WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.839 practical ways. Hey, everybody, good morning. This is Chris and 4 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:17.239 Jeff coming to you from the Bible Guys podcast Studio 5 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:25.839 World Headquarters. Actually it's a studio that should we does 6 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:27.039 anybody even know where it is? 7 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:30.760 Uh? Yeah, well do you want huge lines of fans 8 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:35.439 just surrounding the place every day when we come in? Stop? 9 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:40.359 Stop? Where the where are the sunglasses? Put a coat 10 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:43.799 over my head? Maybe we shouldn't tell them where it is. 11 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:46.039 It's so a good friend of ours own's a studio 12 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:48.479 that specializes in podcast stuff. 13 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:51.240 Who is a part of heritage. There's a great volunteer 14 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:51.840 and a good friend. 15 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:53.000 That's right, That's right. 16 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:55.039 We'll leave it at that. Okay, all right, because you 17 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:55.719 know I don't want. 18 00:00:55.560 --> 00:01:01.840 The pop rots so difficult? Yeah, all right, too soon? 19 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:03.799 Too soon? 20 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.799 It's from the what eighties? All right? Nineties? So uh, 21 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:12.560 Desiree has created a segment on Friday to do Who's 22 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.799 most Likely? So we're going to read five questions and 23 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:17.599 then you and I get to vote, and we're going 24 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:21.120 to do it instinctively, and we're going to agree or disagree. 25 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.560 Who's most likely to do these things? You ready? 26 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:24.000 Yes, sir? 27 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:25.079 Your first one? 28 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:27.280 Who's most likely to pretend they don't know how to 29 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:30.359 shovel snow so someone else has to do it? Pretty sure? 30 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:32.200 That's me? Yeah, that's yeah? 31 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:32.680 Is that you? 32 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:33.239 Okay? 33 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:34.120 Oh? 34 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:36.000 My arms don't work. My hands don't work. 35 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:39.400 Don't work. I wasn't going to pretend to know if 36 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:41.439 that was you or not. But I will go on 37 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.760 the record and say it's definitely not me doing during. 38 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:46.840 A snowstorm, do you go out multiple times to clear 39 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:47.359 the sidewalk? 40 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:51.799 It depends. If it's a heavy, wet snow, absolutely I 41 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:54.719 have to right otherwise it's gonna you're gonna be You're 42 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:58.480 gonna be in trouble if you don't, so so yeah, 43 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:01.000 I'll definitely do that if it's a If it's a 44 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:02.719 like a wet snow, because. 45 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:04.680 There's the I have a neighbor who's like so excited 46 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.239 every time snowfalls. He's out three or four times, you know, 47 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:08.439 shoveling and snow blow. 48 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:12.039 If it's a if it's a really soft, fluffy snow, 49 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:14.719 absolutely I will not do it. There's no way it's 50 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:19.479 not enjoyable. It's it's a dread okay, but I'm gonna 51 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:22.000 do it if it's heavy, because if you don't, the 52 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.599 bottom will melt, it'll become ice. And then all of 53 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:26.719 a sudden you have to, you know, you shovel, and 54 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.400 then you know why snowblow? Right, I guess it's no 55 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:32.199 big snowblow. But then then you're you know, you're on 56 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:33.960 like a bunch of ice. Yeah, and I hate when 57 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:35.000 it's not down to the cement. 58 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:37.719 Okay, number two two turn yep. 59 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:40.840 Who's most likely to send a Christmas card to themselves 60 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:42.800 just to get that perfect photo? 61 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:48.560 What it's most likely to send a Christmas. 62 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:54.560 Card to themselves just to get the perfect photo? Why 63 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:57.439 are they mixing? Why is she mixing photo with a card? 64 00:02:57.560 --> 00:02:58.000 I don't know? 65 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:05.599 Is she meaning like a chrisp photo card? Okay, I 66 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:08.120 refuse to entertain this question. 67 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:12.879 Okay, pass pass. Yeah, we never do Christmas photos. So yeah, 68 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:15.919 you guys do Christmas well, you do it like Christmas 69 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:17.080 pajama photos and. 70 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:19.599 Oh for sure social media? Sure yeah yeah yeah, but 71 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:22.199 you know what, I think what she's referring to is 72 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:25.719 the traditional like Christmas photo that's like like, that's sort 73 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:28.520 of like a it's either becomes a card or it 74 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:30.159 gets inserted in a Christmas letter. 