The Path (Page 2)

Proverbs referenced during this sermon: 6:6-11 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;    consider its ways and be wise!7 It has no commander,    no overseer or ruler,8 yet it stores its provisions in summer    and gathers its food at harvest.9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?    When will you get up from your sleep?10 A little sleep, a little slumber,    a little folding of the hands to rest—11 and poverty will come on you like a thief    and scarcity like an armed man. 24:30-34 30 I went past the field of…

Proverbs referenced during this sermon: 11:13 A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. 20:19 A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much. 18:8 & 26:22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts. 10:18 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. 16:28 A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. 26:20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip…

Proverbs referenced in this sermon: 10:11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. 10:21 The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.  11:9 With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape. 12:18 The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. 13:3 Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but…