
Ep 82 - Weigh Your Words (Prov 29.20; 26.12)
Being careful with our words is the mark of wise living. But when we speak rashly rather than carefully weighing the impact our words can ha...
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The Words of Wisdom podcast brings to life the Book of Proverbs so that the listener can learn and appreciate the practical wisdom and value of this important book of the Bible. With insight...

Being careful with our words is the mark of wise living. But when we speak rashly rather than carefully weighing the impact our words can ha...

Generosity and compassion lie at the heart of true wisdom. When it is within our power to help, we must not delay or make excuses, for withh...

Trust and social order are disrupted when the personal property of others is not respected and honored. While ancient boundary markers desig...

We all make choices that get us into trouble. But fools will tend to make lots of those choices. Even when danger is staring them right in t...

Words can be weapons! And that is exactly what they become in the mouth of a fool. Surely, we have all used our words in a foolish manner at...

We all want things in life, but sometimes we just don’t put forth the effort to achieve them. It is not a complicated principle to know that...

Ever come across someone who thinks they know it all? Maybe we tend to think that we have got the answers at times. But a wise person realiz...

Everyone experiences tough times in life. Some tough times are really hard or filled with deep anguish, sorrow, and pain. But we are not alo...

Sometimes we may think of people who do evil and benefit from it as the ones who end up winning in the end. But that is not the case. Evil p...

The world is not a safe place because there are many people who are seeking to do evil to others. Individuals who have chosen to follow the...

No one likes to wait for what they want. We live in a world that seeks immediate gratification. While waiting for something takes patience,...

Have you ever said, “I don’t want your advice” to someone? Well, if that person is someone you trust, then you just shot yourself in the foo...

Everyone likes a good deal when buying something, but some people are looking to take advantage of others in a dishonest manner in order to...

Everyone likes to be right. But who’s to say whether we actually are or not? Do we get to decide? If it were up to each of us, we would prob...

Everyone carries their own perspective based on what they know and have experienced. But that perspective may be incomplete, faulty, or misg...

Our world tends to prize brawn over brains, thinking that the stronger you are, the better you are. But muscle can only get you so far. Wisd...

Everyone has an innate desire to be right and to be knowledgeable about what they are doing. Sometimes this desire grows out of control, and...

When things go wrong in life, we tend to look for someone to blame. Rarely do we naturally like to assume responsibility for our poor choice...

Some things in life it seems like we can escape from, or at least avoid the direct consequences of them. But when it comes to sin, the conse...

Yahweh intended man and woman to be united in marriage and to enjoy sexual intimacy within that union. Our world condones people seeking to...

Some say that experience is our greatest teacher. And its true that when we make mistakes, and they come with far-reaching effects, we reali...

Some choices in life will result in loss no matter which way you look at it. Certain things may appear to offer adventure, excitement, and d...

You can never be too cautious so as to recognize when someone might be trying to seduce you. People can say all kinds of nice things about y...

Few things are more deceptive than the promise of pleasure that lust brings. While there might be pleasure for a brief time, inevitably it e...

Yahweh God created us to experience deep emotions. But not all emotions are created equal. Some are more difficult to deal with than others....

Being “shrewd” or “clever” may not be a characteristic that many seek to grow in. But that is what it means to be “prudent.” We can develop...

A person might think that they can enjoy some benefit or personal gain through dishonest means as long as they don’t get caught. The problem...

Children watch the behavior and life patterns of their parents and innately model their life after them. If the teaching of the parents is g...

We all need money to live. With the ever-increasing cost of living and the invention of so many new things to make life better, getting rich...

Emotions are a powerful part of who God created us to be. He did not intend for us to be controlled by our emotions– we must learn to master...

Sometimes we only learn our lesson after the consequences of our actions catch up with us. Why is it so hard at times to see the pain down t...

When life knocks us down, it may seem impossible to stand back up and keep going. But we don’t have to face our struggles in life in our own...

Everyone needs friends. Life is better being in relationship with people, and friendships are an important part of that. But not all friends...

People often strive for satisfaction in life through money, status, family, or other life accomplishments so they can live at ease and not w...

Living wisely or foolishly has long-reaching effects. We experience many consequences of our choices in our present life. But some consequen...

We all desire to be spoken well of but we must be careful that we don’t get caught in the trap of flattery from others where we might then m...

The world is filled with people who are seeking ways to take advantage of others. Wisdom will protect those who listen to her from all manne...

Wisdom is a multi-faceted reality that can be described as consisting of understanding, insight, discretion, discernment, and many other imp...

The Book of Proverbs is filled with wisdom, but where does that wisdom come from? Many of the proverbs are the words of Solomon, but their o...

We desire many things in life, and we often expend much energy striving to attain them. But sometimes we don’t put forth the effort that is...

In a succinct and powerful statement, Lady Wisdom exhorts listeners to “Leave their naïve ways and live.” We all have areas of foolishness i...

Lady Wisdom is a personification of the attribute of wisdom. She invites people to come and dine with her as a metaphor for listening to her...

The voice of Lady Folly tempts people to see sweet and pleasant things in what is mischievous and rebellious. Her allure is in the excitemen...

Lady Folly is a personification of the attribute of foolishness. She imitates wisdom as she tries to seduce people to listen to her, offerin...

We might think of foolishness as a relatively harmless characteristic of a person, but the Book of Proverbs thinks much differently about it...

What sort of person would you call upon if you were in a pinch and needed help? Should what you know regarding a person’s character affect y...

Justice is something that Yahweh God cares deeply about. Judicial systems are set up to maintain justice, but they are flawed. Sometimes the...

What Proverbs teaches us is that our attitude and way of thinking can send us down two drastically different roads. One ends in disaster, an...

Pride makes us think more highly of ourselves than we should, and it produces in us a sense of overconfidence and self-importance. When we a...

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