A Journey Toward Wisdom (Part 13)

Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! (Proverbs 20:6-7 ESV) Talk is cheap. Boasting is worthless. Your history is irrelevant. True character is known by present actions and results, not by self-praise, past events, explanations, or excuses (cf. Proverbs 20:11). Yet fools talk more than wise men (cf. Proverbs 14:33; 29:11), and sluggards talk…