Proverbs 18

"The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense; they imagine it to be a high wall of safety. Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility..."

"An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars."

"The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe."

"The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit."

"He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD."

"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."

"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."

"A person of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother or sister."

"The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts."

"It is an old and common saying, that "coming events cast their shadows before them;" the wise man teaches us that a haughty heart is the prophetic..."

Inspirational illustration of Proverbs 18:24 -- A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Inspirational illustration of Proverbs 18:22 -- He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.

Why do we hold onto the things that poison us the most? Stacy Voss reminds us that we can let our bitterness and un-forgiveness poison us and steal our lives from us.

How our high-tech world desperately needs some low-tech love! Many of us are focusing on how to connect with work, family, friends, and church through high-tech resources which is good, but we also need some good ol' fashioned low-tech love!

Can it really get better if we get closer? Ann Voskamp uses a boy's three-legged race to be the reminder that in a family, and in life, the closer we get the better we are.

What are you going to do to stem the loss of friendship in your life? Rubel Shelly talks about the repeated and consistent loss of friends and friendship in American culture and how we can combat it.

Are you connected an expanding circle of friends? We all need friends, but in America, people have fewer and few friends, but the best way to have friends is to be a friend.

What is the most important thing you listen to each day? One a mom's greatest responsibilities is to listen to her family, her children, and her God.

What do we do when we can't unscramble our messes? What do you do when you can't unscramble the messes you've made; you trust that God can mend them and you go on trying to live a redemptive life.

Who you listening to? Who and what we listen to is crucial if we are to stay on track and also drown out the voices that make us fear and doubt.

Is Jesus your friend? There are all sorts defitions of friendship, but the bottom line is whether are not we are willing to let Jesus be our friend?

Do you have a good friend? While some people need therapy, most folks need a good friend most of all and a good friend can do a whole lot of good at healing their hearts.

How do we get past the hardest of days? Ann Voskamp and Joni Eareckson Tada team up to provide a beautiful and powerful reminder of the power of our words to change everything.

What do you do when you think the end is near? Teresa Bell Kindred shares some good advice for those who have loved ones dealing with cancer -- this is based on her own personal experience.

How well are you at listening and being heard? Messing up his communication with his wife, Paul learns the lesson of the importance of good communication.

Should she get out of the relationship? Joe Beam answers questions on love, sex, and relationships; this one focuses on an emotional affair.