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Proverbs 25:16-28

16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
   lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.
17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
   lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor
   is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
19 Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble
   is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
20 Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart
   is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
   and like vinegar on soda.
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
   and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
22 for you will heap(Y) burning coals on his head,
   and the LORD will reward you.
23 The north wind brings forth rain,
   and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
   than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
25 Like cold water to a thirsty soul,
   so is good news from a far country.
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
   is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
27 It is not good to eat much honey,
   nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.
28 A man without self-control
   is like a city broken into and left without walls.





Self control is extremely ilmportant since we need it to mold ourselves like Jesus

Galatians 5:16-25
Walk by the Spirit
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.



Lacking Self-Control:
1.  is to be open to attack  Prov. 25:28
    debt, affairs, addiction

2. is ignoring biblical application 
    Prov. 29:18
    18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint,
       but blessed is he who keeps the law.

3. is to be ruled by our appetites & desires. 


Prov 26:11 
11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit
   is a fool who repeats his folly.


Prov 6:23-29
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
   and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
24 to preserve you from the evil woman,
   from the smooth tongue of(AQ) the adulteress.
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
   and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,
   but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
27 Can a man carry fire next to his(AX) chest
   and his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can one walk on hot coals
   and his feet not be scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
   none who touches her will go unpunished.



sexual immorality, drinking;
have wisdom so you can see the end result before it happens


Prov 23:29-32
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
   Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
   Who has redness of eyes?
30 Those who tarry long over wine;
   those who go to try mixed wine.
31 Do not look at wine when it is red,
   when it sparkles in the cup
   and goes down smoothly.
32 In the end it bites like a serpent
   and stings like an adder.



A. Construct Walls
B. Concentrate on your heart
C. Conform to a Person - in our weakness Christ is sufficient


"Most sin is good things in excess"

The voice of wisdom says, "I have come to set you free."