75 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:30.800 Yeah. Yeah. 76 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:32.800 Do you have friends who do Christmas letters? 77 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:35.840 Yeah? I have a missionary friend that does. 78 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:38.719 Yeah, and uh and do you read them? 79 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:41.120 Yes? Yeah, and they'll have a photo. 80 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:43.599 Has your family ever done a Christmas letter update? 81 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:43.960 No? 82 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:47.120 My wife did it for years, for like ten years. 83 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:47.639 Wow. 84 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:49.719 Like, here's what's been going on for the zarbas in 85 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:52.879 twenty twenty four, and then Tory left at Christmas head joke, 86 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:55.439 right right, right right, Okay, it's just like an update 87 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:58.120 kind of thing. But I was glad to day that 88 00:03:58.240 --> 00:03:58.919 she stopped that. 89 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:00.919 That's good. Okay, so we're going to move on from 90 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:01.199 that one. 91 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:01.400 Ye. 92 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:04.039 Who's most likely to pretend they're a snowplow and drive 93 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:05.560 around making snow drifts for fun? 94 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:09.199 I think that's both of us? 95 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:12.240 Probably yeah, but I'm gonna say me, okay, I think 96 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:13.039 probably you two. 97 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.199 Okay, pretend there's a snowplow and drive around making snow 98 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.360 drifts for fun. Yeah, okay, I'm gonna see me. 99 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:20.439 Okay, all right. 100 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:23.600 Number four, who's most likely to get tangled in Christmas 101 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:25.480 lights while trying to decorate the house? 102 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:28.800 I've actually done it, yeah, and almost fell off the roof. 103 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:29.959 Is that true? 104 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:33.000 I did. I got my feet tangled up in the 105 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:36.240 so I had I had a coil of them, yes, 106 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:39.319 and then I have a right now. The house we're 107 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:41.120 in is a tri level, yes. And so I was 108 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:42.920 on the lower roof and I was putting on the 109 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:45.160 top roof and I stretched across like this, and I 110 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.560 went to turn and I was tangled in the coil 111 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:49.879 below me, and it just about went over the roof. 112 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:50.399 Yeah. 113 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:51.079 Yeah. 114 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:53.800 Did you know the last three years in a row, 115 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:56.040 I get a company to decorate my house? 116 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:57.600 Yes, I know that, did you? 117 00:04:57.920 --> 00:04:58.399 How do you know that? 118 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:00.240 Yeah? Because you brag about it every. 119 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:01.079 Do I really? 120 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:02.959 Yeah? Yeah, we all know who it is at work. 121 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:03.319 Yeah. 122 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:05.439 Yeah, Well I got to tell you something and then 123 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:06.759 you don't have to pay for it because you just 124 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:07.600 have to brag about it. 125 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:10.240 Oh yeah, that's right. That's right. Well I wasn't going 126 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:12.879 to say any of that. Here's what I was going 127 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.920 to say, is like three years ago, I was on 128 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:18.680 the peak peak of my house, like the peak peak, right, 129 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:22.279 and and I almost slipped off. And I didn't really 130 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:24.560 almost slip off. I had I slip like a foot. 131 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:26.759 Oh yeah, but in that foot, I thought I was 132 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:27.319 going to die. 133 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:30.600 Yeah. My son is a he delivers he's a crane 134 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:35.759 operator and he delivers roofing and siding for a big company. 135 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:38.879 So he's on roofs all day, every day, delivering stuff. 136 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:40.800 And he fell off a roof a couple of weeks 137 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:45.079 ago and dislocated his shoulder. And uh, I'm like, ding dong, 138 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:47.319 that's a dangerous thing, you know. Yeah, And when I 139 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.600 call him ding dong, it's only with the fondest sure 140 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:54.279 love kindness, ding dong love. Yeah. Yeah, And he went 141 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:56.040 back to work next day. This guy is so tough. 142 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:58.439 I mean, these guys that that do that kind of 143 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:01.360 outdoor work, they're so tough. And he's like, nah, I'm fine, 144 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:03.680 I'm fine. It's just a little bruise. I'm like, yeah, 145 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:06.000 except you're kind of walking crooked and your shoulders out 146 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:06.399 of a joint. 