WEBVTT - Proverbs 2

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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 Stangey, and today we're in Proverbs chapter two, and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be reading from the New American Standard Bible. My son,

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<v Speaker 1>if you will receive my words and treasure my commandments

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<v Speaker 1>within you, make your ear attentive to wisdom. Incline your

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<v Speaker 1>heart to understanding. For if you cry for discernment, lift

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<v Speaker 1>your voice for understanding. If you seek her as silver,

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<v Speaker 1>and search for her as for hidden treasures, then you

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<v Speaker 1>will discern the fear of the Lord and discover the

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<v Speaker 1>knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom. From his

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<v Speaker 1>mouth come knowledge and understanding. He stores up sound wisdom

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<v Speaker 1>for the upright. He is a shield to those who

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<v Speaker 1>walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice, and he

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<v Speaker 1>preserves the way of his godly ones. Then you will

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<v Speaker 1>discern righteousness and justice and equity and every good course.

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<v Speaker 1>For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be

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<v Speaker 1>pleasant to your soul. Discretion will guard you, understanding will

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<v Speaker 1>watch over you to deliver you from the way of evil,

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<v Speaker 1>from the man who speaks perverse things, from those who

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<v Speaker 1>leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways

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<v Speaker 1>of darkness, who delight in doing evil and rejoice in

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<v Speaker 1>the perversity of evil, whose paths are crooked, and who

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<v Speaker 1>are devious in their ways. To deliver you from the

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<v Speaker 1>strange woman, from the adulteress who flatters with her words,

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<v Speaker 1>that leaves the companion of her youth and forgets the

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<v Speaker 1>covenant of her God, For her house sinks down to death,

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<v Speaker 1>and her tracks lead to the dead. None who go

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<v Speaker 1>to her return again, nor do they reach the paths

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<v Speaker 1>of life. So you will walk in the way of

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<v Speaker 1>good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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<v Speaker 1>For the upright will live in the land, and the

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<v Speaker 1>blameless will remain in it, but the wicked will be

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<v Speaker 1>cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be

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<v Speaker 1>uprooted from it. Let's pray, Lord, We thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>your word, and we thank you for the privilege to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to look at it together today, and we

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for the reminders that you give to us

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<v Speaker 1>in your word, to be people who willingly receive and

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<v Speaker 1>eagerly apply your wisdom to our day to day lives. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>We know that we need your help for this. We

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<v Speaker 1>know that we need your strength and your guidance, and

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<v Speaker 1>we know that ultimate wisdom only comes to us through

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<v Speaker 1>faith in your son, Jesus Christ. So Lord, we pray

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<v Speaker 1>that we would be students of your word who take

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<v Speaker 1>the things that are found in your word and apply

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<v Speaker 1>them to our lives in the appropriate life circumstances, so

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<v Speaker 1>that you receive the glory, and so that we live

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<v Speaker 1>in a manner that brings you honor. We love you, Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>We're grateful for the fact that you've given us this counsel,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're grateful for the fact that we have the

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<v Speaker 1>privilege to walk with you day by day. We commit

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<v Speaker 1>this day to your care, and we pray this all

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<v Speaker 1>in Jesus' name. Amen.