The Bible Study Podcast, episode 480. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of Proverbs with Chapter 18.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast from your host, Chris Christensen. We continue on with Proverbs. It's chapter 18 of the book,

and we have 24 more Proverbs for you. An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends, and against all sound

judgment starts quarrels. If you think about it, it isn't really in the long run a good idea to start quarrels.

It's a great way to break friendships.

It's a great way to get people angry at you and to sabotage your business and all sorts of things.

And yet an unfriendly person, if we are one of those people that doesn't think about relationships,

doesn't think about putting people before stuff,

people before what we want.

We're going to pursue selfish gains and we're going to start quarrels because we just don't

have that right perspective.

Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes, it's so true. I'm not sure if you have

been in that situation before. I'm hoping you won't find yourself there over the Thanksgiving

dinner. So what should we do? So let's not just talk about what fools do and what we shouldn't do,

but what should we do? I think partially it's even when you're

sitting down with someone who disagrees with you. Let's say just hypothetically you voted for

different people during the last election, because there's a fair amount of disagreement in my

country going on for that. We can just air our own opinions, or we can be wise and listen and see if we can learn

something. We don't have to agree with somebody else, but we might learn something about

where they're coming from or where they're getting their information. When wickedness comes,

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