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Wednesday
First Lesson
Proverbs 8:1-11
1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places
of the paths.
3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming
in at the doors.
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an
understanding heart.
6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening
of my lips shall be right things.
7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination
to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing
froward or perverse in them.
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to
them that find knowledge.
10 Receive
my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice
gold.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that
may be desired are not to be compared to it.
1st Lesson Questions:
Proverbs 8:1-11. Do I choose instruction over silver, and knowledge rather than gold? (V. 10) RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Ephesians 5:15-33
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as
wise,
16 Redeeming
the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will
of the Lord is.
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled
with the Spirit;
19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the
Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is
the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the
wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of
water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not
having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should
be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that
loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and
shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and
the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his
wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her
husband.
2nd Lesson Questions:
Ephesians 5:15-33. Have I been good at redeeming my time (V. 16) this past week? RESOLVE.