Proverbs Series - Episode 9 - Two Voices, Two Outcomes

Verses: Proverbs 9:1–6, 13–18

“Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” – Proverbs 9:6
“But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.” – Proverbs 9:18

Overview:
Episode 9 lays out a clear contrast: Lady Wisdom and Madam Folly are both calling. But they offer two very different outcomes. Greg Carroll unpacks Proverbs 9 to help listeners understand how every financial decision is shaped by the voice they choose to follow. One leads to peace and purpose. The other leads to regret.

What You’ll Learn:

• How Wisdom and Folly both sound persuasive—but only one leads to life

• What it looks like when wisdom shapes your money decisions

• How our choices are often influenced by the louder, flashier voice of Folly

• Why we must choose wisdom intentionally—she doesn’t chase us down

• How to identify the voice you've been listening to and re-align

Take Action:

1. Identify one area of your finances where you've been listening to the wrong voice.

2. Write out: What would Wisdom say? What would Folly say?

3. Choose—intentionally—which one you’ll follow today.

Close with this reflection:
“Lord, help me leave behind my simple ways and walk in the way of insight.”

Mentioned in the Episode:

• Coaching tools and more at LegacyFinancialCoach.com

Proverbs 9 (English Standard Version)

1 Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn her seven pillars.
2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her young women to call
from the highest places in the town,
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
To him who lacks sense she says,
5 “Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your simple ways, and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”

7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11 For by me your days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life.
12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

13 The woman Folly is loud;
she is seductive and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
15 calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way,
16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 “Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that the dead are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Be Free

Greg

 

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