1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:12,820 Speaker 1: Life Audio Thank you for listening to Your Nightly Scripture, 2 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: a calming, scripture-centered devotional podcast designed to help you end 3 00:00:18,980 --> 00:00:22,049 Speaker 1: each day with God's Word in your mind and on 4 00:00:22,090 --> 00:00:26,950 Speaker 1: your heart. Right after this short word from our sponsors, 5 00:00:27,650 --> 00:00:42,420 Speaker 1: we'll reflect on tonight's scripture, Proverbs 12. Tonight's scripture reflection 6 00:00:42,900 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: is written by Lynette Kittle and read by Leah Gerard. 7 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:55,890 Speaker 1: Proverbs chapter 12. Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever 8 00:00:55,970 --> 00:01:00,990 Speaker 1: hates correction is stupid. Good people obtain favor from the Lord, 9 00:01:01,570 --> 00:01:06,190 Speaker 1: but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes. No one 10 00:01:06,310 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: can be established through wickedness, but the righteous can. cannot 11 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: be uprooted. A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, 12 00:01:16,540 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. 13 00:01:20,819 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice 14 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,380 Speaker 1: of the wicked is deceitful. The words of the wicked 15 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: lie and wait for blood, but the speech of the 16 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:35,980 Speaker 1: upright rescues them. The wicked are overthrown and are no more, 17 00:01:36,620 --> 00:01:40,730 Speaker 1: but the house of the righteous stands firm. A person 18 00:01:40,810 --> 00:01:44,050 Speaker 1: is praised according to their prudence, and one with a 19 00:01:44,110 --> 00:01:49,670 Speaker 1: warped mind is despised. Better to be a nobody and 20 00:01:49,710 --> 00:01:52,690 Speaker 1: yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and 21 00:01:52,730 --> 00:01:56,660 Speaker 1: have no food. The righteous care for the needs of 22 00:01:56,700 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel. 23 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,140 Speaker 1: Those who work their land will have abundant food, but 24 00:02:05,180 --> 00:02:09,139 Speaker 1: those who chase fantasies have no sense. The wicked desire 25 00:02:09,180 --> 00:02:13,780 Speaker 1: the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures. 26 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:18,669 Speaker 1: Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the 27 00:02:18,710 --> 00:02:23,270 Speaker 1: innocent escape trouble. From the fruit of their lips, people 28 00:02:23,310 --> 00:02:26,010 Speaker 1: are filled with good things, and the work of their 29 00:02:26,050 --> 00:02:30,330 Speaker 1: hands bring them reward. The way of fools seems right 30 00:02:30,370 --> 00:02:34,660 Speaker 1: to them, but the wise listen to advice. Fools show 31 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:39,100 Speaker 1: their annoyance at once, but the prudent listen. Overlook an insult. 32 00:02:40,300 --> 00:02:43,780 Speaker 1: An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness 33 00:02:43,860 --> 00:02:48,130 Speaker 1: tells lies. The words of the reckless pierce like swords, 34 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:52,870 Speaker 1: but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Truthful lips 35 00:02:52,990 --> 00:02:57,010 Speaker 1: endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment. 36 00:02:58,250 --> 00:03:01,030 Speaker 1: Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil, 37 00:03:01,530 --> 00:03:06,399 Speaker 1: but those who promote peace have joy. No harm overtakes 38 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,300 Speaker 1: the righteous, but the wicked have their fill of trouble. 39 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people 40 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:19,340 Speaker 1: who are trustworthy. The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, 41 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,820 Speaker 1: but a fool's heart blurts out folly. Diligent hands will rule, 42 00:03:25,139 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: but laziness ends in forced labor. Anxiety weighs down the heart, 43 00:03:30,820 --> 00:03:35,220 Speaker 1: but a kind word cheers it up. The righteous choose 44 00:03:35,260 --> 00:03:38,210 Speaker 1: their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads 45 00:03:38,250 --> 00:03:42,690 Speaker 1: them astray. The lazy do not roast any game, but 46 00:03:42,710 --> 00:03:46,690 Speaker 1: the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt. In 47 00:03:46,730 --> 00:03:50,510 Speaker 1: the way of righteousness, there is life. Along that path 48 00:03:51,220 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: is immortality. Sometimes we may be tempted to only show 49 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: integrity when others are watching. Yet when alone, we're tempted 50 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:09,250 Speaker 1: to do otherwise. Being tempted isn't a sin, but following 51 00:04:09,330 --> 00:04:13,750 Speaker 1: through with the temptation is. Most of us experience this 52 00:04:13,810 --> 00:04:17,570 Speaker 1: temptation from a very early age. It starts out when 53 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,220 Speaker 1: we're as young as toddlers, hiding in a corner with 54 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,900 Speaker 1: a cookie or taking another's toy. But as we grow, 55 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:28,419 Speaker 1: we learn that even when others aren't around, our Heavenly 56 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: Father sees us. Especially, it seems, when we're alone. That's 57 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,930 Speaker 1: when the real temptation to sin usually takes place. It's 58 00:04:39,110 --> 00:04:44,169 Speaker 1: easier to resist it when others are watching us. As adults, 59 00:04:44,750 --> 00:04:48,220 Speaker 1: we may become better at resisting in public, but still 60 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,700 Speaker 1: struggle when no one else is around. When we do, 61 00:04:52,260 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: we don't have to resist on our own, but we 62 00:04:55,260 --> 00:04:57,810 Speaker 1: call on the Lord to help us in choosing what 63 00:04:57,870 --> 00:05:02,529 Speaker 1: to do. We remember that He sees us and we 64 00:05:02,570 --> 00:05:05,330 Speaker 1: want to do what is pleasing to him, even when 65 00:05:05,370 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: he's the only one looking. A few years ago, a 66 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,780 Speaker 1: childhood friend returned my classic copy of Heidi, a book 67 00:05:13,820 --> 00:05:17,460 Speaker 1: she borrowed from me as a child decades ago without 68 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,670 Speaker 1: my knowledge. Honestly, I don't know if I ever realized 69 00:05:21,890 --> 00:05:24,830 Speaker 1: she'd taken it or that it was even missing. Yet 70 00:05:24,950 --> 00:05:29,750 Speaker 1: years later, she still remembered. Even though I may not 71 00:05:29,770 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: have ever found out that she'd taken it, She knew 72 00:05:33,020 --> 00:05:38,620 Speaker 1: God knew what she'd done, and she chose integrity before Him, 73 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:42,740 Speaker 1: letting Him do a work in her heart and mind. 74 00:05:47,140 --> 00:05:51,220 Speaker 1: God strengthened me today and every day to choose integrity 75 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: at all times, whether someone is watching me or not, 76 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,690 Speaker 1: knowing you are always watching. If there are areas that 77 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: where I need to make things right concerning past choices, 78 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:06,529 Speaker 1: lead me in integrity to make them right before you 79 00:06:06,990 --> 00:06:13,470 Speaker 1: and those I may have wronged. Amen. How did tonight's 80 00:06:13,529 --> 00:06:16,890 Speaker 1: scripture speak to you? 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