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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm
Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Proverbs chapter nineteen, and
Speaker 1: we'll be reading from the New Living Translation. Better to
Speaker 1: be poor and honest than to be dishonest and a fool.
Speaker 1: Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good. Haste makes mistakes. People
Speaker 1: ruin their lives by their own foolishness, and they are
Speaker 1: angry at the lord. Wealth makes many friends, poverty drives
Speaker 1: them all away. A false witness will not go unpunished,
Speaker 1: nor will a liar escape. Many seek favors from a ruler.
Speaker 1: Everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts.
Speaker 1: The relatives of the poor despise them, how much more
Speaker 1: will their friends avoid them, Though the poor plead with them,
Speaker 1: their friends are gone. To acquire wisdom is to love yourself.
Speaker 1: People who cherish understanding will prosper. A false witness will
Speaker 1: not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed. It
Speaker 1: isn't right for a fool to live in luxury, or
Speaker 1: for a slave to rule over princes sensible people control
Speaker 1: their temper. They earn respect by overlooking wrongs. The king's
Speaker 1: anger is like a lion's roar, but his favor is
Speaker 1: like dew on the grass. A foolish child is a
Speaker 1: calamity to a father. A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
Speaker 1: as constant dripping. Fathers can give their sons an inheritance
Speaker 1: of houses and wealth, but only the Lord can give
Speaker 1: an understanding wife. Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves
Speaker 1: them hungry. Keep the commandments and keep your life. Despising
Speaker 1: them leads to death. If you help the poor, you
Speaker 1: are lending to the Lord, and he will repay you.
Speaker 1: Discipline your children while there is hope, otherwise you will
Speaker 1: ruin their lives. Hot tempered people must pay the penalty.
Speaker 1: If you rescue them once, you will have to do
Speaker 1: it again. Get all the advice and instruction you can,
Speaker 1: so you will be wise the rest of your life.
Speaker 1: You can make many plans, but the Lord's purpose will prevail.
Speaker 1: Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be
Speaker 1: poor than dishonest. Fear of the Lord leads to life,
Speaker 1: bringing secure and protection from harm. Lazy people take food
Speaker 1: in their hand but don't even lift it to their mouth.
Speaker 1: If you punish a mocker, the simple minded will learn
Speaker 1: a lesson. If you correct the wise, they will be
Speaker 1: all the wiser. Children who mistreat their father or chase
Speaker 1: away their mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.
Speaker 1: If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will
Speaker 1: turn your back on knowledge. A corrupt witness makes a
Speaker 1: mockery of justice. The mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
Speaker 1: Punishment is made for mockers, and the backs of fools
Speaker 1: are made to be beaten. Let's pray, Lord, we thank
Speaker 1: you for your word, and we thank you for the
Speaker 1: privilege of being able to look at this section of
Speaker 1: the Book of Proverbs today, as you continually pour wim
Speaker 1: wisdom into our minds and into our hearts, and you
Speaker 1: help us to understand what it means to fully devote
Speaker 1: ourselves to following you. Lord. We're grateful for the fact
Speaker 1: that through faith in your son Jesus Christ, we're granted wisdom.
Speaker 1: And we're grateful, Lord for the fact that when we
Speaker 1: look at your word, you show us how to practically
Speaker 1: apply the counsel that you're giving to us in all kinds.
Speaker 1: Of circumstances. Lord, help us not to be foolish people
Speaker 1: who go in a faithless direction. But Lord, rather we
Speaker 1: pray that we would be people who trust in your
Speaker 1: son Jesus Christ, and walk by faith each and every
Speaker 1: day and readily accept the wisdom that you seek to
Speaker 1: pour into our lives. We love you, Lord, We thank
Speaker 1: you for your word, and we thank you for your
Speaker 1: presence with us today. And we commit this day to
Speaker 1: your care and pray this all in Jesus's name. Amen.