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Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter today Audio Bible. I'm John Stangey,
Speaker 1: and today we're in Proverbs chapter ten, and we'll be
Speaker 1: reading from the contemporary English version. Here are some proverbs
Speaker 1: of Solomon. Children with good sense make their parents happy,
Speaker 1: but foolish children make them sad. What you gain by
Speaker 1: doing evil won't help you at all, but being good
Speaker 1: can save you from death. If you obey the Lord,
Speaker 1: you won't go hungry. If you are wicked, God won't
Speaker 1: let you have what you want. Laziness leads to poverty.
Speaker 1: Hard work makes you rich at harvest season. It's smart
Speaker 1: to work hard, but stupid to sleep. Everyone praises good people,
Speaker 1: but evil hides behind the words of the wicked. Good
Speaker 1: people are remembered long after they are gone, but the
Speaker 1: wicked are soon forgotten. If you have good sense, you
Speaker 1: will listen and obey. If all you do is talk,
Speaker 1: you will destroy yourself. You will be safe if you
Speaker 1: always do right, but you will get caught if you
Speaker 1: are dishonest. Deceit causes trouble and foolish talk will bring
Speaker 1: you to ruin. The Words of good people are a
Speaker 1: source of life, but evil hides behind the words of
Speaker 1: the wicked. Hatred stirs up trouble. Love overlooks the wrongs
Speaker 1: that others do. If you have good sense, it will
Speaker 1: show when you speak. But if you are stupid, you
Speaker 1: will be beaten with a stick. If you have good sense,
Speaker 1: you will learn all you can, but foolish talk will
Speaker 1: soon destroy you. Great wealth can be a fortress, but
Speaker 1: poverty is no protection at all. If you live right,
Speaker 1: the reward is a good life. If you are evil,
Speaker 1: all you have is sin. Accept correction and you will
Speaker 1: find life. Reject correction and you will miss the road.
Speaker 1: You can hide your hatred by telling lies, but you
Speaker 1: are a fool to spread lies. You will say the
Speaker 1: wrong thing if you talk too much, so be sensible
Speaker 1: and watch what you say. The words of a good
Speaker 1: person are like pure silver, but the thoughts of an
Speaker 1: evil person are almost worthless. Many are helped by useful instruction,
Speaker 1: but fools are killed by their own stupidity. When the
Speaker 1: Lord blesses you with riches, you have nothing to regret.
Speaker 1: Fools enjoy doing wrong, but anyone with good sense enjoys
Speaker 1: acting wisely. What evil people dread most will happen to them,
Speaker 1: but good people will get what they want. Most those
Speaker 1: crooks will disappear when a storm strikes, but God will
Speaker 1: keep safe all who obey him. Having a lazy person
Speaker 1: on the job is like a mouthful of vinegar or
Speaker 1: smoke in your eyes. If you respect the Lord, you
Speaker 1: will live longer. If you keep doing wrong, your life
Speaker 1: will be cut short. If you obey the Lord, you
Speaker 1: will be happy, but there is no future for the wicked.
Speaker 1: The Lord protects everyone who lives right, but he destroys
Speaker 1: anyone who does wrong. Good people will stand firm, but
Speaker 1: the wicked will lose their land. Honest people speak sensibly,
Speaker 1: but deceitful liars will be silenced. If you obey the Lord,
Speaker 1: you will always know the right thing to say, but
Speaker 1: no one will trust you if you tell lies. Let's pray, Lord,
Speaker 1: we thank you for your word, and we thank you
Speaker 1: for the various words of wisdom and the cautions that
Speaker 1: were given in this portion of scripture. Lord, you encourage
Speaker 1: us to live righteously, and you discourage us from living
Speaker 1: sinfully and speaking deceitfully. So Lord, we pray that we
Speaker 1: would take your counsel, and we pray that the words
Speaker 1: that we say, and the attitude of our minds and
Speaker 1: the actions of our hands would always give glory to
Speaker 1: your son, Jesus Christ, through whom we find the gift
Speaker 1: of salvation. Lord, we're grateful for your love, and we're
Speaker 1: grateful for your presence with us today. And we commit
Speaker 1: this day to your care and pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.