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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to

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Proverbs 21.

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Proverbs 21, Solomon declares, the King's heart is

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in the hand of the Lord.

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As the rivers of water, he turneth it

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whether so ever he will.

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The word rivers of water is in the

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Hebrew as the water courses.

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Now in the land of Israel, they had

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made many sluices for the water by which

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they could direct the water from the river

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to their farm areas.

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And these sluices were, of course, to turn

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the water and to bring it to a

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desired area.

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So Solomon is declaring that in reality, the

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King's heart is in the hand of the

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Lord.

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And even as the King by the water

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sluices is able to direct the water to

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where he desires it to be, so God

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is able to direct the heart of the

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King according to God's will.

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How we should desire that our hearts be

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in the hands of the Lord.

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That God would direct our hearts and that's

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exactly what the scripture promises is the reality

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for us who walk with Jesus Christ.

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The Lord said, and in those days I

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will write my laws on the fleshly tablets

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of their hearts, no longer on the tables

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of stone, but on the fleshly tablets of

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our heart.

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And as a child of God, God expresses

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his will and his purpose for my life

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by the directing of my desires.

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So as a child of God, we can

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say, our hearts are in the hands of

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the Lord.

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He directs them like the sluices of water

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wherever he wills.

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That should be our case.

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The second proverb is one that we can

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all attest to.

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Every way of a man is right in

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his own eyes.

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It's amazing how that we can actually rationalize

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and justify every single thing we've done.

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We can, you know, every way of a

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man is right in his own eyes, but

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the Lord ponders the hearts.

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God looks down at my motives.

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God is always interested in not so much

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of what I do, but what motivated that

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action.

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Now it is possible that a person have

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the totally proper actions, but the wrong motivations.

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We are told in second Corinthians five that

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we are all to appear before the judgment

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seat of Christ in order that we might

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be judged according to our works, what sort

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they are.

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Now Jesus tells us that we will definitely

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be judged according to not what I've done,

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but what motivated what I did.

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Take heed to yourself that you do not

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your righteousness before men to be seen of

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men.

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For I say unto you, ye have your

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reward.

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There are many things that a person does

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ostensibly for the Lord, but inwardly he is

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motivated by his own desire for recognition, his

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own desire to be a leader or whatever,

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and the motivation of the work is wrong.

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God's gonna test one day our hearts, our

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motivations.

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So where every deed is right in my

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own eyes, I can say, oh, look what

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I did.

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Lord, I prophesied in your name.

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I preached in your name.

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I did all this.

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And the Lord says, hey, I never knew

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you.

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You see, your heart, the motivation was wrong.

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And so that is why earlier a proverb

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said, keep your heart with all diligence, for

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out of it are the issues of life.

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What is the attitude of my heart?

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What is the motivation of my heart?

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That's something that I need to examine.

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And yet who knows?

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The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked.

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So what can I do?

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God's gonna one day judge me by the

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motivations of my heart, but my heart's deceitful

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and desperately wicked.

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What can I do?

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Exactly what David did in Psalm 139, and

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say, search me, oh God, and know my

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heart.

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Try me and know my way, and see

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if there be some way of wickedness in

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me.

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I don't know my own heart.

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Therefore, I ask God, search my heart.

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God, reveal to me if there is something

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that is there that is unlike Thee.

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Let it be known, Lord, reveal.

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To do justice and judgment is more acceptable

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to the Lord than sacrifice.

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Now there are people who are always ready

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to sacrifice.

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In the New Testament, Jesus got after the

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Pharisees because they were so meticulous in paying

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tithes of their herb gardens where they raised

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little seeds.

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And so they would count out the corander

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seeds.

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Nine for me, one for the Lord.

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Nine for me, one for the Lord.

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And so meticulous in the paying of their

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tithes.

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They tithes of their anise, their mint, their

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cumin, their spices.

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But he said, you've totally omitted the more

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important things.

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Righteousness, mercy, judgment.

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And so God is more interested.

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In my seeking to be righteous, my seeking

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to be merciful, than for me coming and

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offering some sacrifice to God.

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To do justice and judgment is more acceptable

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to the Lord than to sacrifice.

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God said, sacrificing and offerings, I would not.

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I don't care about those.

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What I want is a broken and a

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contrite heart.

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The repentant heart.

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God said, I will not turn away.

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But he spoke about the rejection of their

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sacrifice and offerings at one point.

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He said, don't bring me any more.

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I'm sick of them.

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I don't want any more of your sacrifices.

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Your heart isn't in it.

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And the sacrifice is meaningless.

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At that point, God says, don't offer.

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I don't want any more.

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What I want is a true repentance, true

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judgment, justice, mercy.

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Those are the things that God is interested

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in.

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A high look, a proud heart, and the

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light of the wicked is sin.

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The wicked can't do anything right.

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But the proud look, the proud heart, the

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high look, how God hates, detests.

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Humble yourself.

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He that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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He that exalts himself shall be abased.

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The thoughts of the diligent tend only to

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plenteousness, but of every one that is hasty

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only to want.

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They that are hasty to be rich.

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Those that are looking for a get rich

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quick scheme.

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Here's the warning.

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Hey, you're going to get burned.

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There's no quick way to riches.

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The thoughts of the diligent tend towards the

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plenteousness, but the get rich schemes are going

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to leave you broke.

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The getting of treasures by a lying tongue

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is a vanity tossed to and fro of

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those that seek death.

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These are those persons that go around with

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fraudulent schemes.

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The getting of treasures by a lying tongue.

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All of the scams that they have.

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But how often when they get caught, they

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get rubbed out.

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The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them

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because they refuse to do judgment.

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The way of a man is perverse and

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strange, but as for the pure, his work

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is right.

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You notice the contrast in the poetry here.

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It is better to dwell in a corner

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of the housetop, than with a brawling woman

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in a wide house.

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Now I would say that probably one woman

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in a thousand is brawling.

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But in as much as he married a

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thousand, he got one of them.

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And so he speaks probably from experience, one

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of his wives.

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And better to dwell in the corner of

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the housetop.

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I really wouldn't know.

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I say that seriously.

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Better to dwell in the bedroom.

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The soul of the wicked desireth evil.

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His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

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The soul of the wicked, the mind, the

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consciousness.

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It just desires evil.

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When the scorner is punished, the simple is

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made wise.

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When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

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Some of these really don't really call for

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any further kind of amplification.

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The righteous man wisely considers the house of

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the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for

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their wickedness.

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Whoso stops his ears at the cry of

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the poor, he shall cry himself and not

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be heard.

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Now again, God taking up the cause of

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the poor.

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All the way through, we see God taking

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up the cause of the poor.

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He who lends to the poor, lends to

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the Lord.

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Now if you close up your ear to

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the cry of the poor, then God says

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he'll close up his ear to you.

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A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a

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reward in the bosom, strong wrath.

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It is joy to the just to do

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judgment, but destruction shall be to the workers

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of iniquity.

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A man that wanders out of the way

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of understanding shall remain in the congregation of

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the dead.

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And he that loveth pleasure shall be a

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poor man, and he that loveth wine and

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oil shall not be rich.

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The wicked shall be a ransom for the

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righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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It is better to dwell in the wilderness

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than with a contentious and angry woman.

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Again, one in a thousand, and he had

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his one, and he had to deal with

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her.

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There is treasure to be desired, and oil

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in the dwelling of the wise.

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But the foolish man spends it up.

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He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds

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life, righteousness, and honor.

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Let's look at that again.

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He that follows after righteousness and mercy, what

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will he find?

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He'll find life, righteousness, and honor.

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A wise man scaleth the city of the

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mighty and casteth down the strength of the

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confidence thereof.

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Whoso keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps

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his soul from troubles.

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How many times I wish I hadn't said

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it.

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That word that was said in jest or

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carelessness or just off how you would like

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to draw it back so many times.

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Whoso keeps his mouth and his tongue will

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just keep himself from a lot of trouble.

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Proud and haughty scorner is his name who

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deals in proud wrath.

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The desire of a slothful man absolutely destroys

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him for his hands refuse to labor.

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He has so much to say about the

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slothful man, the lazy person.

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And here is the desire of the lazy

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person just eats him up, it kills him.

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Because you desire but you don't have because

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your hands refuse to labor.

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So it's that desire but no fulfillment.

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He coveteth greedily all the day long but

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the righteous giveth and spareth not.

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That is the desire of the slothful kills

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him, his hands refuse to labor.

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He is coveting greedily all day long.

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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination.

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Now we dealt with this a little bit

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earlier in one of the earlier Proverbs here

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in the chapter.

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Where God is interested in justice and judgment

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more than sacrifice.

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And the sacrifice of the wicked is an

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abomination.

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God doesn't really want any sacrifices from the

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wicked.

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How much more when he brings it with

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a wicked mind.

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When he is regarding iniquity in his mind

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and heart and yet brings a sacrifice before

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the Lord.

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A false witness shall perish but the man

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that heareth speaketh constantly.

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A wicked man hardeneth his face but as

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for the upright he directeth his way.

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Verse 30 there is no wisdom nor understanding

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nor counsel against the Lord.

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There is no way that you can bring

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to not the works of God.

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There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel

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that you can take against him.

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The horse is prepared against the day of

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battle but safety is of the Lord.

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Now what are you trusting in for safety?

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For your own personal safety.

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You say well I got a permit to

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carry a gun living in horrible days.

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No the Lord said he who lives by

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the sword dies by the sword.

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What are you trusting in for safety?

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A horse is prepared against the day of

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battle.

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But the real safety is in the Lord.