147 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:11.480 But yeah, crazy, I have to say, I am the 148 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:18.000 most thankful. Uh. The joy, the amount of joy that 149 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:19.720 comes knowing that I don't have to get on the 150 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:21.240 roof is unbelievable. 151 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:23.680 No, I know the answer to this next one. Okay, 152 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:27.000 who's most likely to go ice skating but end up 153 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:28.439 clinging to the wall the whole. 154 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:31.399 Time that it would definitely be you, that's me. Yeah, yes, 155 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:32.319 you're not an ice skater. 156 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:36.040 Well, I'm not an ice skater. I'm not a tap dancer. 157 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:39.319 I'm not right. You've got all those Wait a minute, 158 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:41.480 did you just I'm more of a football player. 159 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.879 You just put ice skating in the realm of a 160 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:46.879 feminine thing. 161 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:48.920 Have you ever watched the Olympics? 162 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:51.720 Have you ever? Have you ever watched hockey? 163 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:54.279 Sure? Sure, I don't know that that's what I was 164 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:55.639 envisioning in this moment. 165 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.720 Dude, are you kidding? Be Ice skating has now become 166 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:01.240 like it's not what it was when we were growing up. 167 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.560 Ice skating we were growing up was topiic. But guys 168 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:09.439 don't wear the topicks anymore. They wear the ice. 169 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:13.920 The hockey sequence, whether they wear the sequence and the 170 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:17.720 like the flowing arm stuff. Yeah, I get it, man, 171 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:20.279 I know, I totally get it. Hey, I've seen hockey. 172 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:21.160 I'm a big hockey fan. 173 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:23.279 You're going to get in trouble with anybody who goes 174 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:26.079 ice skating because they love the ice. 175 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:30.120 Hockey players don't go ice skating. They put on skates 176 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:32.439 for the sake of my son driving somebody into the 177 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:33.519 son used to go. 178 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:35.360 Ice skating all the time with his friends. 179 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:37.120 I am not saying anything about your officer. 180 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:38.079 He was and he was worrying. 181 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:41.120 I'm not speaking negatively about your offspring. And anyway, I 182 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:43.879 was just saying, I can envision you personal. Do you 183 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:47.199 see the office skating and spinning around the office and 184 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:48.279 me hanging under the wall. 185 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:52.720 Michael all I said, Michael Scott is a phenomenal hockey 186 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:53.920 skater and goes ice skating. 187 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:57.720 Excellent, excellent, all right, skating on the ice and ice 188 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:00.639 skating are two different things. I'm just the fay players 189 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:01.519 will defend that art. 190 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.959 I'm defending the sport of ice skating because you. 191 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:08.879 Just fine, you made a feminine I did not. I 192 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:13.800 did not. I just said tap dancing and ice skating 193 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:17.279 are your thing. That's how I said. That's the only 194 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:20.319 thing I said. And you're trying to make it something 195 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:25.160 I didn't say, and I I am not. I said, 196 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:28.360 with it, who's who's most likely to try to go 197 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:30.639 ice skating but end up cleaning the walk? And I 198 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:31.240 said that was me. 199 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:34.840 Proverbs just talking about me. Yeah, And you said in 200 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:37.320 the negative thing. I don't want to be a part of. 201 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:40.679 That feminine No, that is not what I said, football. 202 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.639 Player, I did not say that, Yes you did. 203 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:43.080 I didn't. 204 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:44.279 You literally did. 205 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:45.519 I didn't say I didn't want to be a part 206 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:47.360 of that sport. You literally I just said I can 207 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:49.679 see you ice skating. Okay, all right, we didn't move 208 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:52.960 on and tap dancing, and I'm twenty one. The king's 209 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:56.039 heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord. Really, 210 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:00.600 he guides it wherever he pleased. People may be right 211 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:03.039 in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart. Chris, 212 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:05.480 It literally says it right there. Hey, the Lord knows 213 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:05.799 my heart. 