PROVERBS: WISDOM & FRIENDSHIP
Message by Josh Mutter – July 23, 2023
Big Idea: Our friendships have the potential to make us better than we would otherwise be on our own.
Lesson 1: A few good friends are better than a crowd of acquaintances.
Proverbs 18:24 NIV One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Lesson 2: It is okay to be selective when it comes to who our closest friends are.
Proverbs 12:26 NIV The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Proverbs 13:20 NIV Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
Lesson 3: True friends are known for their faithfulness.
Proverbs 12:26 NIV The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Proverbs 17:17 NIV A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
Lesson 4: We need friends who will tell us the hard truth.
Proverbs 12:26 NIV The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Proverbs 27:6 NIV Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
Proverbs 19:20 NIV Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
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