Noble and
Beautiful Wives
Proverbs 31:10-12
and 25-31 – New International Version (NIV)
10 “A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.”
She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.”
What is a wife of
noble character worth (verse 10)?
What does her
husband have (verse 11)?
When does she
bring her husband good (verse 12)?
In your opinion,
what does it mean that she is “clothed
with strength and dignity” (verse 25)?
How does she speak
(verse 26)?
What does she
watch over (verse 27)?
Who calls her “blessed” (verse 28)?
Who does noble
things (verse 29)?
Who is to be
praised (verse 30)?
Why should she be
honored (verse 31)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
Mark 10:35-45 - New
International Version (NIV)
35 “Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him.
“Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other
at your left in your glory.”
38 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you
drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”
39 “We can,” they answered.
Jesus
said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism
I am baptized with, 40 but to sit at my right or left is not
for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been
prepared.”
41 When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with
James and John. 42 Jesus called them together and said, “You
know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not
so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your
servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to
serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
What did James and
John say to the “Teacher” (verse 35)?
How did Jesus answer (verse 36)?
In your opinion,
what would it mean to “sit at your right
and the other at your left in your glory” (verse 37)?
What did Jesus say
that they did not know (verse 38)?
Did Jesus agree
that they could “drink the cup I drink or
be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with” (verses 38 and 39)?
Who do the seats
at Jesus right and left belong to (verse 40)?
How did the other
disciples react when they heard what James and John had done (verse 41)?
What did Jesus say
the rulers of the Gentiles did (verse
42)?
What did Jesus say
the high officials did (verse 42)?
What should the
disciple who wants to be great be (verse 43)?
What should the
one who “wants to be first” be (verse
44)?
Who came to “serve, and to give his life as a ransom for
many” (verse 45)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how is the “wife of noble character” in Proverbs
31:10-12 & 25-31 an illustration of the serving that Jesus talks about in
Mark: 10:35-45?
Galatians 3:23-29 -
New International Version (NIV)
23 “Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody
under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. 24 So
the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.
25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a
guardian.
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through
faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have
clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor
Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all
one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are
Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
How were we held “before the coming of this faith” (verse
23)?
What was “our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith” (verse
24)?
In your opinion, what does it mean “now that this faith has come, we are no
longer under a guardian” (verse 25)?
Who are we “in Christ Jesus” through faith (verse 26)?
What have people who were baptized into
Christ done (verse 27)?
In your opinion, what does it mean that “there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither
slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ
Jesus” (verse 28)?
What are we if we belong to Christ (verse 29)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how are the words of Paul
in Galatians 3:23-29 that “there is
neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus” expanded on by Jesus when He says in
Mark 10:35-45 that “whoever
wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be
first must be slave of all”?
In your opinion, if Paul is right in
Galatians 3:23-29 and there is no “male
or female” then what message does Proverbs 31:10-12 & 25-31 have for
men and women who are in Christ Jesus today?
1 Peter 3:1-7 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 “Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own
husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over
without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see
the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Your beauty should
not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing
of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 Rather, it should be that of
your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of
great worth in God’s sight. 5 For this is the way the holy
women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They
submitted themselves to their own husbands, 6 like Sarah, who
obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is
right and do not give way to fear.
7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with
your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with
you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.”
How does Peter say unbelieving husbands might be won over by
their Christian wives
(verse 1)?
What were the unbelieving husbands to see
in the lives of their Christian wives (verse 2)?
Where should beauty not come from (verse 3)?
What should beauty be of (verse 4)?
In your opinion, why is “the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet
spirit” of great worth in God’s sight (verse 4)?
Who did “holy women of the past” put their hope in (verse 5)?
How can women be the daughters of Sarah (verse
6)?
In your opinion, what does it mean for a
husband to be “considerate” as they
live with their wives (verse 7)?
Why should husbands treat their wives “with respect as the weaker partner and as
heirs with you of the gracious gift of life” (verse 7)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how
do you reconcile Paul’s statement in Galatians 3:23-29 that there is no “male and female” with Peter’s
discussion in 1 Peter 3:1-7 that gives specific instructions to husbands and to
wives?
In your opinion, how does Peter in his
directions to wives and husbands 1 Peter 3:1-7 give specific instruction in how
to implement the command of Jesus from Mark 10:35-45 that “whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant”?
In your opinion, how
does the wisdom of Proverbs 31:10-12 & 25-31 anticipate Peter’s statement
in 1 Peter 3:1-7 that beauty “should be
that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit”?
In your opinion, what do these passages,
from Proverbs, Mark, Galatians and 1 Peter show us about ourselves today?
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