214 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:10.200 Hey, Jeff, I thought that your observation about hockey was 215 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:14.320 a little harsh. And we're about to enter into Proverbs 216 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:17.720 twenty one, and there are some pretty harsh truths that 217 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:18.679 Solomon includes. 218 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:22.000 Yeah, but I know my heart and so does the Lord. Oh, 219 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:25.159 so go ahead. The king's heart is like a stream 220 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:27.399 of water, directed by the Lord. He guides it wherever 221 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:31.200 he pleases. He does the Lord. People may be right 222 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:33.720 in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart. 223 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:36.039 So the Lord knows. Yes, the Lord knows that you 224 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:39.120 were telling lies. The Lord is more pleased when we 225 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:41.200 do what is right and just than when we offer 226 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:46.919 him sacrifices. Haughty eyes, a proud heart, and evil actions 227 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:51.279 are all sin. Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, 228 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:55.440 but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. Wealth created by a 229 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:58.440 lying tongue is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap. 230 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:01.200 The violence of the wicked and sweeps them away because 231 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:04.360 they refuse to do what is just. The guilty walk 232 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:08.200 of crooked path the innocent travelers straight road. It's better 233 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:09.919 to live alone in the corner of an attic than 234 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.039 with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home. I have 235 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:14.200 no idea what that means. 236 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:15.240 That's so funny. 237 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:18.919 Evil people desire evil. Their neighbors get no mercy from them. 238 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:23.240 If you punish a mocker, the simple minded become wise. 239 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.279 If you instruct the wise, they'll be all the wiser. 240 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:29.039 We already read a verse very similar to that, Remember 241 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:31.879 we did. The righteous one knows what is going on 242 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:33.759 in the homes of the wicked, and he will bring 243 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.080 disaster on them. Those who shut their ears to the 244 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:38.639 cries of the poor will be ignored in their own 245 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:44.000 time of need. Wow, a secret gift, calms anger. A 246 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:48.279 bribe under the table pacifies fury. Justice is a joy 247 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:51.879 to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers. The person who 248 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:54.120 strays from common sense will end up in the company 249 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:58.480 of the dead. Those who love pleasure become poor, those 250 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:01.879 who love wine and luxury will never be rich. The 251 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.240 wicked are punished in place of the godly, and traders 252 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:07.840 in place of the honest. It's better to live alone 253 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:11.200 in the desert than with a coarrelsome complaining wife. Once again, 254 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:12.360 I have no idea what that means. 255 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:13.120 What does that even mean? 256 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.279 I have no idea. The wis have wealth and luxury, 257 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:20.759 but fools spend whatever they get. Whoever pursues righteousness and 258 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:26.080 unfailing love will find life, righteousness, and honor. The wise 259 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.480 conquer the city of the strong and level the fortress 260 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.279 in which they trust. Watch your tongue and keep your 261 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:34.759 mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble. I 262 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:36.840 kind of wish that's how I'd started this segment today. 263 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:38.879 I washed my mouth and kept my mouth shut. 264 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:42.000 Right, as opposed to making fun of all the hockey 265 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:42.720 players of the world. 266 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:45.679 I didn't do that, you did. I didn't mockers are 267 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:49.080 proud and haughty, and they act boundless with boundless arrogance 268 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:52.480 despite their desires. The lazy will come to ruin for 269 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:56.559 their hands refuse to work. Some people are always greedy 270 00:11:56.600 --> 00:12:00.759 for more, but the godly love to give of an 271 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:04.279 evil person is detestable, especially when it's offered with wrong motives. 