WEBVTT - Proverbs 8

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>John Stangey, and today we're in Proverbs chapter eight, and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be reading from the New English translation. Does not wisdom,

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<v Speaker 1>call out, does not understanding? Raise her voice at the

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<v Speaker 1>top of the elevated places along the way. At the

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<v Speaker 1>intersection of the paths, she takes her stand beside the

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<v Speaker 1>gates opening into the city. At the entrance of the doorways.

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<v Speaker 1>She cries out to you, o people, I call out,

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<v Speaker 1>and my voice calls to all mankind. You who are naive,

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<v Speaker 1>discern wisdom, and you fools understand discernment. Listen, for I

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<v Speaker 1>will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what

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<v Speaker 1>is right. For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips

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<v Speaker 1>hate wickedness. All the words of my mouth are righteous.

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<v Speaker 1>There is nothing in them twisted or crooked. All of

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<v Speaker 1>them are clear to the discerning and upright to those

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<v Speaker 1>who find knowledge. Receive my instruction rather than silver, and

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<v Speaker 1>knowledge rather than choice gold, For wisdom is better than rubies,

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<v Speaker 1>and desirable things cannot be compared to her. I wisdom,

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<v Speaker 1>live with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. The

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<v Speaker 1>fear of the Lord is to hate evil. I hate

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<v Speaker 1>arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances. Counsel

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<v Speaker 1>and sound wisdom belong to me. I possess understanding and might.

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<v Speaker 1>King's reign by means of me, and potentates decree righteousness

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<v Speaker 1>by me, Prince's rule as well as nobles and all

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<v Speaker 1>righteous judges. I love those who love me, and those

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<v Speaker 1>who seek me find me. Riches and honor are with me,

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<v Speaker 1>long lasting wealth and righteousness. My fruit is better than

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<v Speaker 1>the purest gold, and what I produce is better than

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<v Speaker 1>choice silver. I walk in the path of righteousness, in

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<v Speaker 1>the pathway of justice, that I may cause those who

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<v Speaker 1>love me to inherit wealth, and that I may fill

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<v Speaker 1>their treasuries. The Lord created me as the beginning of

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<v Speaker 1>his works, before his deeds of long ago. From eternity.

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<v Speaker 1>I was appointed from the beginning, from before the world existed,

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<v Speaker 1>when there were no deep oceans. I was born when

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<v Speaker 1>there were no springs overflowing with water, before the mountains

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<v Speaker 1>were set in place, before the hills. I was born

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<v Speaker 1>before he made the earth and its fields or the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of the dust of the world. When he established

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<v Speaker 1>the heavens, I was there when he marked out the

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<v Speaker 1>horizon over the face of the deep, when he established

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<v Speaker 1>the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong,

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<v Speaker 1>when he gave the sea his decree that the waters

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<v Speaker 1>should not pass over his command, when he marked out

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<v Speaker 1>the foundations of the earth. Then I was beside him

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<v Speaker 1>as a master craftsman, and I was his delight, day

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<v Speaker 1>by day, rejoicing before him at all times, rejoicing in

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<v Speaker 1>the habitable part of his earth and delighting in its people.

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<v Speaker 1>So now, children, listen to me. Blessed are those who

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<v Speaker 1>keep my ways. Listen to my instructions, so that you

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<v Speaker 1>may be wise and do not neglect it. Yus. It

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<v Speaker 1>is the one who listens to me, watching at my

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<v Speaker 1>doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway. For the

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<v Speaker 1>one who finds me finds life and receives favor from

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord. But the one who does not find me

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<v Speaker 1>brings harm to himself. All who hate me love death.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's pray. Lord, We thank you for your word, and

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for the challenges that you give to

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<v Speaker 1>us time and time again. In your word to seek

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<v Speaker 1>and obtain wisdom, and we know Lord that ultimately that's

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<v Speaker 1>only done through faith in your son, Jesus Christ. So

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<v Speaker 1>Lord is believers in your son. We pray that you

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<v Speaker 1>would grant us the gift of your wisdom, and we

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<v Speaker 1>pray that we would apply that wisdom in every context

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<v Speaker 1>of our day to day lives. We love you, Lord,

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

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<v Speaker 1>we commit this day to your care in Jesus' name. Amen,