LIFE GROUP QUESTIONS
A Heart That Listens
Proverbs 18
What happens to others when you are foolish with your words? What happens to you?
Why do we have a difficult time listening before we respond?
How does having a relationship with Jesus give me the patience to be attentive to others?
Verses 6-8 talk of the damage our words can do (see also James 3:5-9). How can we learn to control our tongue?
Gossip is destructive to the “inner parts of our body” (v 8) so why do we enjoy hearing it? How can we resist listening to gossip?
Why is it important to God that we understand before we speak?
Verse 19 talks about how offending someone close to us can have devastating consequences. Why do we find it so easy to offend those dearest to us?
How does having a relationship with Jesus help us live out the wisdom in this chapter?
How should our relationship with Christ affect the way we approach each of the situations spoken of in these proverbs?