Build Your Bible Habit-Proverbs Chapter 18

Keep the Heart

Francie Taylor

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 November 2025

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Welcome back to Build Your Bible Habit, where you can listen to a chapter of Proverbs in under five minutes. Reading along as you listen is also a great habit. The Word of God is instructional, and the book of Proverbs is practical enough to apply to everyday situations. Here's an example: Suppose a friend comes to you and asks what you think of taking medication for depression. Do you just jump in and answer according to your personal opinion, or do you ask enough questions to understand the "why" behind the problem? When we attempt to help people solve surface issues rather than root problems, we are not helping. Proverbs 18: 13 is a great reminder verse, guiding us to ask more questions rather than just blurting out an opinion: "He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." (Proverbs 18:13) God makes life make sense. Books, Bible Studies, and more in the Shop at Keep the Heart Apply: Living What We Learn--31-Day Devotional by Francie Taylor NEW: Seaside Treasures Framed Shell Art NEW: Hope Endures: A Biography of Faith by Jennifer Arrington BIBLE STUDY GROUPS: ICU: In Christ Unconditionally-Heart Conditions NEW: The Counting Tree by Jennifer Arrington From Overwhelmed to Overcomer by Natalie Raynes Blanton Herbs for the Heart: A Study of James by Kathy Ashley Follow Keep the Heart on Instagram Like Keep the Heart on Facebook

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0:00.0	Welcome to Proverbs Chapter 18 on Build Your Bible Habit. Chapter 18 takes us deeper into the issues of life
0:09.2	with an extra emphasis on behaviors of the fool, along with instructions on how we use our words.
0:16.7	The book of Proverbs is written on a level where we can take the learning to applying.
0:21.6	Let's read Chapter 18.
0:25.5	Proverbs Chapter 18. Through desire, a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeduleth
0:32.6	with all wisdom. A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
0:40.3	When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
0:45.9	The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing
0:51.5	brook. It is not good to accept the person of the wicked to overthrow the
0:56.9	righteous in judgment. A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth calleth for strokes.
1:04.3	A fool's mouth is his destruction and his lips are the snare of his soul. The words of a tail-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the
1:14.3	innermost parts of the belly. He also, that is slothful in his work, is brother to him that is a great
1:21.3	wester. The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runneth into it and is safe. The rich man's wealth is his
1:30.2	strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Before destruction, the heart of man is haughty,
1:38.1	and before honor is humility. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. The spirit of a man
1:48.4	will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear? The heart of the prudent getteth
1:55.1	knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. A man's gift maketh room for him and bringeth him before great men.
2:04.7	He that is first in his own cause seemeth just, but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.
2:10.9	The lot causeth contentions to cease and parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be one than a strong
2:19.4	city, and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. A man's belly shall be satisfied with
2:26.1	the fruit of his mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life are in
2:32.6	the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit
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