WEBVTT - Proverbs 7

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the chapter today Audio Bible. I'm John Stangey,

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<v Speaker 1>and today we're in Proverbs chapter seven, and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the New American Standard Bible. My son, keep

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<v Speaker 1>my words and treasure my commandments within you. Keep my

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<v Speaker 1>commandments and live and my teaching as the apple of

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<v Speaker 1>your eye. Bind them on your fingers, write them on

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<v Speaker 1>the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom you are

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<v Speaker 1>my sister, and call understanding your intimate friend, that they

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<v Speaker 1>may keep you from an adulteress, from the foreigner who

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<v Speaker 1>flatters with her words. For at the window of my house,

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<v Speaker 1>I looked out through my lattice when I saw among

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<v Speaker 1>the naive, and discerned among the youths a young man

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<v Speaker 1>lacking sense, passing through the street near her corner. And

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<v Speaker 1>he takes the way to her house in the twilight,

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<v Speaker 1>in the evening, in the middle of the night, and

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<v Speaker 1>in the darkness, and behold a woman comes to meet him,

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<v Speaker 1>dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart. She is

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<v Speaker 1>boisterous and rebellious. Her feet do not remain at home.

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<v Speaker 1>She is now in the streets, now in the squares,

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<v Speaker 1>and lurks by every corner. So she seizes him and

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<v Speaker 1>kisses him, and with a brazen face, she says to him,

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<v Speaker 1>I was due to offer peace offerings. Today I have

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<v Speaker 1>paid my vows. Therefore I have come out to meet you,

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<v Speaker 1>to seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.

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<v Speaker 1>I have spread my couch with cover rings, with colored

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<v Speaker 1>linens of Egypt. I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh

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<v Speaker 1>aloes and cinnamon. Come, let us drink our fill of

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<v Speaker 1>love until morning. Let us delight ourselves with caresses. For

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<v Speaker 1>my husband is not at home. He has gone on

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<v Speaker 1>a long journey. He has taken a bag of money

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<v Speaker 1>with him. At the full moon, he will come home

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<v Speaker 1>with her many persuasions. She entices him with her flattering lips.

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<v Speaker 1>She seduces him. Suddenly he follows her as an ox

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<v Speaker 1>goes to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to

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<v Speaker 1>the discipline of a fool, until an arrow pierces through

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<v Speaker 1>his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. So

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<v Speaker 1>he does not know that it will cost him his life. Now, therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>my sons, listen to me and pay attention to the

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<v Speaker 1>words of my mouth. Do not let your heart turn

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<v Speaker 1>aside to her ways. Do not stray into her paths.

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<v Speaker 1>For many are the victims she has cast down, and

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<v Speaker 1>numerous are all her slain. Her house is the way

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<v Speaker 1>to shield descending to the chambers of death. Let's pray, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for your word, and we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for the privilege of being able to look at it

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<v Speaker 1>together today. And Lord, as we look at this portion

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<v Speaker 1>of scripture, you caution us to be careful not to

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<v Speaker 1>slip into adultery, to not be taken by flattery, to

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<v Speaker 1>not find ourselves with our guard down in such a

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<v Speaker 1>way that we forget that sexual intimacy is to be

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<v Speaker 1>reserved strictly for marriage. Again, Lord, we're reminded in your

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<v Speaker 1>word that marriage is a picture of the love of

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<v Speaker 1>your son Jesus Christ for his bride the Church. So Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we pray that that would be something we would be

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<v Speaker 1>mindful of as well, and that we would use our

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<v Speaker 1>marriages to bring glory to your name. We love you, Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>We're grateful for your presence with us, and we're grateful

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<v Speaker 1>for the wisdom that we receive through your word, we

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<v Speaker 1>pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.