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We Plan, God Directs Our Steps: Pride, Humility, and Life-or-Death Words | Proverbs 16–18
Episode Overview
How do we hold together our plans and God's providence? In this episode we walk through Proverbs 16 through 18. Proverbs 16 teaches that we make our plans but the Lord establishes our steps, that a good name beats great wealth, and that pride precedes destruction while humility precedes honor.
Proverbs 17 and 18 add that a peaceful home beats a feast full of strife, that envy and conflict destroy while truth and contentment heal, and that the tongue holds the power of life and death.
Key Themes
• Human planning and God's providence
• Pride before destruction, humility before…
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