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Except the Lord keep the city the watchman

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waketh but in vain.

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Except the Lord build the house they labor

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in vain who build it.

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Unless the Lord is keeping you all of

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your endeavors to keep yourself are in vain.

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Better to put your trust in the Lord

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and your keeping into his hand than to

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take it in your own hands.

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How important that we learn to just trust

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in the Lord for his protection.

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A good name is rather to be chosen

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than great riches and loving favor rather than

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silver and gold.

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The good name so important so valuable.

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Good reputation so important rather to be chosen

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than great riches.

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Loving favor rather than silver and gold.

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The rich and the poor meet together where?

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In the eyes of the Lord for the

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Lord is the maker of them all.

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You know God can't be impressed with your

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bank account.

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We all meet together when we stand before

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God the rich and the poor were all

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alike.

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We meet together there's a common ground.

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Whenever we stand before the Lord we're meeting

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on common grounds.

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Except as I understand the scripture the poor

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man has maybe a few advantages.

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How hard it is for a rich man

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to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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That is how hard it is for those

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who trust in riches.

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The danger of riches is always that tendency

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and temptation to trust in your riches.

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I've learned that I can buy my way

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out of problems with my money.

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I learned that I can use money to

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influence people or to control people.

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And I'm used to then the manipulation of

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people because of my financial prowess.

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Poor person doesn't have any of those problems.

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When you stand before the Lord the rich

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and the poor meet together.

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The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hides

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himself.

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But the simple pass on and are punished.

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The prudent man.

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Now we see the evil that is going

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to result from a life of sin.

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And we hide ourselves in the provisions that

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God has made through Jesus Christ.

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We hide from that day of judgment.

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But the simple they're gonna pass right on

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into it.

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And will be punished.

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By humility and the fear of the Lord

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or reverence of the Lord are riches, honor

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and life.

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Now he that follows after righteousness and mercy

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finds life, righteousness and honor.

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Here by humility and the reverence of the

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Lord are riches, honor and life.

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Thorns and snares are in the way of

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the perverse.

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And he who keeps his soul shall be

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far from them.

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Train up a child in the way he

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should go.

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And when he is old he will not

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depart from it.

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This particular passage of scripture has been the

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center of great controversy.

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There are many people who with an aching

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heart.

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Looking at their children who are rebelling from

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the things of the Lord.

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And their hearts filled with wonderment as to

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how the child could turn so far from

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God.

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But yet God has declared train up a

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child.

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Of course it does involve that responsibility of

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training the child.

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The Hebrew word is one that we translate

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catechize.

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It's a systematic form of training.

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But what did you train your child to

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be?

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What was your primary purpose for your child?

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What was your goal for your children?

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What did you want for them above everything

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else?

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You say well I wanted them to be

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successful.

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I wanted them to be happy.

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I wanted them to have a successful career.

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I wanted them to have a good education.

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Well they are purely pagan goals and ideals

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for your children.

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They're totally unchristian.

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The primary goal that we should have for

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each of our children is that they walk

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with the Lord.

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That they learn to know God and serve

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God and walk with Him.

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Now that is not undervaluing education.

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I think that it's great.

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I think a person should avail himself the

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opportunity of every educational advantage he can receive.

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But that should never be our goal.

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Our goal should be that our children will

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walk with the Lord.

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And I'd rather have them walking with the

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Lord and be an ignoramus.

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And work in some very menial work than

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I would to have them have their PhD's

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and be agnostic or atheistic or blasphemous against

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God.

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Now, not

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all of our children graduated from college.

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I have to confess a disappointment that they

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did not take full advantage of all of

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the natural God-given intellectual capacities that they

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had in going to college.

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And yet, we've learned to commit this completely

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into the hands of the Lord.

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The fact that they went to college or

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graduated from college or not doesn't really make

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any difference to me.

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I'm thankful they're walking with Him.

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That's what's important.

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It could be that in college their minds

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could have been twisted.

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It could have been that their values could

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have been destroyed.

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The true values.

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I would much rather that they be walking

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with the Lord than to have their PhD's.

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Train up a child.

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What is the goal that you have?

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That's important.

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If you're training a child to be successful,

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he may be successful.

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But he also may be a successful infidel.

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Train up your child in the ways you

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go.

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When he's old, he will not depart from

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it.

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The rich rules over the poor.

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And the borrower is servant to the lender.

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He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity.

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And the rod of his anger shall fail.

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He that hath a bountiful eye shall be

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blessed.

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For he giveth of his bread to the

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poor.

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God's mark upon generosity.

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He that has a bountiful eye shall be

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blessed.

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When he will give to the poor.

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Cast out the scorner and contention shall go

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out.

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Yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

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It's amazing what one scorner can do.

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In bringing strife and contention.

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So cast out the scorner.

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Here at Calvary Chapel, actually we have requested

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many scorners not to come back.

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That's usually Romaine's job and he does it

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quite effectively.

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But it's valuable.

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You know, it's a healthy body that can

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purge its system of the poisons.

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And when a body is no longer strong

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enough to purge itself of its poisons, that

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body is going to die.

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In the New Testament it says to get

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rid of the leaven.

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For a little leaven will leaven the whole

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lump.

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So cast out that leaven.

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Same thing here, cast out the scorner and

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you can get rid of so many problems.

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The contentions and all will cease.

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He that loves pureness of heart, for the

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grace of lips the king shall be his

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friend.

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The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge and

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he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

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The slothful man says, there is a lion

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outside, I'll be slain in the streets.

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Any excuse to keep from going to work.

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And again, as Benjamin Franklin said, the man

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who is good at making excuses is seldom

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good for anything else.

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The mouth of a strange woman is a

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deep pit and he that is abhorred of

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the Lord shall fall in it.

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Verse 15, again as far as the correction

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of our children, foolishness is bound in the

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heart of a child.

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But the rod of correction shall drive it

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from him.

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Solomon no doubt observed his father David's mistake.

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David was an extremely poor disciplinarian.

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And as a result of his being a

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poor disciplinarian, his sons rebelled against him.

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It is spoken of one of David's sons

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that he never once punished him or did

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anything to antagonize him.

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He just left him alone.

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And that son grew up to hate David

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and rebelled against David.

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And of course Absalom also rebelled against his

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father.

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David was just a poor disciplinarian.

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So many times we have the false concept.

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Well, I don't want my, you know, I

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don't want to break this bond between my

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child and I.

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You know, I won't punish him.

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I'll just let him go.

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And that laxity, lack of discipline, the foolishness

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is bound in the heart of a child.

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But the rod of destruction will drive it

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far from him.

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A child left to himself will bring reproach

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to his parents.

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He that oppresses the poor to increase his

553
00:31:01,020 --> 00:31:05,280
riches, and he who gives to the rich,

554
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,060
shall surely come to want.

555
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:13,180
Now at this point, the whole thing of

556
00:31:13,180 --> 00:31:15,400
the Proverbs begin to change a bit.

557
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,260
We've had Proverbs for a long period that

558
00:31:19,260 --> 00:31:22,300
more or less are isolated, singly, and stand

559
00:31:22,300 --> 00:31:22,720
alone.

560
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,580
Sometimes you have a couplet, two of them

561
00:31:26,580 --> 00:31:27,280
together.

562
00:31:28,580 --> 00:31:32,420
But now the whole procedure of the Proverbs

563
00:31:32,420 --> 00:31:35,540
change, and we now have longer Proverbs.

564
00:31:35,700 --> 00:31:39,240
That is, they take two, three, four verses.

565
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:43,560
In the Proverbs that we now follow, you'll

566
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,200
notice this definite change.

567
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:50,120
And rather than just little four liners, they

568
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:54,380
now expand on a particular thought.

569
00:31:59,110 --> 00:32:01,370
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words

570
00:32:01,370 --> 00:32:04,110
of the wise, and apply your heart unto

571
00:32:04,110 --> 00:32:04,930
my knowledge.

572
00:32:05,750 --> 00:32:08,290
For it is a pleasant thing if you

573
00:32:08,290 --> 00:32:10,230
keep them within thee.

574
00:32:11,010 --> 00:32:13,950
They shall withal be fitted in thy lips,

575
00:32:14,490 --> 00:32:17,930
that thy trust may be in the Lord.

576
00:32:17,930 --> 00:32:21,130
I have made known to thee this day,

577
00:32:21,450 --> 00:32:24,330
even to thee, have not I written to

578
00:32:24,330 --> 00:32:29,430
thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge?

579
00:32:29,850 --> 00:32:32,950
That I may make thee know the certainty

580
00:32:32,950 --> 00:32:35,610
of the words of truth, that thou mightest

581
00:32:35,610 --> 00:32:38,310
answer the words of truth to them that

582
00:32:38,310 --> 00:32:39,730
send unto thee.

583
00:32:39,730 --> 00:32:44,770
So, that whole paragraph now is the one

584
00:32:44,770 --> 00:32:52,010
idea of just hearken to the instruction that

585
00:32:52,010 --> 00:32:53,370
I'm going to give to you.

586
00:32:53,990 --> 00:32:59,130
Keep it, and basically the instruction is to

587
00:32:59,130 --> 00:33:03,010
teach you to trust in the Lord.

588
00:33:04,250 --> 00:33:08,250
The next two verses form one thought.

589
00:33:08,250 --> 00:33:12,530
Rob not the poor, because he is poor.

590
00:33:13,410 --> 00:33:16,510
Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate.

591
00:33:17,010 --> 00:33:20,630
For the Lord will plead their cause, and

592
00:33:20,630 --> 00:33:24,590
spoil the soul of those that spoil them.

