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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture,

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Speaker 1: a calming, scripture centered devotional podcast designed to help you

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Speaker 1: end each day with God's word in your mind and

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Speaker 1: on your heart. Right after this short word from our sponsors,

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Speaker 1: will reflect on tonight's scripture Proverbs chapter thirteen. Tonight's scripture

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Speaker 1: reflection is written by Lynette Kittle and is read by

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Speaker 1: Carrie Iiberger. Proverbs chapter thirteen. A wise son heeds his

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Speaker 1: father's instruction, but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.

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Speaker 1: From the fruit of their lips. People enjoy good things,

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Speaker 1: but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence. Those who

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Speaker 1: guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak

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Speaker 1: rashly will come to ruin. A sluggard's appetite is never filled,

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Speaker 1: but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. Their

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Speaker 1: righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves

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Speaker 1: a stench and bring shame on themselves. Righteous disguards the

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Speaker 1: person of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. One person

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Speaker 1: pretends to be rich yet has nothing. Another pretends to

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Speaker 1: be poor yet has great wealth. A person's riches may

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Speaker 1: ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.

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Speaker 1: The light of their righteous shines brightly, but the lamp

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Speaker 1: of the wicked is snuffed out. Where there is strife,

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Speaker 1: there is pride, But wisdom is found in those who

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Speaker 1: take advice. Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money

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Speaker 1: little by little and makes it grow. Hope deferred makes

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Speaker 1: the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree

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Speaker 1: of life. Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it, but

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Speaker 1: whoever respects a command is rewarded. The teaching of the

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Speaker 1: wise is a fountain of life, turning a person from

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Speaker 1: the snares of death. Good judgment wins fever, but the

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Speaker 1: way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction. All who

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Speaker 1: are prudent act with knowledge, but fools exposed tough falling

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Speaker 1: o A good messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy

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Speaker 1: envoy brings healing. Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,

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Speaker 1: but whoever heeds correction is honored. A longing fulfilled is

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Speaker 1: sweet to the soul, but fools to test. Turning from evil,

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Speaker 1: walk with the wise and become wise. For a companion

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Speaker 1: of fools suffers harm. Trouble pursues the sinner, but the

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Speaker 1: righteous are rewarded with good things. A good person leaves

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Speaker 1: an inheritance for their children's children. A sinner's wealth is

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Speaker 1: stored up for the righteous. An unplowed field produces food

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Speaker 1: for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away. Whoever speares

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Speaker 1: the rod hates their children, but the one who loves

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Speaker 1: their children is careful to discipline them. The righteous eat

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Speaker 1: their hearts content, but the stomach of the wicked goes

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Speaker 1: hungry more than ever, especially these days with the Internet

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Speaker 1: and social media outlets, we want to choose wisdom that

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Speaker 1: leads to life because there is an overload of worldly

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Speaker 1: advice being served daily to us online. It's vitally important

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Speaker 1: in life to gather advice because most of it doesn't

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Speaker 1: come from the wisdom of God, which means it will

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Speaker 1: carry us away from God rather than towards him. Millions

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Speaker 1: of individuals, too, are mistakenly taking whatever is written and

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Speaker 1: published for anyone to read is truth, not understanding that

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Speaker 1: we need a truthful foundation and basis for all truth.

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Speaker 1: To choose wisdom, which is found in God's word, and

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Speaker 1: choosing to fill our hearts and minds. With his word,

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Speaker 1: we are choosing life that leads us through the clutter, noise,

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Speaker 1: and distraction of the world's baseless wisdom, teaching us how

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Speaker 1: to recognize what is true and what is false, rather

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Speaker 1: than lapping up words formed by human thoughts and reasoning.

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Speaker 1: Without God's foundational truth directing our steps in life, we

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Speaker 1: can be misled. And it's so significant for us to

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Speaker 1: choose His wisdom daily, even moment by moment, because we

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Speaker 1: are assured it will lead us to life. As Proverbs

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Speaker 1: chapter thirteen assures us, when we walk in the wisdom

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Speaker 1: of God's word, we will become wise too. God, thank

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Speaker 1: you that your wise teaching is a fountain of life

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Speaker 1: to me, turning me away from the way of death.

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Speaker 1: Help me daily to choose to follow your wise way.

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Speaker 2: Let your wisdom.

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Speaker 1: Direct my steps and your righteousness shined through me. Help

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Speaker 1: me to respect your commands and guard my mouth, O Lord,

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Speaker 1: so that my life is protected. Strengthen and empower me to.

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Speaker 3: Daily read, study, know, and live your word because it

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Speaker 3: is life to me, leading me to choose wisdom in

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Speaker 3: my life rather than the foolishness of human thought and reasoning.

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