1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture. 2 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: A calming, scripture centered devotional podcast designed to. 3 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: Help you end each day with God's word in your 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: mind and on your heart. 5 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: Right after this short word from our sponsors, will reflect 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: on tonight's scripture Proverbs chapter twenty four. Tonight's scripture reflection 7 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 2: is written by Shay Smith and read by Kirie Iberger. 8 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 2: Proverbs chapter twenty four. Do not envy the wicked, do 9 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: not desire their company. For their hearts plot violence and 10 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 2: their lips. Talk about making trouble by wisdom. A house 11 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: is built and through understanding, it is established. Through knowledge, 12 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 2: its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. The 13 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 2: wise prevail through great power, and those who have knowledge 14 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: muster their strength. 15 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is 16 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: one through many advisers. Wisdom is too high for fools, 17 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: and the assembly at the gate they must not open 18 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 1: their mouths. Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer. 19 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest to mocker. 20 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,119 Speaker 1: If you falter in a time of trouble, how small 21 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: is your strength? Rescue those being led away to death. 22 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: Hold back those staggering towards slaughter. If you say, but 23 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: we knew nothing about this, does not he who weighs 24 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: the heart perceive it. Does not he who guards your 25 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: life know it? Will he not repay every one according 26 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: to what they have done. Eat honey, my son, for 27 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: it is good. Honey from the comb is sweet to 28 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: your taste. Know also that wisdom is like honey for you. 29 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, 30 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: and your hope will not be cut off. Do not 31 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous. 32 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: Do not plunder their dwelling place. For though the righteous 33 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: fall seven times, they rise again. But the wicked stumble 34 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: when calamity strikes. Do not glue when your enemy falls. 35 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 1: When they stumble. Do not let your heart rejoice, or 36 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath 37 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: away from them. Do not fret because of evil doers, 38 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: or be envious of the wicked, for the evil doer 39 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked 40 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: will be snuffed out. Fear the Lord and the King, 41 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: my son, and do not join with rebellious officials, for 42 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: those too will send sudden destruction on them, and who 43 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: knows what calamities they can bring. These also are sayings 44 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: of the wise to show partiality and judging is not good. 45 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: Whoever says to the guilty you are innocent, will be 46 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 1: cursed by people's and denounced my nations. But it will 47 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich 48 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: blessing will come on them. An honest answer is like 49 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: a kiss on the lips. Put your outdoor work in order, 50 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: and get your fields ready. After that, build your house. 51 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: Do not testify against your neighbor without cause. Would you 52 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: use your lips to mislead? Do not say I'll do 53 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: to them as they have done to me. I'll pay 54 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: them back for what they did. I went past the 55 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: field of a sluggard, pass the vineyard of someone who 56 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: has no sense. The warrens had come up everywhere, The 57 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was 58 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed, 59 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: and learned a lesson from what I saw. A little sheep, 60 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 61 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: and pavery. You will come on you like a thief, scarcity, 62 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: like an armed man Proverbs also unknown as the Book 63 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: of Wisdom, fills us with truth, hope, and instruction for 64 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: our souls. To receive the words, we must first ask 65 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: God to enlighten us. Proverbs twenty four, verses three through 66 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: four says by wisdom a house is built, and through understanding, 67 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: it is established. Through knowledge, its rooms are filled with 68 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: rare and beautiful treasures. Before we trade our weariness for 69 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: strength and call it a day, let's pause and ask 70 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: God for wisdom and understanding. Father, we want divine wisdom 71 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: and pure understanding to receive and apply it to our lives. 72 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: Help us build our lives on your truth and not 73 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: our own. Amen. As you settled down for the night, 74 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,679 Speaker 1: how are you? Pause and take an inventory of your mind, heart, 75 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: and body. Are you anxious? Do you feel weary from 76 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: the load you're carrying? Proverbs twenty four, verse ten rights 77 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: if you falter in time of trouble, how small is 78 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: your strength? Tonight? Let's lay our troubles at his feet 79 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: and receive his strength. God, I do not want to 80 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: falter when adversity comes against me. I pray for my 81 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: spiritual roots to grow deep in you, as I dwell 82 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: in your presence and meditate upon your word renew my strength. 83 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: I pray for your refreshing and clarity into my weariness. 84 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: If there's a burden that I am carrying unnecessarily prompt 85 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: my heart. Weariness can often wear in a believer when 86 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: shut doors of the norm, when setbacks occur, and when 87 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: things don't align with our timeline. I speak from experience. 88 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: Proverbs twenty four, verse sixteen says for though the righteous 89 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble 90 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: when calamity strikes. We know hard times happen, and calamity 91 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: does strike before the believer they can rise again because 92 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 1: of their faith rooted in a loving God. For those 93 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 1: who are not living as Christ followers, set backs often 94 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: spell their demise. Weariness doesn't have to lead to failure. 95 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: The weariness we face our invitations to ask, what is 96 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: sustaining me? Jesus, sustain me. Help me see adversity as 97 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: a tool to sharpen my faith and renew my hope. 98 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: And my God my anchor, be my source. And when 99 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: others see my perseverance in this world in my testimony, 100 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: glorify your goodness tonight. Let honesty and pure speech be 101 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: on your lips Proverbs twenty four, Verse twenty six declares, 102 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: and honest answer is like a kiss on the lips. 103 00:06:58,560 --> 00:06:59,799 Speaker 2: As to allow the Lord. 104 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: To your heart tonight, tell him how you are, and 105 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: honestly at that fasides and masking what you're facing won't help. 106 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: Ask for his guidance, wisdom, and refreshment. Lord. As the 107 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: day ends, I come to you, honest and pure in heart. 108 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: I need you, I want you, and there's nothing else 109 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: that will satisfy. As you do, I lay down the 110 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: stress of the day and pray for your peace and 111 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: clarity to renew my mind and body. I pray for 112 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: insight into what I face, and pray for your power 113 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: to work in and through me in Jesus' name. Amen, 114 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: how did Tonight's scripture speak to you? Share your thoughts 115 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: in the Your Nightly Scripture Forum discussion. Thank you for 116 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: listening to Your Nightly Scripture. 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