593
00:33:24,690 --> 00:33:27,030
Again, God taking up the cause of the

594
00:33:27,030 --> 00:33:27,910
poor person.

595
00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:32,840
24 and 25, make up one thought.

596
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:37,240
Make no friendship with an angry man, and

597
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,460
with a furious man thou shalt not go,

598
00:33:41,020 --> 00:33:44,560
lest you learn his ways and get a

599
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,020
snare in your soul.

600
00:33:49,780 --> 00:33:56,640
26 and 27 are together.

601
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,640
Be not thou one of them that strikes

602
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,260
hands, or of them that are surety for

603
00:34:03,260 --> 00:34:03,760
debts.

604
00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:07,280
For if you have nothing to pay, why

605
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,199
should they take away your bed from under

606
00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:09,460
thee?

607
00:34:09,580 --> 00:34:13,040
How many people who have, you know, signed

608
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,020
as a surety have been stung?

609
00:34:18,580 --> 00:34:22,260
So, it's a warning against signing as a

610
00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:23,960
surety for someone else.

611
00:34:29,159 --> 00:34:31,500
Co-signing on this loan for me, friend.

612
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:32,480
Be careful.

613
00:34:34,659 --> 00:34:37,980
Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers

614
00:34:37,980 --> 00:34:38,840
have set.

615
00:34:39,780 --> 00:34:44,020
Now, this, of course, came as a law

616
00:34:44,020 --> 00:34:45,960
in the book of Deuteronomy.

617
00:34:47,340 --> 00:34:52,940
Where they were prohibited from removing the landmarks.

618
00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:57,740
The landmarks have been established by God.

619
00:34:57,900 --> 00:35:01,300
Property ownership and the limits of that property

620
00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:01,840
ownership.

621
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,140
Remove not the landmark.

622
00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:09,980
I think of it in a spiritual sense.

623
00:35:11,860 --> 00:35:14,240
The landmark is the guidelines.

624
00:35:19,620 --> 00:35:22,520
And in a spiritual sense, unfortunately, we are

625
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,180
living in the day when many men have

626
00:35:25,180 --> 00:35:29,640
sought to remove the spiritual type of landmarks

627
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,060
or the foundational truths of the Word of

628
00:35:32,060 --> 00:35:32,400
God.

629
00:35:34,020 --> 00:35:39,320
And what confusion has ensued when men start

630
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:44,640
playing around with the foundational truths of Christianity.

631
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:51,880
Questioning the authority of the Word of God.

632
00:35:52,940 --> 00:35:55,580
Questioning the deity of Jesus Christ.

633
00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:01,020
And men starting to remove these landmarks.

634
00:36:02,020 --> 00:36:03,500
Confusion results.

635
00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:05,820
Do you see a man that is diligent

636
00:36:05,820 --> 00:36:06,860
in his business?

637
00:36:07,580 --> 00:36:09,860
He shall stand before kings.

638
00:36:09,860 --> 00:36:19,900
He shall not stand before mean men or,

639
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,260
in the Hebrew, obscure men.

640
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:34,090
Now, the next three verses are coupled together.

641
00:36:34,090 --> 00:36:38,370
When you sit to eat with a ruler,

642
00:36:38,610 --> 00:36:41,670
consider diligently what is before thee.

643
00:36:42,410 --> 00:36:46,110
And put a knife to your throat, if

644
00:36:46,110 --> 00:36:48,330
you be a man given to appetite.

645
00:36:49,770 --> 00:36:54,110
Be not desirous of his dainties, for they

646
00:36:54,110 --> 00:36:56,030
are deceitful meat.

647
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,840
So you don't go in and start scarfing

648
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,760
up the hors d'oeuvres, you know.

649
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:12,740
All of these dainty little fancy

650
00:37:12,740 --> 00:37:13,640
things, you know.

651
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:15,460
And you go in and, you know, just

652
00:37:15,460 --> 00:37:17,700
start wolfing them down.

653
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,740
And never anyway you're going to fill up

654
00:37:23,740 --> 00:37:24,340
on hors d'oeuvres.

655
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:29,100
So, when you sit with a ruler, just

656
00:37:29,100 --> 00:37:31,500
consider diligently what's put before you.

657
00:37:31,580 --> 00:37:33,160
And if you're given to appetite, better just

658
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:34,540
take your knife, put it to your throat.

659
00:37:36,650 --> 00:37:39,130
Don't be desirous of those little dainties.

660
00:37:39,710 --> 00:37:40,730
Keep your hands off.

661
00:37:41,010 --> 00:37:41,890
They're deceitful.

662
00:37:45,870 --> 00:37:47,850
Labor not to be rich.

663
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:52,620
Cease from your own wisdom.

664
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,560
The Bible says, if riches increase.

665
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:56,520
Now, it says labor not.

666
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:58,560
Don't let that be a goal of life.

667
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,340
But if riches increase, set not your heart

668
00:38:02,340 --> 00:38:03,020
upon them.

669
00:38:03,140 --> 00:38:05,420
God may see fit to increase riches.

670
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,440
Just don't let your heart get set on

671
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:08,740
them.

672
00:38:13,260 --> 00:38:15,120
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which

673
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:15,660
is not?

674
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,800
For riches certainly make themselves wings.

675
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,240
They fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

676
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:32,140
The next three verses are coupled together.

677
00:38:33,260 --> 00:38:37,520
Eat not the bread of him that hath

678
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:38,320
an evil eye.

679
00:38:38,420 --> 00:38:42,680
Now, this isn't referring to the old superstition

680
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:44,420
that there are some people that have an

681
00:38:44,420 --> 00:38:45,120
evil eye.

682
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:46,840
That they can look on you with that

683
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,800
evil eye and put a hex on you.

684
00:38:51,970 --> 00:38:56,390
It's almost humorous to watch the preliminaries of

685
00:38:56,390 --> 00:38:58,070
some of these boxing matches.

686
00:38:59,890 --> 00:39:02,230
Where they have these guys over in the

687
00:39:02,230 --> 00:39:04,410
corner, you know, to put the evil eye

688
00:39:04,410 --> 00:39:06,710
on the other boxer, you know.

689
00:39:06,910 --> 00:39:09,150
And you see them trying to put this

690
00:39:09,150 --> 00:39:10,390
evil eye and hex.

691
00:39:10,630 --> 00:39:13,910
And you see the boxer deliberately avoiding, you

692
00:39:13,910 --> 00:39:16,270
know, won't look and see that evil eye.

693
00:39:16,270 --> 00:39:20,930
But this is not at all a reference

694
00:39:20,930 --> 00:39:26,890
to, you know, some kind of a power

695
00:39:26,890 --> 00:39:29,050
that a person has to put a hex

696
00:39:29,050 --> 00:39:30,030
on you with an evil eye.

697
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,440
Actually, it is just referring to a person

698
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,620
whose mind is evil.

699
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:42,880
To an evil person.

700
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,880
Eat not the bread of him who is

701
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:48,220
evil.

702
00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:52,200
Neither desire his dainty meats.

703
00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:57,520
For as he thinks in his heart, so

704
00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:58,000
is he.

705
00:39:58,780 --> 00:40:01,500
If he is thinking this evil in his

706
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:03,060
heart, then he's an evil person.

707
00:40:04,140 --> 00:40:06,300
Eat and drink, he says to you.

708
00:40:07,020 --> 00:40:09,000
But his heart is not with you.

709
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,300
The morsel which you have eaten, you'll vomit

710
00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:13,840
up.

711
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,180
And lose thy sweet words.

712
00:40:22,570 --> 00:40:24,710
Speak not in the ears of a fool.

713
00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:28,350
For he will despise the wisdom of your

714
00:40:28,350 --> 00:40:28,830
words.

715
00:40:30,290 --> 00:40:35,370
And again, we had in the last chapter.

716
00:40:35,730 --> 00:40:37,850
Remove not the old landmark.

717
00:40:38,610 --> 00:40:41,110
And enter not into the fields of the

718
00:40:41,110 --> 00:40:41,750
fatherless.

719
00:40:41,930 --> 00:40:44,190
For their Redeemer is mighty.

720
00:40:44,650 --> 00:40:47,350
And he shall plead their cause with thee.

721
00:40:47,670 --> 00:40:49,570
In other words, God will take up the

722
00:40:49,570 --> 00:40:53,890
cause of the widow or of the orphan,

723
00:40:54,510 --> 00:40:55,570
of the poor.

724
00:40:58,110 --> 00:40:59,570
If you're a widow, if you're an orphan,

725
00:40:59,730 --> 00:41:02,510
you're poor, you've got a fantastic ally.

726
00:41:03,810 --> 00:41:05,710
God will take up your cause.

727
00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:10,490
Apply thine heart unto instruction, thy ears to

728
00:41:10,490 --> 00:41:11,590
the words of knowledge.

729
00:41:16,050 --> 00:41:19,410
And withhold not correction from the child.

730
00:41:21,390 --> 00:41:23,270
For if you beat him with a rod,

731
00:41:23,470 --> 00:41:24,430
he shall not die.

732
00:41:24,530 --> 00:41:25,150
You'll get arrested.

733
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,180
Thou shalt beat him with a rod and

734
00:41:32,180 --> 00:41:34,280
shalt deliver his soul from hell.

735
00:41:40,780 --> 00:41:43,040
Now, as we mentioned this morning, train up

736
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:46,000
a child in the way he should go.

737
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,980
In the Hebrew, literally, is train up a

738
00:41:49,980 --> 00:41:51,540
child according to his way.

