WEBVTT - Proverbs 23

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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 Stogey, and today we're in Proverbs chapter twenty three,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the New English translation. When

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<v Speaker 1>you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully

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<v Speaker 1>what is before you put a knife to your throat.

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<v Speaker 1>If you possess a large appetite, do not crave that

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<v Speaker 1>ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive. Do not wear

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<v Speaker 1>yourself out to become rich. Be wise enough to restrain yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they

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<v Speaker 1>surely make wings for themselves and fly off into the

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<v Speaker 1>sky like an eagle. Do not eat the food food

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<v Speaker 1>of a stingy person. Do not crave his delicacies, for

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<v Speaker 1>he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Eat and drink, he says to you, but his heart

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<v Speaker 1>is not with you. You will vomit up the little

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<v Speaker 1>bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.

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<v Speaker 1>Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for

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<v Speaker 1>he will despise the wisdom of your words. Do not

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<v Speaker 1>move an ancient boundary stone or take over the fields

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<v Speaker 1>of the fatherless, for their protector is strong, he will

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<v Speaker 1>plead their case against you. Apply your heart to instruction

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<v Speaker 1>and your ears to the words of knowledge. Do not

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<v Speaker 1>withhold discipline from a child, even if you strike him

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<v Speaker 1>with the rod. He will not die. If you strike

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<v Speaker 1>him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

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<v Speaker 1>My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart

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<v Speaker 1>also will be glad. My soul will rejoice when your

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<v Speaker 1>lips speak what is right. Do not let your heart

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<v Speaker 1>envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>all the time, for surely there is a future, and

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<v Speaker 1>your hope will not be cut off. Listen, my child,

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<v Speaker 1>and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

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<v Speaker 1>Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat

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<v Speaker 1>too much meat, because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and

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<v Speaker 1>drowsiness clothes them with rags. Listen to your father, who

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<v Speaker 1>begot you, and do not despise your mother when she

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<v Speaker 1>is old. Acquire truth and do not sell it. Wisdom

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<v Speaker 1>and discipline and understanding. The father of a righteous person

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<v Speaker 1>will rejoice greatly. Whoever fathers a wise child will have

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<v Speaker 1>joy in him. May your father and your mother have joy.

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<v Speaker 1>May she who bore you rejoice. Give me your heart,

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<v Speaker 1>my son, and let your eyes observe my ways. For

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<v Speaker 1>a prostitute is like a deep pit. A harlot is

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<v Speaker 1>like a narrow well. Indeed, she lies in wait like

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<v Speaker 1>a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men. Who has woe,

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<v Speaker 1>who has sorrow, who has contentions, who has complaints, who

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<v Speaker 1>has wounds without cause, who has dulness of the eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for

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<v Speaker 1>mixed wine. Do not look on the wine when it

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<v Speaker 1>is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it

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<v Speaker 1>goes down smoothly. Afterward it bites like a snake and

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<v Speaker 1>stings like a viper. Your eyes will see strange things,

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<v Speaker 1>and your mind will be perverse things, and you will

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<v Speaker 1>be like one who lies down in the midst of

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<v Speaker 1>the sea, and like one who lies down on the

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<v Speaker 1>top of the rigging. You will say, they have struck me,

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<v Speaker 1>but I am not harmed. They beat me, but I

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<v Speaker 1>did not know it. When will I awake, I will

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<v Speaker 1>look for another drink. Let's pray, Lord, thank you for

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

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<v Speaker 1>have through faith in your son Jesus Christ, and that

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<v Speaker 1>you grant us the gift of being able to understand

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<v Speaker 1>the truth of your word as we read it. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we know that you give us a lot of caution

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<v Speaker 1>in your word. You tell us how to interact with

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<v Speaker 1>others in such a way that we bring you glory,

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<v Speaker 1>and you caution us not to invite things into our

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<v Speaker 1>lives that ultimately are a poor representation of what it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like to be one of your children. Lord, you

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<v Speaker 1>challenge us not to get drunk and not to overeat.

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<v Speaker 1>And Lord, we know that these are things that humanity

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<v Speaker 1>as a whole struggles with, because sometimes we rely on

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<v Speaker 1>those things to try and soothe the pain that we

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<v Speaker 1>experience on this earth. But Lord, we know that you

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<v Speaker 1>are the ultimate comforter. So we pray that, through faith

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<v Speaker 1>in your son Jesus Christ, that we would recognize that

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ is sufficient that you provide us comfort, and

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<v Speaker 1>we don't need to rely on outside things to provide

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of comfort that you supply for our hearts

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<v Speaker 1>and our lives. So, Lord, thank you for these reminders

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<v Speaker 1>from your word, and we pray Lord that we would

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<v Speaker 1>walk with you faithfully. Today we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,