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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm
Speaker 1: John Stogey, and today we're in Proverbs seventeen and we'll
Speaker 1: be reading from the New American Standard Bible. Better is
Speaker 1: a dry morsel and quietness with it than a house
Speaker 1: full of feasting with strife. A servant who acts wisely
Speaker 1: will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will
Speaker 1: share in the inheritance among brothers. The refining pot is
Speaker 1: for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the lord
Speaker 1: tests hearts. An evildoer listens to wicked lips. A liar
Speaker 1: pays attention to a destructive tongue. He who mocks the
Speaker 1: poor taunts his maker. He who rejoices at calamity will
Speaker 1: not go unpunished. Grandchildren are the crown of old men,
Speaker 1: and the glory of sons is their fathers. Excellent speech
Speaker 1: is not fitting for a fool, much less our lying
Speaker 1: lips to a prince. A bribe is a charm in
Speaker 1: the sight of its owner. Wherever he turns, he prospers.
Speaker 1: He who conceals a transgression seeks love, but he who
Speaker 1: repeats a matter separates intimate friends. A rebuke goes deeper
Speaker 1: into one who has understanding than a hundred blows into
Speaker 1: a fool. A rebellious man seeks only evil, so a
Speaker 1: cruel messenger will be sent against him. Let a man
Speaker 1: meet a bear robbed of her cubs rather than a
Speaker 1: fool in his folly. He who returns evil for good
Speaker 1: evil will not depart from his line house. The beginning
Speaker 1: of strife is like letting out water, So abandon the
Speaker 1: quarrel before it breaks out. He who justifies the wicked
Speaker 1: and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike
Speaker 1: are an abomination to the Lord. Why is there a
Speaker 1: price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom
Speaker 1: when he has no sense? A friend loves at all times,
Speaker 1: and a brother is born for adversity. A man lacking
Speaker 1: in sense pledges and becomes guarantor in the presence of
Speaker 1: his neighbor. He who loves transgression loves strife. He who
Speaker 1: raises his door seeks destruction. He who has a crooked
Speaker 1: mind finds no good, and he who is perverted in
Speaker 1: his language falls into evil. He who sires a fool
Speaker 1: does so to his sorrow, and the father of a
Speaker 1: fool has no joy. A joyful heart is good medicine,
Speaker 1: but a broken spirit dries up the bones. A wicked
Speaker 1: man receives a bribe from the bosom to pervert the
Speaker 1: ways of justice. Wisdom is in the presence of the
Speaker 1: one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool
Speaker 1: are on the ends of the earth. A foolish son
Speaker 1: is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her
Speaker 1: who bore him. It is also not good to find
Speaker 1: the righteous, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Speaker 1: He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who
Speaker 1: has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even
Speaker 1: a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise. When
Speaker 1: he closes his lips, he is considered prudent. Let's pray.
Speaker 1: We thank you for your word, and we thank you
Speaker 1: for the privilege of being able to look at this
Speaker 1: portion of Scripture today, and Lord, time and time again,
Speaker 1: in this chapter, you remind us of the need for
Speaker 1: wisdom and the importance of avoiding folly in our lives. Lord,
Speaker 1: we know that when we seek to go our own way,
Speaker 1: we invite foolishness into our lives. We practice foolishness in
Speaker 1: those kinds of contexts. But Lord, your calling on our
Speaker 1: lives is much higher than that. You call us to
Speaker 1: walk in wisdom through faith in your son, Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1: You call us to raise our children to know you
Speaker 1: and to respect you, and to follow the truth of
Speaker 1: your word, so that they would likewise walk in wisdom.
Speaker 1: And so Lord, as we seek to implement that, and
Speaker 1: as we seek to practice that pattern in our lives
Speaker 1: and in the ways in which we raise our children,
Speaker 1: we pray Lord that we would bring glory to your name.
Speaker 1: We love you, Lord, and we're grateful for the privilege
Speaker 1: to be able to look at your word each day.
Speaker 1: And we pray that the truths that we've been reading
Speaker 1: would be things that would permeate our minds and permeate
Speaker 1: our hearts, and that we would become fully devoted followers
Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ as a result. Thank you, Lord for
Speaker 1: your presence with us today, and thank you Lord for
Speaker 1: the care that you continually show us. We pray this
Speaker 1: all in Jesus' name. Amen.