739
00:41:56,170 --> 00:41:59,070
That is, recognize that there is a vast

740
00:41:59,070 --> 00:42:06,830
difference in the character, in the personalities of

741
00:42:08,330 --> 00:42:08,830
children.

742
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:16,520
And there are some children where spanking is

743
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:17,860
excellent discipline.

744
00:42:17,860 --> 00:42:20,700
There are other kids you can beat all

745
00:42:20,700 --> 00:42:22,080
day and it's not going to do any

746
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:22,400
good.

747
00:42:25,380 --> 00:42:29,340
So, learning that children have different temperaments, your

748
00:42:29,340 --> 00:42:33,540
training then is according to their temperament.

749
00:42:33,860 --> 00:42:36,380
Train up a child according to his way.

750
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:42,380
And there's no sense of waiting on a

751
00:42:42,380 --> 00:42:43,920
kid that doesn't do any good.

752
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:45,880
Find another form of discipline.

753
00:42:48,270 --> 00:42:51,490
You can find an effective form of discipline.

754
00:42:52,330 --> 00:43:00,850
Maybe the deprivation of certain privileges or desires

755
00:43:00,850 --> 00:43:04,130
that the child has is an excellent form

756
00:43:04,130 --> 00:43:07,030
of discipline for particular children.

757
00:43:09,630 --> 00:43:12,750
But, I don't advocate child beating.

758
00:43:13,690 --> 00:43:16,530
And neither do, I believe, that the scriptures

759
00:43:16,530 --> 00:43:17,470
advocate that.

760
00:43:17,550 --> 00:43:20,510
But for some kids, a good wailing once

761
00:43:20,510 --> 00:43:22,410
in a while isn't a bad idea.

762
00:43:22,410 --> 00:43:28,650
As I said, several years ago, I knew

763
00:43:28,650 --> 00:43:31,970
much more about raising children than I do

764
00:43:31,970 --> 00:43:32,370
now.

765
00:43:34,470 --> 00:43:43,780
In our first pastorate, small little church, sort

766
00:43:43,780 --> 00:43:45,300
of a one room church.

767
00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:49,260
And for Sunday school, we just had curtains

768
00:43:49,260 --> 00:43:52,580
to divide off the auditorium into the classrooms.

769
00:43:53,980 --> 00:43:56,860
It wasn't an ideal situation at all.

770
00:43:56,860 --> 00:44:01,120
In fact, it was a very difficult situation,

771
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:07,880
especially because the lady who was teaching the

772
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:13,130
high school class had a little girl that

773
00:44:13,130 --> 00:44:14,270
she never disciplined.

774
00:44:16,770 --> 00:44:19,510
And a child left to itself will bring

775
00:44:19,510 --> 00:44:21,070
reproach to its parents.

776
00:44:21,430 --> 00:44:23,870
And because this little girl was never disciplined,

777
00:44:24,630 --> 00:44:27,270
she would just start screaming.

778
00:44:29,030 --> 00:44:31,090
And because we were all in the same

779
00:44:31,090 --> 00:44:33,670
room, only divided by curtains, it would disrupt

780
00:44:33,670 --> 00:44:35,430
the whole Sunday school.

781
00:44:38,570 --> 00:44:41,410
And of course, I was very young and

782
00:44:41,410 --> 00:44:45,450
very new to pastoring and I didn't have

783
00:44:45,450 --> 00:44:46,050
any children.

784
00:44:46,210 --> 00:44:51,040
So, I had all the answers for raising

785
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:52,520
children and everything else.

786
00:44:54,150 --> 00:44:57,470
So, the second Sunday that we were in

787
00:44:57,470 --> 00:45:02,490
this church, and the same procedure started again.

788
00:45:02,830 --> 00:45:04,950
As this mother started to teach the class,

789
00:45:05,010 --> 00:45:07,930
her little girl started screaming and yelling.

790
00:45:11,020 --> 00:45:13,320
I went up to her and graciously offered

791
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:15,400
to take her little girl for a walk.

792
00:45:23,590 --> 00:45:31,570
I would never do it now, but I

793
00:45:31,570 --> 00:45:32,670
spanked that little gal.

794
00:45:33,490 --> 00:45:34,690
I got her outside.

795
00:45:37,110 --> 00:45:39,310
I got her about a block away and

796
00:45:39,310 --> 00:45:46,760
then I applied some psychology where I thought

797
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:48,000
it would do the most good.

798
00:45:51,830 --> 00:45:52,570
It worked.

799
00:45:54,110 --> 00:45:56,030
I don't advocate it, but it worked.

800
00:45:57,310 --> 00:45:58,990
I'll tell you, from then on, whenever that

801
00:45:58,990 --> 00:46:00,690
little girl would start to scream, I'd look

802
00:46:00,690 --> 00:46:02,030
at her and she'd go...

803
00:46:16,180 --> 00:46:21,940
Several years ago, I was directing a summer

804
00:46:21,940 --> 00:46:27,100
camp in Arizona and this nice-looking young

805
00:46:27,100 --> 00:46:29,160
lady, about 18 years old, came up to

806
00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:30,620
me and said, Do you know who I

807
00:46:30,620 --> 00:46:30,980
am?

808
00:46:34,470 --> 00:46:36,070
And I looked at her and I said,

809
00:46:36,150 --> 00:46:37,370
Well, no, I don't.

810
00:46:37,890 --> 00:46:39,670
She said, and she gave me her name

811
00:46:39,670 --> 00:46:40,570
and I said, Oh, no.

812
00:46:47,830 --> 00:46:49,470
She grew up to be a very lovely

813
00:46:49,470 --> 00:46:50,130
young lady.

814
00:46:50,710 --> 00:46:53,090
I don't know that my spanking had anything

815
00:46:53,090 --> 00:46:55,390
to do with that, but I'd like to

816
00:46:55,390 --> 00:46:56,170
think that it did.

817
00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:01,540
These next few are coupled together.

818
00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:05,900
My son, if your heart is wise, my

819
00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:07,060
heart shall rejoice.

820
00:47:08,740 --> 00:47:15,120
Yes, my reins shall rejoice when your lips

821
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:16,560
speak right things.

822
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:18,960
Now, the reins are really the kidneys.

823
00:47:21,060 --> 00:47:25,320
And they felt that the deepest emotions of

824
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:28,660
a person are not really felt in your

825
00:47:28,660 --> 00:47:34,480
heart, Valentine's Day notwithstanding, but the deepest emotions

826
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:36,200
of a person are felt down in the

827
00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:37,220
stomach region.

828
00:47:38,380 --> 00:47:41,420
When you really feel an emotion extremely deep,

829
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:43,320
you feel it in the region of the

830
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:43,500
stomach.

831
00:47:43,500 --> 00:47:45,280
That's why in the New Testament you have

832
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:50,340
bowels of compassion as the deepest area of

833
00:47:50,340 --> 00:47:52,320
feeling is way down.

834
00:47:52,620 --> 00:47:54,760
And we say, I had a gut level

835
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:57,840
feeling, you know, and we're trying to describe

836
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,740
a feeling that is more than just an

837
00:48:00,740 --> 00:48:04,960
emotional moment, but where I feel something very

838
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:05,400
deeply.

839
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:08,400
So here is the father talking to his

840
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:08,780
son.

841
00:48:09,980 --> 00:48:13,180
My heart will rejoice, yeah, even deeper than

842
00:48:13,180 --> 00:48:13,520
that.

843
00:48:13,540 --> 00:48:16,160
If you're a wise son and you speak

844
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:20,260
wise things, right things down in the deepest

845
00:48:20,260 --> 00:48:21,600
area, I rejoice.

846
00:48:23,240 --> 00:48:29,200
Let not your heart envy sinners, but reverence

847
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:30,740
the Lord all day long.

848
00:48:31,420 --> 00:48:36,560
For surely there is an end, and your

849
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:39,560
expectation shall not be cut off.

850
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:42,580
Hear thou my son and be wise, and

851
00:48:42,580 --> 00:48:44,160
guide your heart in the way.

852
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:45,620
Again, there is an end.

853
00:48:45,900 --> 00:48:48,980
Look down the road, consider the end result.

854
00:48:51,430 --> 00:48:53,390
There is an end to all things, that

855
00:48:53,390 --> 00:48:55,450
is, of this life, and then I'm going

856
00:48:55,450 --> 00:48:56,690
to stand before God.

857
00:48:56,830 --> 00:48:58,310
So consider that.

858
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:06,480
Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of

859
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:07,820
meat.

860
00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:12,080
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come

861
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:17,260
to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man

862
00:49:17,260 --> 00:49:18,180
with rags.

863
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:24,200
Hearken unto your father that begat thee, and

864
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:27,700
despise not your mother when she is old.

865
00:49:28,700 --> 00:49:32,820
By the truth, sell it not, also wisdom

866
00:49:32,820 --> 00:49:35,980
and instruction and understanding.

867
00:49:36,900 --> 00:49:40,020
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice,

868
00:49:40,540 --> 00:49:43,760
and he that begets a wise child shall

869
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,100
have the joy of him.

870
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:49,640
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad,

871
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:53,280
and she that bore thee shall rejoice.

872
00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:58,940
My son, give me your heart, let your

873
00:49:58,940 --> 00:50:01,300
eyes observe my ways.

874
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:06,080
For a whore is a deep ditch, and

875
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:09,280
a strange woman is a narrow pit.

876
00:50:09,940 --> 00:50:13,200
She also lies in wait as for a

877
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:19,400
prey, and increases the transgressors among men.

878
00:50:20,900 --> 00:50:25,080
Now this next portion is all together to

879
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:26,680
the end of the chapter, and it is

880
00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:28,480
extremely interesting.

