruth 3, 4

What type of reputation did Ruth have in town? (3:11)

Did Ruth and Boaz obey the marriage laws? (Deuteronomy 25:5-6)

Did the Israelites recognize the important role of women in their history? (4:11; see
also Joshua 6:25, Judges 4:9, and Matthew 1:5)

God’s plan resulted in what important lineage? (4:17, Matthew 1:5-16)

Proverbs 3

Where do God’s people place their trust and turn for wisdom? (3:5-7)

To whom does God reveal His ways? (3:32)

Psalms 50, 51

What sort of sacrifice do God’s people make to Him? (50:5; see Romans 12:1)
Compare Psalms 50 with Proverbs 4.

What was David’s plea to God? (51)

Compare 51: 17 with Romans 12:1