WEBVTT - Proverbs 17

0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:06.720
<v Speaker 1>Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your

0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:12.320
<v Speaker 1>walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com.

0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:16.360
<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

0:00:16.440 --> 0:00:21.640
<v Speaker 1>John Stogey, and today we're in Proverbs seventeen and we'll

0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:26.920
<v Speaker 1>be reading from the New American Standard Bible. Better is

0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:30.320
<v Speaker 1>a dry morsel and quietness with it than a house

0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:35.199
<v Speaker 1>full of feasting with strife. A servant who acts wisely

0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:39.160
<v Speaker 1>will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will

0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:44.199
<v Speaker 1>share in the inheritance among brothers. The refining pot is

0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:47.640
<v Speaker 1>for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the lord

0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:53.320
<v Speaker 1>tests hearts. An evildoer listens to wicked lips. A liar

0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:57.800
<v Speaker 1>pays attention to a destructive tongue. He who mocks the

0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:02.880
<v Speaker 1>poor taunts his maker. He who rejoices at calamity will

0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:08.520
<v Speaker 1>not go unpunished. Grandchildren are the crown of old men,

0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:14.600
<v Speaker 1>and the glory of sons is their fathers. Excellent speech

0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:18.080
<v Speaker 1>is not fitting for a fool, much less our lying

0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:22.760
<v Speaker 1>lips to a prince. A bribe is a charm in

0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:26.559
<v Speaker 1>the sight of its owner. Wherever he turns, he prospers.

0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:31.760
<v Speaker 1>He who conceals a transgression seeks love, but he who

0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:37.240
<v Speaker 1>repeats a matter separates intimate friends. A rebuke goes deeper

0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:41.160
<v Speaker 1>into one who has understanding than a hundred blows into

0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:45.880
<v Speaker 1>a fool. A rebellious man seeks only evil, so a

0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:50.000
<v Speaker 1>cruel messenger will be sent against him. Let a man

0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:52.960
<v Speaker 1>meet a bear robbed of her cubs rather than a

0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:57.720
<v Speaker 1>fool in his folly. He who returns evil for good

0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:02.560
<v Speaker 1>evil will not depart from his line house. The beginning

0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:06.400
<v Speaker 1>of strife is like letting out water, So abandon the

0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:11.400
<v Speaker 1>quarrel before it breaks out. He who justifies the wicked

0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:14.880
<v Speaker 1>and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike

0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:19.320
<v Speaker 1>are an abomination to the Lord. Why is there a

0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:22.280
<v Speaker 1>price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom

0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:27.720
<v Speaker 1>when he has no sense? A friend loves at all times,

0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:32.160
<v Speaker 1>and a brother is born for adversity. A man lacking

0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:36.400
<v Speaker 1>in sense pledges and becomes guarantor in the presence of

0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:41.639
<v Speaker 1>his neighbor. He who loves transgression loves strife. He who

0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:47.040
<v Speaker 1>raises his door seeks destruction. He who has a crooked

0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:50.880
<v Speaker 1>mind finds no good, and he who is perverted in

0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:55.960
<v Speaker 1>his language falls into evil. He who sires a fool

0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:59.240
<v Speaker 1>does so to his sorrow, and the father of a

0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:04.280
<v Speaker 1>fool has no joy. A joyful heart is good medicine,

0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:09.320
<v Speaker 1>but a broken spirit dries up the bones. A wicked

0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:12.600
<v Speaker 1>man receives a bribe from the bosom to pervert the

0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:16.880
<v Speaker 1>ways of justice. Wisdom is in the presence of the

0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:20.400
<v Speaker 1>one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool

0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:24.239
<v Speaker 1>are on the ends of the earth. A foolish son

0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.440
<v Speaker 1>is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her

0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:32.359
<v Speaker 1>who bore him. It is also not good to find

0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:36.240
<v Speaker 1>the righteous, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:41.440
<v Speaker 1>He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who

0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:47.040
<v Speaker 1>has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even

0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:50.880
<v Speaker 1>a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise. When

0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:59.600
<v Speaker 1>he closes his lips, he is considered prudent. Let's pray.

0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:01.800
<v Speaker 1>We thank you for your word, and we thank you

0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:03.440
<v Speaker 1>for the privilege of being able to look at this

0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.440
<v Speaker 1>portion of Scripture today, and Lord, time and time again,

0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:08.800
<v Speaker 1>in this chapter, you remind us of the need for

0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:14.480
<v Speaker 1>wisdom and the importance of avoiding folly in our lives. Lord,

0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.719
<v Speaker 1>we know that when we seek to go our own way,

0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:21.279
<v Speaker 1>we invite foolishness into our lives. We practice foolishness in

0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.960
<v Speaker 1>those kinds of contexts. But Lord, your calling on our

0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.839
<v Speaker 1>lives is much higher than that. You call us to

0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:31.000
<v Speaker 1>walk in wisdom through faith in your son, Jesus Christ.

0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:33.680
<v Speaker 1>You call us to raise our children to know you

0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.640
<v Speaker 1>and to respect you, and to follow the truth of

0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.840
<v Speaker 1>your word, so that they would likewise walk in wisdom.

0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.880
<v Speaker 1>And so Lord, as we seek to implement that, and

0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:45.680
<v Speaker 1>as we seek to practice that pattern in our lives

0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:48.200
<v Speaker 1>and in the ways in which we raise our children,

0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.560
<v Speaker 1>we pray Lord that we would bring glory to your name.

0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:54.440
<v Speaker 1>We love you, Lord, and we're grateful for the privilege

0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:56.320
<v Speaker 1>to be able to look at your word each day.

0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.520
<v Speaker 1>And we pray that the truths that we've been reading

0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.760
<v Speaker 1>would be things that would permeate our minds and permeate

0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:06.640
<v Speaker 1>our hearts, and that we would become fully devoted followers

0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:10.120
<v Speaker 1>of Jesus Christ as a result. Thank you, Lord for

0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:12.479
<v Speaker 1>your presence with us today, and thank you Lord for

0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.600
<v Speaker 1>the care that you continually show us. We pray this

0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.720
<v Speaker 1>all in Jesus' name. Amen.