881
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:30,920
Who has woe?

882
00:50:31,980 --> 00:50:33,460
Who has sorrow?

883
00:50:34,740 --> 00:50:37,220
Who has contentions?

884
00:50:38,460 --> 00:50:40,020
Who has babblings?

885
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:44,260
Who has wounds without cause?

886
00:50:44,940 --> 00:50:48,700
Who has redness of eyes?

887
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:53,880
They that tarry long at the wine.

888
00:50:54,820 --> 00:50:58,720
They that go to seek mixed wine.

889
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:03,500
Look not thou upon the wine when it

890
00:51:03,500 --> 00:51:06,540
is red, when it giveth his color in

891
00:51:06,540 --> 00:51:11,020
the cup, or when it moveth itself aright,

892
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:12,500
or when it moves by itself.

893
00:51:13,820 --> 00:51:16,520
Some believe that this is talking of the

894
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:18,520
fermentation process.

895
00:51:19,260 --> 00:51:22,040
And after the fermentation has taken place, then

896
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:23,700
you should avoid it.

897
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:27,700
In other words, they did have non-fermented

898
00:51:27,700 --> 00:51:30,640
types of wines.

899
00:51:32,240 --> 00:51:35,440
And once the wine moves of itself in

900
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:39,120
the cup, the fermentation process, then leave it

901
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:39,480
alone.

902
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:42,580
For at the last it bites like a

903
00:51:42,580 --> 00:51:45,720
servant, and stings like an adder.

904
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:50,220
As a result, your eyes will behold strange

905
00:51:50,220 --> 00:51:50,520
women.

906
00:51:50,660 --> 00:51:52,360
You will lose your inhibitions.

907
00:51:53,620 --> 00:51:57,380
Your heart will utter perverse things.

908
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:00,760
Things that you would not normally say.

909
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:02,800
Things that you would not normally do.

910
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,460
But now that you're under the influence, your

911
00:52:05,460 --> 00:52:07,220
inhibitions have been loosed.

912
00:52:07,220 --> 00:52:09,740
You're going to do all kinds of weird

913
00:52:09,740 --> 00:52:11,320
and stupid things.

914
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:15,260
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lies

915
00:52:15,260 --> 00:52:19,960
down in the middle of the sea, doing

916
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:21,720
just really dumb things.

917
00:52:22,300 --> 00:52:26,280
Or as one who lies on the top

918
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:27,180
of a mast.

919
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:31,780
They have stricken me, you will say.

920
00:52:32,220 --> 00:52:33,560
And I was not sick.

921
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:36,500
They have beaten me, but I didn't feel

922
00:52:36,500 --> 00:52:36,660
it.

923
00:52:36,660 --> 00:52:38,740
You'll wake up with all the bruises and

924
00:52:38,740 --> 00:52:40,320
cuts and you don't know how you got

925
00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:40,760
them.

926
00:52:43,870 --> 00:52:44,970
When shall I awake?

927
00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:48,220
And then what happens?

928
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:50,820
I'll go right back and seek it yet

929
00:52:50,820 --> 00:52:51,240
again.

930
00:52:52,100 --> 00:52:56,120
The tragic effects of alcoholism.

931
00:52:57,240 --> 00:53:00,860
Described quite graphically here in Proverbs.

932
00:53:04,290 --> 00:53:08,170
Again he continues in 24 in putting them

933
00:53:08,170 --> 00:53:11,830
together in couplets or in phrases.

934
00:53:11,830 --> 00:53:15,650
Be not envious against evil men, neither desire

935
00:53:15,650 --> 00:53:16,810
to be with them.

936
00:53:18,230 --> 00:53:22,390
For their heart studies destruction and their lips

937
00:53:22,390 --> 00:53:24,150
talk of mischief.

938
00:53:26,520 --> 00:53:27,240
The next one.

939
00:53:27,900 --> 00:53:31,680
Through wisdom is a house built and by

940
00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:34,000
understanding it is established.

941
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:38,300
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled

942
00:53:38,300 --> 00:53:40,620
with all pleasant riches.

943
00:53:40,620 --> 00:53:42,900
Wisdom and knowledge, the value of them.

944
00:53:44,060 --> 00:53:46,680
A wise man is strong, yea, a man

945
00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:48,740
of knowledge increases strength.

946
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:52,080
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy

947
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:52,400
war.

948
00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:55,540
And in the multitude of counselors there is

949
00:53:55,540 --> 00:53:55,960
safety.

950
00:53:57,260 --> 00:53:59,120
Wisdom is too high for a fool.

951
00:53:59,940 --> 00:54:01,900
He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

952
00:54:02,620 --> 00:54:04,520
The gate was always the place of judgment.

953
00:54:05,580 --> 00:54:08,860
He that devises to do evil shall be

954
00:54:08,860 --> 00:54:11,600
called a mischievous person.

955
00:54:15,690 --> 00:54:18,070
The thought of foolishness is sin.

956
00:54:19,710 --> 00:54:24,710
And the scorner is an abomination to men.

957
00:54:26,310 --> 00:54:28,350
Now we have some more that are, no

958
00:54:28,350 --> 00:54:28,830
not yet.

959
00:54:29,150 --> 00:54:31,170
If thou forbear to deliver them that are

960
00:54:31,170 --> 00:54:32,850
drawn unto death.

961
00:54:33,330 --> 00:54:35,110
And those that are ready to be slain.

962
00:54:35,110 --> 00:54:37,530
If you say behold we knew it not.

963
00:54:38,850 --> 00:54:40,970
In other words if you fail to help

964
00:54:40,970 --> 00:54:43,370
someone when you have the capacity to do

965
00:54:43,370 --> 00:54:43,650
it.

966
00:54:46,690 --> 00:54:48,270
If you do it not.

967
00:54:48,550 --> 00:54:50,330
If you say behold I didn't know.

968
00:54:51,150 --> 00:54:54,870
Doth not he that pondereth the heart considereth

969
00:54:54,870 --> 00:54:55,090
it.

970
00:54:56,070 --> 00:54:58,650
And he that keeps the soul does he

971
00:54:58,650 --> 00:54:59,590
not know it.

972
00:55:00,450 --> 00:55:03,810
And shall not he render every man according

973
00:55:03,810 --> 00:55:05,990
to his works.

974
00:55:07,490 --> 00:55:11,610
You know you can't beg off your responsibility

975
00:55:11,610 --> 00:55:15,050
because God knows your heart.

976
00:55:15,630 --> 00:55:17,690
God knows what's in your mind.

977
00:55:18,490 --> 00:55:20,390
And you may try to excuse your actions.

978
00:55:20,530 --> 00:55:21,510
Oh I didn't know.

979
00:55:23,430 --> 00:55:25,170
But yet God is going to ponder your

980
00:55:25,170 --> 00:55:25,450
heart.

981
00:55:25,590 --> 00:55:26,870
God knows what's in your mind.

982
00:55:27,950 --> 00:55:31,390
And God will render every man according to

983
00:55:31,390 --> 00:55:32,010
his works.

984
00:55:33,550 --> 00:55:34,790
Render to every man.

985
00:55:34,790 --> 00:55:39,010
My son eat honey because it's good.

986
00:55:39,970 --> 00:55:42,370
And the honeycomb which is sweet to your

987
00:55:42,370 --> 00:55:42,970
taste.

988
00:55:44,210 --> 00:55:46,950
And so shall the knowledge of wisdom be

989
00:55:46,950 --> 00:55:49,830
unto your soul when you have found it.

990
00:55:50,190 --> 00:55:52,550
Then there shall be a reward and the

991
00:55:52,550 --> 00:55:54,270
expectation shall not be cut off.

992
00:55:54,530 --> 00:55:58,910
How sweet is a nugget of truth.

993
00:56:00,410 --> 00:56:03,690
How sweet it is to get understanding from

994
00:56:03,690 --> 00:56:05,650
the Lord on a particular thing.

995
00:56:06,210 --> 00:56:08,210
It's just as sweet as honey is into

996
00:56:08,210 --> 00:56:08,570
your mouth.

997
00:56:08,870 --> 00:56:11,090
There is a sweetness in your soul when

998
00:56:11,090 --> 00:56:13,870
you gain knowledge and wisdom.

999
00:56:16,320 --> 00:56:19,380
Lay not wait oh wicked man against the

1000
00:56:19,380 --> 00:56:20,400
dwelling of the righteous.

1001
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,360
Spoil not his resting place for a just

1002
00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:25,860
man falleth seven times.

1003
00:56:26,300 --> 00:56:28,240
But he will rise up again.

1004
00:56:28,240 --> 00:56:31,680
But the wicked will fall into mischief.

1005
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:34,220
We may fall.

1006
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:37,880
But thank God we rise again.

1007
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:45,420
I've often said there isn't any great evil

1008
00:56:45,420 --> 00:56:48,080
in falling unless you just lie there.

1009
00:56:50,690 --> 00:56:51,770
Everybody stumbles.

1010
00:56:51,930 --> 00:56:52,830
Everybody falls.

1011
00:56:52,970 --> 00:56:54,050
None of us are perfect.

1012
00:56:54,250 --> 00:56:56,630
And God knows that we're not perfect.

1013
00:56:56,790 --> 00:56:58,810
He knows our frame that we're but dust.

1014
00:57:00,190 --> 00:57:03,130
We usually expect more out of ourselves than

1015
00:57:03,130 --> 00:57:04,210
God expects.

1016
00:57:05,530 --> 00:57:08,490
And we're usually harder on ourselves than God

1017
00:57:08,490 --> 00:57:08,910
is.

