1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. 3 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm 4 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Proverbs chapter nineteen, and 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: we'll be reading from the New Living Translation. Better to 6 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: be poor and honest than to be dishonest and a fool. 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good. Haste makes mistakes. People 8 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: ruin their lives by their own foolishness, and they are 9 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: angry at the lord. Wealth makes many friends, poverty drives 10 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: them all away. A false witness will not go unpunished, 11 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: nor will a liar escape. Many seek favors from a ruler. 12 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: Everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts. 13 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: The relatives of the poor despise them, how much more 14 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: will their friends avoid them, Though the poor plead with them, 15 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: their friends are gone. To acquire wisdom is to love yourself. 16 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: People who cherish understanding will prosper. A false witness will 17 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed. It 18 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: isn't right for a fool to live in luxury, or 19 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: for a slave to rule over princes sensible people control 20 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: their temper. They earn respect by overlooking wrongs. The king's 21 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: anger is like a lion's roar, but his favor is 22 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: like dew on the grass. A foolish child is a 23 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: calamity to a father. A quarrelsome wife is as annoying 24 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: as constant dripping. Fathers can give their sons an inheritance 25 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: of houses and wealth, but only the Lord can give 26 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: an understanding wife. Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves 27 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: them hungry. Keep the commandments and keep your life. Despising 28 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: them leads to death. If you help the poor, you 29 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: are lending to the Lord, and he will repay you. 30 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,119 Speaker 1: Discipline your children while there is hope, otherwise you will 31 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: ruin their lives. Hot tempered people must pay the penalty. 32 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: If you rescue them once, you will have to do 33 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: it again. Get all the advice and instruction you can, 34 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: so you will be wise the rest of your life. 35 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: You can make many plans, but the Lord's purpose will prevail. 36 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be 37 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: poor than dishonest. Fear of the Lord leads to life, 38 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: bringing secure and protection from harm. Lazy people take food 39 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: in their hand but don't even lift it to their mouth. 40 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: If you punish a mocker, the simple minded will learn 41 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: a lesson. If you correct the wise, they will be 42 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: all the wiser. Children who mistreat their father or chase 43 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: away their mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace. 44 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will 45 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: turn your back on knowledge. A corrupt witness makes a 46 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: mockery of justice. The mouth of the wicked gulps down evil. 47 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: Punishment is made for mockers, and the backs of fools 48 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: are made to be beaten. Let's pray, Lord, we thank 49 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: you for your word, and we thank you for the 50 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: privilege of being able to look at this section of 51 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: the Book of Proverbs today, as you continually pour wim 52 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: wisdom into our minds and into our hearts, and you 53 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: help us to understand what it means to fully devote 54 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: ourselves to following you. Lord. We're grateful for the fact 55 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: that through faith in your son Jesus Christ, we're granted wisdom. 56 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: And we're grateful, Lord for the fact that when we 57 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: look at your word, you show us how to practically 58 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: apply the counsel that you're giving to us in all kinds. 59 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 1: Of circumstances. Lord, help us not to be foolish people 60 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: who go in a faithless direction. But Lord, rather we 61 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: pray that we would be people who trust in your 62 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: son Jesus Christ, and walk by faith each and every 63 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: day and readily accept the wisdom that you seek to 64 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: pour into our lives. We love you, Lord, We thank 65 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: you for your word, and we thank you for your 66 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: presence with us today. And we commit this day to 67 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: your care and pray this all in Jesus's name. Amen.