The Proverb Podcast
Looking for wisdom that actually changes how you live, not just what you know? We open a new series through Proverbs by reframing wisdom as a relationship you cultivate, not a pile of tips you memorize. Starting with Proverbs 1:1–6, we unpack why the book was written, who it’s for, and how it trains us to hear the right voice in a world full of noise.
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Episodes
34 episodes
You've Got Enough Branches
Money can look like security right up until the moment it can’t hold your weight. Today I’m sitting in Proverbs 11:28, and the more I live with it, the more I’m convinced Solomon isn’t mainly talking about dollars at all. He’s talking about tru...
What Are You Actually Seeking?
Favor is a word we throw around like it’s a reward program, but Proverbs 11:27 doesn’t read like a transaction to me. It reads like a direction. We start with the uncomfortable question hiding in plain sight: am I “seeking good” because I love ...
What Survives When They Leave The Room
A conversation can hijack your mind without ever raising its voice. You walk away sure that everything is falling apart, that people cannot be trusted, that you need to rearrange your whole life right now. Then a day later, with the room empty ...
“Can I?” Isn’t The Question
A gold ring in a pig’s snout is a ridiculous picture, and that’s exactly why Proverbs 11:22 works. When something valuable sits on top of something untrained, the value doesn’t transform the foundation. The foundation drags the gift into the mu...
Blameless Means Whole Not Perfect
“Blameless” can feel like a word that shuts you down. If you know your thoughts too well to claim perfection, Proverbs 11:20 might sound like bad news. We slow way down and show why that reaction comes from a definition the text is not actually...
Hearing God Is The Harvest
“The wicked earn deceptive wages” sounds like a warning about cash, but what if Solomon is talking about something closer to home: the way we live when we stop listening to God? We sit in Proverbs 11:18–19 and follow the contrast between a payo...
Mercy Always Cost The One Who Gives It
Mercy is expensive, and that’s exactly why it can set you free. We camp out in Proverbs 11:17 and get painfully practical about what it means when Scripture says “the merciful man does himself good.” Because sometimes you forgive, you mean it, ...
Honor vs. Riches
Force can get results fast, but what does it do to your soul while it’s working? We open Proverbs 11:16–17 and follow its sharp contrast: the gracious person attains honor, the ruthless person can attain riches, and those two outcomes are not i...
Don't Cosign What Isn't Yours
Cosigning looks like love until you realize you just agreed to carry someone else’s risk with none of the control. We open with Proverbs 11:15 and get painfully practical about surety, guarantor agreements, and why Solomon treats cosigning as a...
Gossip Counsel And The Horse Farm
Some mistakes don’t just sting, they invoice you for years. We’re walking through Proverbs 11:13-14 and getting painfully practical about two things that shape your whole life: what you do with other people’s secrets, and who you let speak into...
Under the Knife
I almost didn’t want to hit record, because the words I needed to say weren’t “teaching” words. They were surgery words. Proverbs 11:9–12 met me like a scan that finds something you can’t feel yet but can’t ignore forever, and it turned the mic...
Today's Grace for Today's Trouble
Does God actually deliver the righteous, or is that a comforting line we repeat until reality proves otherwise? Proverbs 11:7–8 forces the question, and we take it personally, without smooth answers, because the real issue hiding underneath is ...
The Foundation That Doesn't Move. The Character That God Delights In
Pressure does not create character, it reveals it and Proverbs 11:1–6 is ruthless in the best way about what it shows. We take one tight thread running through six verses and ask the question underneath all of them: when life gets hard, what ar...
The Voice You Trust Becomes The Life You Live
Two voices talk to you every day, and one of them is lying. One says, “Protect yourself. Play it safe. Wait until you’re certain.” The other says, “Trust me. Move. Build. Invest what I gave you.” We finish Proverbs 10 by showing why Solomon nev...
What You Trust Shapes The Future You Walk Into
Fear can feel like a normal emotion, but what if it’s also a competing voice trying to steer your life? Proverbs 10:24-25 cuts straight through the noise with two stark pictures: the future shaped by fear and the future shaped by righteous desi...
When Wisdom Becomes a Delight
Your mouth can fill a room and still say nothing. Proverbs 10:20-23 confronts that problem head-on, and it does it with a surprising promise: when God orders a life from the inside out, wisdom stops feeling like mere restraint and starts feelin...
What If Winning Means Walking Away
One careless sentence can undo a day of self-control, and Proverbs tells us why. We sit with Proverbs 10:18-19 and the painfully real theme of “hold your tongue,” where hidden hatred becomes lying lips, slander turns us into fools, and the shee...
Fear Is Not A Sign To Stop It Is A Clue To Move
Fear can sound wise when we dress it up as patience. But Proverbs 10:17 doesn’t let us hide: keeping instruction puts us on the way of life, and refusing correction is how we drift off course. We sit with that uncomfortable truth and ask what “...
Fortress Or Foundation
Money can feel like a wall around your life, until the day you realize the wall has wings. We’re digging into Proverbs 10:15–16 with a blunt question: is wealth functioning as a smart fortress you use wisely, or has it quietly become the founda...
Love Can Forgive While Still Saying No
Hatred doesn’t just start fights, it can start a war inside you. We sit with Proverbs 10:12-14 and get painfully practical about what happens when betrayal keeps replaying in your mind, when old wounds shape new relationships, and when “being a...
Your Mouth Eventually Reveals Your Source
Some of the most dangerous harm you will ever meet won’t come with shouting or fists, it’ll come wrapped in smooth words. Proverbs 10 repeats a line on purpose: “the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.” We slow down and learn how to spot wha...
Wisdom In Real Life
Proverbs can feel like lofty sayings until it starts naming your real life: family tension, money pressure, work habits, and the quiet drift that happens when we stop listening for God’s voice. We pick up at Proverbs 10 where Solomon moves from...
Wisdom Or Folly
Two voices are talking to you every day, and Proverbs 9 says you will live with the results of whichever one you follow. We lean into that uncomfortable idea and tighten the focus where it belongs: not your boss, your family, or your past, but ...
God’s Words Train Your Decisions Better Than Your Eyes Ever Could
Wisdom doesn’t whisper from a hidden corner. Proverbs 8 says she cries out where decisions get made, at intersections, entrances, and the places where the noise of life is the loudest. That image challenged us, because we’ve all stood in the mi...
Proverbs 7 And The Hidden Steps Into Temptation
You can be disciplined, successful, and sharp, then lose everything through one unguarded door. That is the gut-level urgency behind Proverbs 7, and why Solomon refuses to stop repeating himself. We take his warning seriously and slow down the ...