1018
00:57:10,790 --> 00:57:14,010
We get so disappointed when we have fallen.

1019
00:57:14,230 --> 00:57:16,310
We get so disappointed when we have failed.

1020
00:57:16,630 --> 00:57:18,450
It doesn't disappoint God at all.

1021
00:57:18,550 --> 00:57:20,090
He knew all the time we were going

1022
00:57:20,090 --> 00:57:20,670
to stumble.

1023
00:57:22,890 --> 00:57:24,650
It was just I was expecting more out

1024
00:57:24,650 --> 00:57:26,110
of myself than God is.

1025
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:33,990
And God doesn't judge or condemn when you

1026
00:57:33,990 --> 00:57:34,710
stumble.

1027
00:57:37,290 --> 00:57:38,870
It's only when you lie there.

1028
00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:42,900
God understands.

1029
00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:45,580
He has great patience with us.

1030
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:52,000
Even as you have great patience in teaching

1031
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:53,840
your child to walk.

1032
00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:58,600
You expect your child to stumble.

1033
00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:01,180
You expect your child to fall.

1034
00:58:01,500 --> 00:58:03,480
Oh of course you will do your best

1035
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:05,200
to keep your child from falling.

1036
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:08,160
But there are those times when the child

1037
00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:10,300
is learning to walk and he falls.

1038
00:58:13,330 --> 00:58:20,010
Now a wise parent won't get all excited

1039
00:58:20,010 --> 00:58:21,670
and scream and run over and say, Oh,

1040
00:58:21,730 --> 00:58:22,570
are you alright, alright?

1041
00:58:23,530 --> 00:58:26,750
You just say, well, get up now, honey.

1042
00:58:27,590 --> 00:58:28,490
Try again.

1043
00:58:29,950 --> 00:58:32,810
If you show all fear and excitement, then

1044
00:58:32,810 --> 00:58:34,550
the child will get excited and start to

1045
00:58:34,550 --> 00:58:38,520
cry and get discouraged.

1046
00:58:40,460 --> 00:58:42,580
But you say, well, that was great.

1047
00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:45,440
You did real well.

1048
00:58:45,540 --> 00:58:47,380
You took five steps before you stumble.

1049
00:58:48,100 --> 00:58:49,020
That's good.

1050
00:58:51,460 --> 00:58:53,560
And you encourage the child to go again.

1051
00:58:56,630 --> 00:58:58,610
Now God is teaching us to walk.

1052
00:59:00,090 --> 00:59:01,210
And we stumble.

1053
00:59:02,810 --> 00:59:04,370
And we get all discouraged.

1054
00:59:04,530 --> 00:59:05,870
Oh, I tried so hard.

1055
00:59:06,250 --> 00:59:06,870
Failed again.

1056
00:59:09,090 --> 00:59:10,770
And God is saying, hey, that was a

1057
00:59:10,770 --> 00:59:11,310
good try.

1058
00:59:12,270 --> 00:59:13,350
Let's go at it again.

1059
00:59:14,970 --> 00:59:16,230
Now here's where you made your mistake.

1060
00:59:17,710 --> 00:59:19,230
You got your eyes off of me.

1061
00:59:20,370 --> 00:59:21,590
You got them on the waves.

1062
00:59:21,690 --> 00:59:22,790
That's why you began to sink.

1063
00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:27,620
And the Lord picks us up, dusts us

1064
00:59:27,620 --> 00:59:29,300
off, and sets us up again.

1065
00:59:30,500 --> 00:59:31,960
He's so patient with us.

1066
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:34,560
He's so understanding with us.

1067
00:59:35,820 --> 00:59:41,620
And if the righteous falls seven times, he's

1068
00:59:41,620 --> 00:59:42,540
going to rise again.

1069
00:59:45,330 --> 00:59:48,470
Now, here's a hard one.

1070
00:59:50,070 --> 00:59:54,860
Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let

1071
00:59:54,860 --> 00:59:57,400
not your heart be glad when he stumbles,

1072
00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:05,200
lest the Lord see it, and it displease

1073
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:08,160
him, and he turns his way as wrath

1074
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:08,720
from him.

1075
01:00:11,870 --> 01:00:14,490
Now, that's not too good a motivation.

1076
01:00:16,190 --> 01:00:17,510
Not to rejoice.

1077
01:00:18,310 --> 01:00:22,070
If you rejoice, God may take it off.

1078
01:00:22,450 --> 01:00:24,650
So, don't rejoice and let God just continue

1079
01:00:24,650 --> 01:00:25,330
to whip him.

1080
01:00:32,850 --> 01:00:35,510
Fret not thyself because of evil men.

1081
01:00:36,230 --> 01:00:38,810
Remember Psalm 37?

1082
01:00:39,070 --> 01:00:42,210
It seems like this is probably something that

1083
01:00:42,210 --> 01:00:44,930
Solomon picked up from his father David.

1084
01:00:46,030 --> 01:00:49,130
Fret not thyself, David said, for evildoers, for

1085
01:00:49,130 --> 01:00:49,990
they shall be cut off.

1086
01:00:50,210 --> 01:00:52,090
Now, fret not thyself because of evil men,

1087
01:00:52,390 --> 01:00:55,150
neither be thou envious at the wicked, for

1088
01:00:55,150 --> 01:00:57,950
there shall be no reward to the evil

1089
01:00:57,950 --> 01:00:58,330
man.

1090
01:00:58,410 --> 01:01:00,270
The candle of the wicked shall be put

1091
01:01:00,270 --> 01:01:00,630
out.

1092
01:01:02,130 --> 01:01:03,350
Don't be envious of them.

1093
01:01:03,390 --> 01:01:04,470
They're going to be cut off.

1094
01:01:05,770 --> 01:01:08,630
My son, fear thou the Lord and the

1095
01:01:08,630 --> 01:01:11,970
King, and meddle not with them that are

1096
01:01:11,970 --> 01:01:15,890
given to change, for their calamities shall rise

1097
01:01:15,890 --> 01:01:19,170
suddenly, and who knows the ruin of them

1098
01:01:19,170 --> 01:01:19,610
both?

1099
01:01:20,550 --> 01:01:23,550
These things also belong to the wise.

1100
01:01:24,190 --> 01:01:27,170
It is not good to have respect of

1101
01:01:27,170 --> 01:01:29,910
persons in judgment.

1102
01:01:31,090 --> 01:01:33,310
He that saith to the wicked, thou art

1103
01:01:33,310 --> 01:01:37,950
righteous, him shall the people curse, nations shall

1104
01:01:37,950 --> 01:01:38,590
abhor him.

1105
01:01:38,590 --> 01:01:41,470
But to them that rebuke him shall be

1106
01:01:41,470 --> 01:01:44,150
delight, and a good blessing shall come upon

1107
01:01:44,150 --> 01:01:44,530
them.

1108
01:01:45,310 --> 01:01:47,910
Every man shall kiss his lips that gives

1109
01:01:47,910 --> 01:01:49,130
a right answer.

1110
01:01:49,930 --> 01:01:52,290
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit

1111
01:01:52,290 --> 01:01:55,730
for thyself in the field, and afterwards build

1112
01:01:55,730 --> 01:01:56,630
your house.

1113
01:01:57,690 --> 01:02:00,190
Now be not a witness against your neighbor

1114
01:02:00,190 --> 01:02:03,850
without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.

1115
01:02:04,450 --> 01:02:06,830
Say not, I will do so to him

1116
01:02:06,830 --> 01:02:08,490
as he has done to me, I will

1117
01:02:08,490 --> 01:02:11,070
render to the man according to his work.

1118
01:02:11,310 --> 01:02:12,070
Don't say that.

1119
01:02:12,110 --> 01:02:14,130
That's so often that I'm going to do

1120
01:02:14,130 --> 01:02:14,990
to him what he did to me.

1121
01:02:15,070 --> 01:02:16,970
Boy, as we grew up with kids, always.

1122
01:02:17,970 --> 01:02:19,350
I just did to him what he did

1123
01:02:19,350 --> 01:02:20,110
to me, you know.

1124
01:02:23,180 --> 01:02:24,200
God said don't say that.

1125
01:02:24,340 --> 01:02:26,480
Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, I will

1126
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:26,860
repay.

1127
01:02:28,580 --> 01:02:31,660
Now from 30 on we have Ode to

1128
01:02:31,660 --> 01:02:32,800
the Slothful Man.

1129
01:02:35,270 --> 01:02:37,790
I went to the field of a slothful,

1130
01:02:37,790 --> 01:02:40,190
and by the vineyard of the man who

1131
01:02:40,190 --> 01:02:41,790
is void of understanding.

1132
01:02:42,710 --> 01:02:45,610
And lo, it was all grown over with

1133
01:02:45,610 --> 01:02:48,530
thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof,

1134
01:02:48,650 --> 01:02:51,110
and the stone wall was broken down.

1135
01:02:51,470 --> 01:02:53,470
Now you that have been over into the

1136
01:02:53,470 --> 01:02:55,570
land, you can picture this, all of those

1137
01:02:55,570 --> 01:02:59,210
stone walls that are around the vineyards, and

1138
01:02:59,210 --> 01:03:03,330
all, and some of the, they are set

1139
01:03:03,330 --> 01:03:06,070
usually in such neat order, but the slothful

1140
01:03:06,070 --> 01:03:08,070
man, the stone wall is broken down.

1141
01:03:08,470 --> 01:03:11,290
Then I saw and considered it well.

1142
01:03:11,890 --> 01:03:15,630
I looked upon it, and I received instruction.

