Whoever pulls away from others to focus solely on his own desires disregards any sense of sound judgment.

That is my greatest fear in life.

Oh, I have two like greatest fears in life.

But the fear of doing that exact thing is what takes me out every single time.

And I'm going to explain that a little more after we get through the rest of this chapter. But I want to welcome you guys to the Jamie Grace podcast. It's a beautiful Sunday. I hope that you either got to watch church online. You got to go to church in person. You've got some great communities, some great friends. I'm just honored that you guys are joining me to do this study of Proverbs together. So we're going to do Proverbs 18 together.

And excuse me, guys, we're going to just start off right away. So here we go.

18.1. Whoever pulls away from others to focus solely on his own desires, disregards any sense

of sound judgment. A fool never delights in true knowledge, but only wants to express what's on his

mind. When wrongdoers arrive,

disgrace is right there with them, for shame is the companion of dishonor. Words bubble up from

waters deep within a person, a stream gushes from the fountain of wisdom. It is wrong for a judge

to show partiality to the guilty or to rob the innocent of justice.

When a fool's lips move, a fight breaks out. It's as if his mouth is begging for a beating.

Oh. The mouths of fools are their destruction and their lips entrap their very souls.

You guys, I have so much to say about this. Okay.

Whisper to gossip is like a delicious first course. It is devoured with pleasure and penetrates deeply.

Those who slack off at work are no different from vandals.

I'm doing the thing again where I'm like marking every verse.

Sorry, we're going to jump back in.

Verse 10, the eternal is known to be like a sturdy watchtower.

Those who do right flee to him for protection.

Oh, I love that.

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