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Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy
Welcome to Day 511 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
A Lying Tongue Hates Its Victims - Proverbs 26:15-28
Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building
podcast. Today is Day 511 of our trek, and it is Wisdom Wednesday. Every
Wednesday along life’s trails, we dig for the nuggets of wisdom that are found
within the book of Proverbs. Today we will explore the 2nd half of Chapter 26.

We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. 2017 has
begun. Paula and I invested several hours in planning, preparing, and setting
goals for this New Year and are excited to see how God moves within our lives
and for the opportunity to positively impact the lives of many people. Even with
this planning, which is very important, we also realize that what we do on a
daily basis, which most of the time is not exciting, will determine the success
we have during this year.

Most days will be mundane and considered boring. We do not live extravagant
lives and are fairly common people. We do understand, though, that success
consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well. Our prayer and hope
is that when 2017 ends, we can look back with satisfaction and say each day was
lived well. If we live each day well, then the entire year will be successful
overall.

On our trek for today, we will explore several examples of how not to live. It
is important to know this, so that we can avoid these situations and habits. One
of those bad habits is lying to others. As verse 28 tells us...
A Lying Tongue Hates Its Victims
Let’s start our trek as we explore verses 15-28.
More Proverbs of Solomon
15 Lazy people take food in their hand
but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
A person who is habitually lazy feels a sense of entitlement. He feels that the
world owes him something, or everything. To show the extreme of his laziness,
this verse uses a word picture of a lazy person who took hold of something to
eat, but was so lazy he would not lift the food to his mouth.




16 Lazy people consider themselves smarter
than seven wise counselors.
Laziness and foolishness go hand in glove. A foolish, lazy person feels that he
is so smart that he has no need of advice from others. Even if he meets the
wisest people alive, he would refuse their wisdom, because he is too lazy to
implement their suggestions for improvement.


17 Interfering in someone else’s argument
is as foolish as yanking a dog’s ears.
When you observe someone else in a discussion or argument, it would be best to
avoid getting involved. Even if you feel that you have a solution to their
problems or an answer to their arguments. The analogy is how foolish it would be
to yank the ears of a mad dog. The only thing that will happen is that you will
get bitten physically or verbally when interfering in someone else’s argument.


18 Just as damaging
as a madman shooting a deadly weapon
19 is someone who lies to a friend
and then says, “I was only joking.”
Lying is never wise, especially to those you consider friends, even when said in
jest. The result will be the killing of your friendship. The damage will be no
less than if it was with physical weapons.


20 Fire goes out without wood,
and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
Just like a fire needs a continual supply of wood to keep it going, quarrels
will usually continue when there is a continual supply of gossip. The best way
to end quarrels is to stop fueling them with lies, deceptions or gossip. Be kind
and honest at all times.



21 A quarrelsome person starts fights
as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.
You probably know a person or two who just seems to be always quarreling and
fighting about something. His life is filled with drama. It seems to be his very
nature and is a habitual part of his life.