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Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter Oday Audio Bible. I'm John Stangi,
Speaker 1: and today we're in Proverbs chapter nine, and we'll be
Speaker 1: reading from the New Living Translation. Wisdom has built her house.
Speaker 1: She has carved its seven columns. She has prepared a
Speaker 1: great banquet, mix the wines, and set the table. She
Speaker 1: has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She
Speaker 1: calls out from the heights overlooking the city. Come in
Speaker 1: with me. She urges the simple. To those who lack
Speaker 1: good judgment, she says, come, eat my food and drink
Speaker 1: the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways behind,
Speaker 1: and begin to live. Learn to use good judgment. Anyone
Speaker 1: who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
Speaker 1: Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt. So don't
Speaker 1: bother correcting mockers they will only hate you. But correct
Speaker 1: the wise and they will love you. Instruct the wise
Speaker 1: and they will be ever wiser. Teach the righteous, and
Speaker 1: they will learn even more. Fear of the Lord is
Speaker 1: the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results
Speaker 1: in good judgment. Wisdom will multiply your days and add
Speaker 1: years to your life. If you become wise, you will
Speaker 1: be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you
Speaker 1: will be the one to suffer. The woman named Folly
Speaker 1: is brash. She is ignorant and doesn't know it. She
Speaker 1: sits in her doorway on the heights, overlooking the city.
Speaker 1: She calls out to men going by who are minding
Speaker 1: their our own business. Come in with me. She urges
Speaker 1: the simple to those who lack good judgment. She says,
Speaker 1: stolen water is refreshing. Food eaten in secret tastes the best.
Speaker 1: But little do they know that the dead are there.
Speaker 1: Her guests are in the depths of the grave. Let's pray, Lord,
Speaker 1: we thank you for your word, and we thank you
Speaker 1: for the privilege of being able to look at it
Speaker 1: together today. And Lord, as we look at this portion
Speaker 1: of Scripture, we're reminded that we have multiple options that
Speaker 1: are set before us. We can choose to walk on
Speaker 1: the path of wisdom, which comes through faith in your
Speaker 1: son Jesus Christ. Or we can select the path of folly,
Speaker 1: which comes after placing our faith in our own selves
Speaker 1: or adopting the worldview of this earth as our own. Lord.
Speaker 1: We know that your desire is that we trust in
Speaker 1: and follow your son, Jesus Christ, and that the gift
Speaker 1: of wisdom is shared with all who trust in him.
Speaker 1: So we're grateful, Lord for the gift that you bless
Speaker 1: us with, and we're grateful for the privilege to walk
Speaker 1: with you daily. We commit this day to your care,
Speaker 1: and we thank you for all of these things in Jesus' name. Amen.