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Speaker 1: to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge,
Speaker 1: and today we're in Proverbs chapter 27, and we'll be
Speaker 1: reading from the New American Standard Bible. Do not boast
Speaker 1: about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day
Speaker 1: may bring forth. Let another praise you and not your
Speaker 1: own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips. A
Speaker 1: stone is heavy and the sand weighty, but the provocation
Speaker 1: of a fool is heavier than both of them. Wrath
Speaker 1: is fierce and anger is a flood, but who can
Speaker 1: stand before jealousy? Better is open rebuke than love that
Speaker 1: is concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but
Speaker 1: deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. A sated man
Speaker 1: loathes honey, but to a famished man any bitter thing
Speaker 1: is sweet. Like a bird that wanders from her nest,
Speaker 1: so is a man who wanders from his home. Oil
Speaker 1: and perfume make the heart glad, So a man's counsel
Speaker 1: is sweet to his friend. Do not forsake your own
Speaker 1: friend or your father's friend, and do not go to
Speaker 1: your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better
Speaker 1: is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
Speaker 1: Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad that
Speaker 1: I may reply to him who reproaches me. A prudent
Speaker 1: man sees evil and hides himself. The naive proceed and
Speaker 1: pay the penalty. Take his garment when he becomes surety
Speaker 1: for a stranger, and for an adulterous woman hold him
Speaker 1: in pledge. He who blesses his friend with a loud
Speaker 1: voice early in the morning, it will be reckoned a
Speaker 1: curse to him. A constant dripping on a day of
Speaker 1: steady rain and a contentious woman are alike. He who
Speaker 1: would restrain her restrains the wind, and grasps oil with
Speaker 1: his right hand. Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Speaker 1: He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit,
Speaker 1: and he who cares for his master will be honored.
Speaker 1: As in water, face reflects face, so the heart of
Speaker 1: man reflects man. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied. nor
Speaker 1: are the eyes of man ever satisfied. The crucible is
Speaker 1: for silver and the furnace for gold, and each is
Speaker 1: tested by the praise accorded him. Though you pound a
Speaker 1: fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Speaker 1: yet his foolishness will not depart from him. Know well
Speaker 1: the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds.
Speaker 1: For riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure
Speaker 1: to all generations. When the grass disappears, the new growth
Speaker 1: is seen, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
Speaker 1: The lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats
Speaker 1: will bring the price of a field. And there will
Speaker 1: be goat's milk enough for your food, for the food
Speaker 1: of your household, and sustenance for your maidens. Let's pray. Lord,
Speaker 1: we thank you for your word and we thank you
Speaker 1: for the privilege to be able to read it and
Speaker 1: understand it. Lord, we know that the understanding that you
Speaker 1: grant to us regarding your word comes as a result
Speaker 1: of faith in your son, Jesus Christ, as you illuminate
Speaker 1: our hearts and our minds to understand things that we
Speaker 1: would not naturally understand. So Lord, we pray that as
Speaker 1: we apply these truths to our lives, that you would
Speaker 1: be glorified, that we would grow in wisdom and that
Speaker 1: we would trust you to sustain us in all circumstances,
Speaker 1: and that we would put you first. We love you, Lord.
Speaker 1: We're grateful for your presence with us today, and we
Speaker 1: commit this day to your care. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.