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Sound Judgment

  "An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends; he defies all sound judgment. A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions" (Proverbs 18:1-2). [...]

Proverbs 18: Three Conversation Problems

  "The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man’s inmost parts" (Proverbs 18:8). "He who answers before listening¾that is his folly [...]

Teaching Obedience

“For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach his statutes and ordinances in Israel” (Ezra 7:10).Notice [...]