1143
01:03:16,850 --> 01:03:22,150
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little

1144
01:03:22,150 --> 01:03:24,350
folding of the hands to sleep, and so

1145
01:03:24,350 --> 01:03:27,990
shall thy poverty come as one that trevelleth,

1146
01:03:28,650 --> 01:03:31,970
and thy want as an armed man.

1147
01:03:32,730 --> 01:03:35,350
The lesson from the slothful.

1148
01:03:36,590 --> 01:03:44,610
Now, in chapter 25, these Proverbs were gathered

1149
01:03:44,610 --> 01:03:48,950
by Hezekiah when he became king.

1150
01:03:50,510 --> 01:03:53,670
And they were added to the books of

1151
01:03:53,670 --> 01:03:56,770
Proverbs by Hezekiah's scribes.

1152
01:03:59,210 --> 01:04:03,930
During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was

1153
01:04:03,930 --> 01:04:07,930
a period of national revival.

1154
01:04:10,740 --> 01:04:14,540
Prior to Hezekiah, the kingdom had reached a

1155
01:04:14,540 --> 01:04:15,340
low point.

1156
01:04:17,060 --> 01:04:20,660
As Hezekiah began to reign, there was a

1157
01:04:20,660 --> 01:04:25,500
real spiritual revival, and it was a national

1158
01:04:25,500 --> 01:04:27,180
movement among the people.

1159
01:04:28,180 --> 01:04:33,920
And as is true in all spiritual revivals,

1160
01:04:34,380 --> 01:04:37,380
there is an interest, a concern, and a

1161
01:04:37,380 --> 01:04:39,140
returning to the Word of God.

1162
01:04:41,750 --> 01:04:44,550
Where you see people really interested in the

1163
01:04:44,550 --> 01:04:49,520
Word of God, you know that there is

1164
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:52,860
a revival that is happening because a revival

1165
01:04:52,860 --> 01:04:56,120
always brings a renewed interest in the Word

1166
01:04:56,120 --> 01:04:56,600
of God.

1167
01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:03,740
And so, Hezekiah's scribes began to search for

1168
01:05:03,740 --> 01:05:05,600
the Word of God, search for the Scriptures.

1169
01:05:06,980 --> 01:05:10,040
And they found these Proverbs, and they added

1170
01:05:10,040 --> 01:05:12,320
them to the book of Proverbs.

1171
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:16,620
So, 25.1 explains it all.

1172
01:05:17,080 --> 01:05:21,600
These are also Proverbs of Solomon, which the

1173
01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:24,540
men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied.

1174
01:05:25,480 --> 01:05:28,020
So, they found these, and they copied them,

1175
01:05:28,120 --> 01:05:31,680
and added them to the book of Proverbs.

1176
01:05:34,410 --> 01:05:35,410
Proverbs of Solomon.

1177
01:05:35,570 --> 01:05:37,970
It is the glory of God to conceal

1178
01:05:37,970 --> 01:05:40,790
a thing, but the honor of kings is

1179
01:05:40,790 --> 01:05:41,850
to search out a matter.

1180
01:05:42,910 --> 01:05:45,630
How much God has concealed of His own

1181
01:05:45,630 --> 01:05:52,890
wisdom, and understanding, and power, and might, the

1182
01:05:52,890 --> 01:05:56,630
secrets of the universe, concealed by God.

1183
01:05:57,490 --> 01:05:59,770
Yet, the honor of the king is to

1184
01:05:59,770 --> 01:06:01,850
search out a matter.

1185
01:06:02,770 --> 01:06:06,010
The heaven for height, the earth for depth,

1186
01:06:06,970 --> 01:06:11,310
and the heart of the king is unsearchable.

1187
01:06:14,060 --> 01:06:15,520
4 and 5 stand together.

1188
01:06:15,660 --> 01:06:18,940
Take away the dross from the silver, and

1189
01:06:18,940 --> 01:06:21,900
there shall come forth a vessel for the

1190
01:06:21,900 --> 01:06:22,220
finer.

1191
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:25,840
Take away the wicked from before the king,

1192
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:29,400
and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

1193
01:06:30,040 --> 01:06:32,060
So, the removal of the dross.

1194
01:06:32,120 --> 01:06:34,420
Now, we know that the day is coming

1195
01:06:34,420 --> 01:06:36,720
when God is going to test our works

1196
01:06:36,720 --> 01:06:41,860
by fire, and the dross to be purged

1197
01:06:41,860 --> 01:06:44,620
as we stand before the king.

1198
01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:49,180
And He will establish then His kingdom in

1199
01:06:49,180 --> 01:06:49,700
righteousness.

1200
01:06:50,020 --> 01:06:53,000
All of the dross will be taken away.

1201
01:06:54,380 --> 01:06:57,580
Put not forth thyself in the presence of

1202
01:06:57,580 --> 01:06:59,420
a king, and stand not in the place

1203
01:06:59,420 --> 01:07:00,560
of great men.

1204
01:07:00,820 --> 01:07:03,300
For better it is that it be said

1205
01:07:03,300 --> 01:07:07,020
unto thee, Come up hither, then you should

1206
01:07:07,020 --> 01:07:09,600
be put in allure in the presence of

1207
01:07:09,600 --> 01:07:11,720
the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

1208
01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:15,080
Now, this was referred to tonight by Hal,

1209
01:07:15,200 --> 01:07:17,880
and Jesus said, when you're bidden to come

1210
01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:20,020
to a feast, don't go and take the

1211
01:07:20,020 --> 01:07:22,580
most honorable table and the honorable chair.

1212
01:07:22,580 --> 01:07:25,640
When you're sitting in a lesser place, it's

1213
01:07:25,640 --> 01:07:28,980
much, much better to have the host come

1214
01:07:28,980 --> 01:07:30,800
and say to you, Oh, come up and

1215
01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:33,640
sit up here, rather than to be sitting

1216
01:07:33,640 --> 01:07:35,080
in the place of prominence and the host

1217
01:07:35,080 --> 01:07:36,560
come up and say, Hey, buddy, you're in

1218
01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:37,260
the wrong place.

1219
01:07:37,340 --> 01:07:38,240
Get down there, you know.

1220
01:07:42,580 --> 01:07:45,640
So, Jesus really is more or less taking

1221
01:07:45,640 --> 01:07:46,740
from Solomon.

1222
01:07:49,290 --> 01:07:51,210
Better it be said unto thee, Come up

1223
01:07:51,210 --> 01:07:54,910
hither, then you should be put in the

1224
01:07:54,910 --> 01:07:56,830
lower place in the presence of the prince.

1225
01:07:58,130 --> 01:07:59,550
Don't be in a hurry.

1226
01:07:59,710 --> 01:08:01,590
Don't go out quickly to strive.

1227
01:08:03,760 --> 01:08:05,820
Lest you know not what to do in

1228
01:08:05,820 --> 01:08:08,900
the end thereof when your neighbor has put

1229
01:08:08,900 --> 01:08:09,580
thee to shame.

1230
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:14,280
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself and

1231
01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:17,000
discover not a secret to another.

1232
01:08:17,819 --> 01:08:20,200
Lest he that heareth it put thee to

1233
01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:23,819
shame and your infamy turn not away.

1234
01:08:26,319 --> 01:08:29,120
Verse 11, very picturesque.

1235
01:08:29,700 --> 01:08:33,380
A word that is fitly spoken is like

1236
01:08:33,380 --> 01:08:37,720
apples of gold in pitchers of silver.

1237
01:08:39,260 --> 01:08:40,680
Now, I don't know if that's gold and

1238
01:08:40,680 --> 01:08:44,760
delicious apples in a silver pitcher, but that

1239
01:08:44,760 --> 01:08:46,420
would look awful good, you know.

1240
01:08:48,609 --> 01:08:50,050
But a word fitly spoken.

1241
01:08:52,779 --> 01:08:57,060
Some people have the gift of saying the

1242
01:08:57,060 --> 01:08:59,300
right thing at the right time.

1243
01:09:01,899 --> 01:09:03,979
You know, you can have a very explosive

1244
01:09:03,979 --> 01:09:05,180
kind of a situation.

1245
01:09:05,319 --> 01:09:06,540
Everybody is tense.

1246
01:09:07,660 --> 01:09:09,939
And somebody with this gift just comes along

1247
01:09:09,939 --> 01:09:12,220
and says the right thing and it just

1248
01:09:12,220 --> 01:09:14,580
diffuses the whole thing.

1249
01:09:14,880 --> 01:09:16,439
And you think, whew, you know.

1250
01:09:17,279 --> 01:09:19,359
You're just expecting the whole thing to go.

1251
01:09:19,560 --> 01:09:22,180
And this word that is fitly spoken, how

1252
01:09:22,180 --> 01:09:23,340
glorious it is.

1253
01:09:23,340 --> 01:09:27,720
God grant us this gift of saying the

1254
01:09:27,720 --> 01:09:29,720
right thing at the right time.

1255
01:09:30,319 --> 01:09:39,090
Now, I don't know why it is that

1256
01:09:39,090 --> 01:09:42,470
so many times though we know the right

1257
01:09:42,470 --> 01:09:44,350
thing to say, it's hard to say it.

1258
01:09:46,490 --> 01:09:48,569
Now, what kind of a perversity is that?

1259
01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:54,100
When I know to say the right thing

1260
01:09:54,100 --> 01:09:56,960
and yet I have difficulty saying it.

1261
01:10:01,220 --> 01:10:09,680
Now, even with my own wife, I oftentimes

1262
01:10:09,680 --> 01:10:13,400
have difficulty in saying to her what I

1263
01:10:13,400 --> 01:10:14,560
know I should say.

