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 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: John Stogey, and today we're in Proverbs seventeen and we'll 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: be reading from the New American Standard Bible. Better is 6 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: a dry morsel and quietness with it than a house 7 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 1: full of feasting with strife. A servant who acts wisely 8 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 1: will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will 9 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: share in the inheritance among brothers. The refining pot is 10 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the lord 11 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: tests hearts. An evildoer listens to wicked lips. A liar 12 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: pays attention to a destructive tongue. He who mocks the 13 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: poor taunts his maker. He who rejoices at calamity will 14 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: not go unpunished. Grandchildren are the crown of old men, 15 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: and the glory of sons is their fathers. Excellent speech 16 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: is not fitting for a fool, much less our lying 17 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: lips to a prince. A bribe is a charm in 18 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 1: the sight of its owner. Wherever he turns, he prospers. 19 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: He who conceals a transgression seeks love, but he who 20 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: repeats a matter separates intimate friends. A rebuke goes deeper 21 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: into one who has understanding than a hundred blows into 22 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: a fool. A rebellious man seeks only evil, so a 23 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: cruel messenger will be sent against him. Let a man 24 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: meet a bear robbed of her cubs rather than a 25 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: fool in his folly. He who returns evil for good 26 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: evil will not depart from his line house. The beginning 27 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: of strife is like letting out water, So abandon the 28 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: quarrel before it breaks out. He who justifies the wicked 29 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike 30 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: are an abomination to the Lord. Why is there a 31 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom 32 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: when he has no sense? A friend loves at all times, 33 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: and a brother is born for adversity. A man lacking 34 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: in sense pledges and becomes guarantor in the presence of 35 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: his neighbor. He who loves transgression loves strife. He who 36 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: raises his door seeks destruction. He who has a crooked 37 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: mind finds no good, and he who is perverted in 38 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: his language falls into evil. He who sires a fool 39 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: does so to his sorrow, and the father of a 40 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: fool has no joy. A joyful heart is good medicine, 41 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: but a broken spirit dries up the bones. A wicked 42 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: man receives a bribe from the bosom to pervert the 43 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: ways of justice. Wisdom is in the presence of the 44 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool 45 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 1: are on the ends of the earth. A foolish son 46 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her 47 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: who bore him. It is also not good to find 48 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: the righteous, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. 49 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who 50 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even 51 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise. When 52 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: he closes his lips, he is considered prudent. Let's pray. 53 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: We thank you for your word, and we thank you 54 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: for the privilege of being able to look at this 55 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: portion of Scripture today, and Lord, time and time again, 56 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: in this chapter, you remind us of the need for 57 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: wisdom and the importance of avoiding folly in our lives. Lord, 58 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: we know that when we seek to go our own way, 59 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: we invite foolishness into our lives. We practice foolishness in 60 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: those kinds of contexts. But Lord, your calling on our 61 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: lives is much higher than that. You call us to 62 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: walk in wisdom through faith in your son, Jesus Christ. 63 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: You call us to raise our children to know you 64 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: and to respect you, and to follow the truth of 65 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: your word, so that they would likewise walk in wisdom. 66 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: And so Lord, as we seek to implement that, and 67 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: as we seek to practice that pattern in our lives 68 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: and in the ways in which we raise our children, 69 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: we pray Lord that we would bring glory to your name. 70 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: We love you, Lord, and we're grateful for the privilege 71 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: to be able to look at your word each day. 72 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: And we pray that the truths that we've been reading 73 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: would be things that would permeate our minds and permeate 74 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: our hearts, and that we would become fully devoted followers 75 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ as a result. Thank you, Lord for 76 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: your presence with us today, and thank you Lord for 77 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 1: the care that you continually show us. We pray this 78 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: all in Jesus' name. Amen.