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Sermon 10/21: Words of Encouragement

10:20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;     the heart of the wicked is of little worth. 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many,     but fools die for lack of sense. 11:11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,     but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown. 12:18 There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,     but the tongue of the wise brings healing. 15:2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,     but the mouths of fools pour out folly. 15:7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge;     not so the hearts of fools. 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,     but gracious words are pure. 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,     and good news refreshes the bones. 16:23 The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious     and adds persuasiveness to his lips. 16:24 Gracious words are like a honeycomb,     sweetness to the soul and health to the body. 18:4 The words of a man's mouth are d

Gossip notes

3:13 #3:00 definition of 3 words. #4:30 Psalm 52:1-4 Mark 7:21-22 "out of the heart... come evil thoughts... slander..." 2 Cor 12:21 "perhaps there may be quarrelling... slander..." Gossip means your heart is sick with insecurities #7:20 Romans 1:28-32 "they are gossips, slanderers..." #8:50 Matthew Mitchell, " Winning the war against the wagging tongue " (blog page with the outline is here: sermon outline 1 Spy : 11:13 "reveals secrets" " (rakil) which Robert O’Connell defines as “peddler, huckster, hawker, deceiver, slanderer, defamer Hunger for power.  Influence.  May enhance the spy's reputation.  Power to include or exclude a person.  Realize that Jesus is the most powerful.  The gospel alone can grant life.  In Him you have all the power you need.  You will always be included.  real power comes by giving life. 2 The Grumbler Nirgan. Psalm 106:24-25. "they despised, grumbled in the wilderness, murm

Proverbs A6a and A6b: Walking in Wisdom & not by sight

This is the one that has the weird "a6c" section all about contrasting which was really hard to nail down concise titles for.  But it's also the section that has the "not walking by sight" section. (a6b).  And I just noticed that a6a is all summed up by the biggest chiasm fail of the book (the one with the center line of "industry" and the huge stretch of A/A' where he tries to say that talking about a woman building her house is the same thing as saying to join the counsel of the wise. Proverbs 14:2 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD   but he who is devious in his ways despises him. Proverbs 14:2 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD   but he who is devious in his ways despises him. Proverbs 14:2 That word "devious" is translated "perverse" by Waltke. This is a Yahweh verse and was used on the first God Sunday. Waltke comments "piety and ethics are inseparable" "by his ethics