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I enjoy reading Mike Woodruff’s “Friday Update” and mirroring the quotes that he provides with corresponding Scriptures. The quotes are usually punchy and impactful to us in this current culture. When you look for the corresponding wisdom in Scripture, you see that it was there – worded differently – all along!

Look no further than your Bible for wisdom!

Here are the “Overheard” quotations (from this week) and a corresponding Bible verse for each. You can read Mike’s Friday columns by clicking --> here <--

1) One mark of a smart person is their ability to learn from people they don't like.

… give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:18-22)

2) Competency gets you in the room. Character keeps you there.

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. (Proverbs 17:28)

3) The Bible never records someone hearing from the Lord and saying, “Of course. That’s what I was going to do anyway.”

“W/C” (without comment!)

4) Our wounds, past, failings and flaws do not define or disqualify us unless we hide behind them.

…to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. (Eph 4:22-24)

5) The OJ Simpson episode was a national-negative making everyone worse: the prosecution failed, the defense further marred lawyers’ reputations; Ito allowed the trial to become a circus; the media pandered; and the public showed their preference for soap-operas and sensationalized whodunits over sober news coverage. Oh, and the victims died and OJ went to jail anyway.

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the Lord. 
Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
he who makes his door high seeks destruction. (Proverbs 17:15, 19)

6) It’s amazing how little encouragement people need to keep going. And amazing how few receive even a little.

Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. (1 Thessalonians 5:11)