1264
01:10:17,840 --> 01:10:20,080
And I don't know why I have this

1265
01:10:20,080 --> 01:10:20,720
difficulty.

1266
01:10:30,300 --> 01:10:35,700
It's some kind of a block of the

1267
01:10:35,700 --> 01:10:39,020
inability to say the right thing at the

1268
01:10:39,020 --> 01:10:39,520
right time.

1269
01:10:42,540 --> 01:10:46,360
There are so many times when we could

1270
01:10:46,360 --> 01:10:50,320
change the whole atmosphere if we would just

1271
01:10:50,320 --> 01:10:52,960
say the right thing.

1272
01:10:54,540 --> 01:10:58,840
A word fitly spoken, how glorious it is.

1273
01:11:01,090 --> 01:11:03,670
And yet, many times even when we know

1274
01:11:03,670 --> 01:11:05,430
that word, we don't say it.

1275
01:11:06,270 --> 01:11:08,610
Now, that's no virtue.

1276
01:11:09,790 --> 01:11:15,010
In fact, that's probably evil to let something

1277
01:11:15,010 --> 01:11:17,670
simmer when you by a word fitly spoken

1278
01:11:17,670 --> 01:11:18,630
could stop it.

1279
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:23,960
Some perversity of our own hearts.

1280
01:11:24,040 --> 01:11:24,580
I don't know.

1281
01:11:27,750 --> 01:11:29,790
But God loves me and I like that.

1282
01:11:31,830 --> 01:11:34,830
But I get so angry with myself sometimes

1283
01:11:38,780 --> 01:11:42,140
because I know what I should do but

1284
01:11:42,140 --> 01:11:43,200
I don't.

1285
01:11:47,160 --> 01:11:50,860
An earring of gold and an ornament of

1286
01:11:50,860 --> 01:11:54,060
fine gold so is a wise reprover to

1287
01:11:54,060 --> 01:11:55,040
an obedient ear.

1288
01:11:55,040 --> 01:11:58,960
As the cold of snow in the time

1289
01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:06,120
of harvest, so is the faithful messenger to

1290
01:12:06,120 --> 01:12:08,660
them that send him, for he refreshes the

1291
01:12:08,660 --> 01:12:10,240
soul of his masters.

1292
01:12:13,710 --> 01:12:17,110
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is

1293
01:12:17,110 --> 01:12:19,650
like clouds and wind without rain.

1294
01:12:22,450 --> 01:12:25,630
And by long forbearing is a prince persuaded

1295
01:12:25,630 --> 01:12:29,030
and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

1296
01:12:30,450 --> 01:12:31,910
Have you found honey?

1297
01:12:31,910 --> 01:12:35,670
Eat as much as is sufficient for thee

1298
01:12:36,350 --> 01:12:38,930
lest you be filled and vomited.

1299
01:12:41,790 --> 01:12:43,510
Here's an interesting one.

1300
01:12:43,730 --> 01:12:46,030
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house lest

1301
01:12:46,030 --> 01:12:48,730
he be weary of thee and so hate

1302
01:12:48,730 --> 01:12:49,110
thee.

1303
01:12:51,670 --> 01:12:53,550
You know, you just sit there and sit

1304
01:12:53,550 --> 01:12:55,190
there and sit there and they've got things

1305
01:12:55,190 --> 01:12:56,630
that they want to do and you're not

1306
01:12:56,630 --> 01:12:57,170
moving.

1307
01:12:58,690 --> 01:13:01,010
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house.

1308
01:13:02,490 --> 01:13:05,110
A man that bears false witness against his

1309
01:13:05,110 --> 01:13:12,150
neighbor is a maul, a sword, and a

1310
01:13:12,150 --> 01:13:12,850
sharp arrow.

1311
01:13:14,830 --> 01:13:17,210
Confidence in an unfaithful man in the time

1312
01:13:17,210 --> 01:13:20,130
of trouble is like a broken tooth or

1313
01:13:20,130 --> 01:13:21,730
a foot out of joint.

1314
01:13:28,280 --> 01:13:30,340
He that takes away a garment in cold

1315
01:13:30,340 --> 01:13:39,100
weather and adds vinegar upon niter, so is

1316
01:13:39,100 --> 01:13:42,200
he that sings songs to a heavy heart.

1317
01:13:45,310 --> 01:13:52,860
You ever put vinegar in, what is it

1318
01:13:52,860 --> 01:13:53,900
we used to pour vinegar in?

1319
01:13:54,880 --> 01:13:57,100
Baking soda, right, you know it.

1320
01:13:58,740 --> 01:14:00,160
Vinegar upon niter.

1321
01:14:01,220 --> 01:14:03,000
So is he that sings songs to a

1322
01:14:03,000 --> 01:14:03,980
person with a heavy heart.

1323
01:14:06,240 --> 01:14:10,180
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread

1324
01:14:10,180 --> 01:14:10,500
to eat.

1325
01:14:10,600 --> 01:14:12,800
Paul quotes this in Romans chapter 12, or

1326
01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:14,400
not chapter 12, is it?

1327
01:14:14,460 --> 01:14:15,680
Yes, 12, 15.

1328
01:14:16,220 --> 01:14:19,880
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread

1329
01:14:19,880 --> 01:14:20,580
to eat.

1330
01:14:21,320 --> 01:14:24,320
If he is thirsty, give him water to

1331
01:14:24,320 --> 01:14:24,800
drink.

1332
01:14:26,060 --> 01:14:28,700
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon

1333
01:14:28,700 --> 01:14:31,000
his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.

1334
01:14:31,300 --> 01:14:33,440
Now, what does that mean?

1335
01:14:37,740 --> 01:14:39,900
I am certain that the heaping of the

1336
01:14:39,900 --> 01:14:43,800
coals of fire is not a bad thing.

1337
01:14:47,750 --> 01:14:52,150
There's probably something that has to do with

1338
01:14:52,150 --> 01:14:57,020
their customs that would give you a better

1339
01:14:57,020 --> 01:15:00,340
understanding of what it means to heap coals

1340
01:15:00,340 --> 01:15:01,380
of fire upon their head.

1341
01:15:01,480 --> 01:15:02,960
But it doesn't mean to really crown them

1342
01:15:02,960 --> 01:15:03,760
with hell, you know.

1343
01:15:08,020 --> 01:15:13,220
Some have suggested that it will cause them

1344
01:15:13,220 --> 01:15:14,780
to burn with shame.

1345
01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:22,850
In other words, if your enemy is hungry

1346
01:15:22,850 --> 01:15:27,840
and you feed him, if he is thirsty

1347
01:15:27,840 --> 01:15:31,320
and you give him a drink, you cause

1348
01:15:31,320 --> 01:15:32,620
him to burn with shame.

1349
01:15:34,020 --> 01:15:35,640
The Lord will reward you.

1350
01:15:37,980 --> 01:15:40,260
My motive for doing it shouldn't be that

1351
01:15:40,260 --> 01:15:42,400
I really heap coals of fire upon his

1352
01:15:42,400 --> 01:15:43,080
head, you see.

1353
01:15:45,400 --> 01:15:51,370
My motive in doing it should be really

1354
01:15:51,370 --> 01:15:52,630
kind and generous.

1355
01:15:53,590 --> 01:15:55,430
The north wind drives away the rain, and

1356
01:15:55,430 --> 01:15:59,130
so does an angry countenance, a backbiting tongue.

1357
01:16:00,410 --> 01:16:02,790
Someone is backbiting, just give them a dirty

1358
01:16:02,790 --> 01:16:03,150
look.

1359
01:16:08,230 --> 01:16:08,990
It will stop them.

1360
01:16:09,990 --> 01:16:12,950
Angry countenance and backbiting tongue drives it away.

1361
01:16:13,710 --> 01:16:15,350
It is better to dwell in the corner

1362
01:16:15,350 --> 01:16:18,750
of the housetop than with a brawling woman

1363
01:16:18,750 --> 01:16:19,790
in a white house.

1364
01:16:20,650 --> 01:16:22,910
Now we already dealt with that one, but

1365
01:16:22,910 --> 01:16:29,090
these men who were scribes copied it.

1366
01:16:29,950 --> 01:16:32,450
They evidently got a kick out of that

1367
01:16:32,450 --> 01:16:32,670
one.

1368
01:16:39,640 --> 01:16:44,780
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so

1369
01:16:44,780 --> 01:16:47,060
is good news from a far country.

1370
01:16:48,680 --> 01:16:50,980
A righteous man falling down before the wicked

1371
01:16:50,980 --> 01:16:53,380
is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt

1372
01:16:53,380 --> 01:16:54,080
spring.

1373
01:16:54,820 --> 01:16:57,500
It is not good to eat much honey,

1374
01:16:59,360 --> 01:17:02,600
so for men to search their own glory

1375
01:17:02,600 --> 01:17:03,660
is not glory.

1376
01:17:05,260 --> 01:17:06,720
And then the last one.

1377
01:17:07,780 --> 01:17:10,740
He that has no rule over his own

1378
01:17:10,740 --> 01:17:16,240
spirit is like a city that is broken

1379
01:17:16,240 --> 01:17:17,960
down without walls.

1380
01:17:19,200 --> 01:17:21,760
A man that has no rule over his

1381
01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:24,240
own spirit, a man who is always losing

1382
01:17:24,240 --> 01:17:29,630
his temper, he is like a defenseless city,

1383
01:17:31,190 --> 01:17:34,210
a city that is broken down without walls.

1384
01:17:35,870 --> 01:17:38,690
Oh God, help us to rule over our

1385
01:17:38,690 --> 01:17:39,590
own spirits.