September 13, 2026
Proverbs
Proverbs 16
Terence Sikoryak
• The greater your influence, the greater your responsibility to use it wisely.
• The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his time when it comes… — Benjamin Disraeli
• You don't have to attend every argument you're invited to.
• There has to come a point where I decide that what I am becoming is more important than what I am accumulating.
• "Wisdom is the power to see, and the inclination to choose, the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it." — J. I. Packer, Knowing God
"Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones." — Proverbs 16:24
Discussion Questions
1. Where am I using one standard for somebody else and another one for myself? Where do I need to get honest about that?
2. If I keep making the decisions I'm making right now, where are they taking me? Do I like the person I'm becoming?
3. Where is pride getting in my way? Where do I need to be able to say, "Maybe I'm wrong. What am I missing?"
4. What do people carry away after they've been around me? Do my words leave them stronger—or do they leave them with something they have to recover from?