272 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.240 A false witness will be cut off, but a credible 273 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:10.440 witness will be allowed to speak. The wicked bluff their 274 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:13.960 way through, but the virtuous think before they act. No 275 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:17.480 human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord. 276 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:20.559 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but 277 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:24.639 the victory belongs to the Lord. I love that. There 278 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:24.919 you go. 279 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:27.720 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but 280 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:31.120 the victory belongs to the Lord. Yep, that's great. I 281 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:33.559 don't know why I'm struggling so much today with my throat, 282 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:34.519 but I certainly am. 283 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:34.639 Are you. 284 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:37.919 Yeah, there's a lot of good stuff in here, And 285 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:44.600 you know again, Solomon talks a lot about, you know, 286 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:50.399 wickedness and foolishness and everything else, but there's some things 287 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:54.000 that jump off the page. I like verse over twelve 288 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:57.080 because it says the righteous one and it's capital R 289 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:00.720 and capital. Oh yeah, the righteous one knows what is 290 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:02.159 going on in the homes of the wicked. He would 291 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:06.320 bring disaster on them. You know, isn't it Isn't it great? 292 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:08.600 How if you know the Bible, you always make a 293 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:11.039 comment and say the Bible is its own best commentary. 294 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:11.480 That's right. 295 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:14.600 So there are other verses that pop into your mind, 296 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:18.000 right the Canglatians where it says, don't be deceived. God 297 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:20.480 is not mocked. What server mansus, He's going to reap. 298 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:24.399 You know that God sees all things. What you're going 299 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:27.000 to you know, you know, what goes around comes around. Right. 300 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:29.559 You roll a stone, it's going to roll back on you. 301 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:31.799 If you dig a pit, you're going to fall in it. Right. 302 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:35.080 There's just this, you know, there's all these verses that 303 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:38.440 seem to come together with some of the same principles, 304 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:42.960 and it's just great to be reminded that God sees 305 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:43.639 all things. 306 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:46.440 Yeah, you know, so with that soap strategy that we 307 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:49.080 were talking about, you know, so scripture we already did that, 308 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:51.159 and then the next one is observation. And one of 309 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:53.159 those one of the things we're looking for is what's 310 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:55.000 to say about God? What does it say about people? 311 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:56.960 What is it? You know what jumped off the page, 312 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:00.840 And so we've already acknowledged that the proverb are really 313 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.519 all about every day living. So what it says about 314 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:06.039 people every verse is that. But there's several and you've 315 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:08.840 already referenced one there that you know, the Lord, you know, 316 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:11.399 the righteous one right knows what's going on in the 317 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:13.799 homes of the wicked. He's so really that's saying God's 318 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:17.440 paying attention to everybody and everything. The first three verses 319 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:20.799 here all mentioned the Lord, which is interesting because you know, 320 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:24.399 we we've mentioned before that many of the proverbs he's 321 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:26.519 not mentioning God, he's just talking about every day living. 322 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:29.960 But here the first verse says, the king's heart is 323 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.600 like a stream of water directed by the Lord. God 324 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:35.360 guides it wherever he pleases, right, right, so God can 325 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:38.639 redirect there's a flow to the king, but God's the 326 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:41.399 one that's directing that flow. The next one, people may 327 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:43.279 be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines 328 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:45.919 their heart. He's looking at the heart. Right, It's amazing. 329 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:48.559 All of these phrases are talking about how God pays 330 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.440 attention to the heart. Then the last one, verse three 331 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:53.440 the Lord is more pleased when we do what is 332 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:56.200 right and just than when we offer him sacrifices. So again, 333 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:59.360 God's looking for right behavior and right hearts more than 334 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:01.320 religious ritual right. 335 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:05.279 And uh, you know again I'm talking about cross referencing. 336 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:08.879 That reminds me what verses that remind you of? Is 337 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:11.559 there any verse that sticks out where he says the 338 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:14.440 Lord is more pleased, Uh, when we do what is 339 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:15.159 justin right. 340 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:18.360 Where we offer you. It reminds me when Samuel confronted 341 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:23.759 Saul right and said obedience is better than sacrifice. 342 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:26.559 Yes, that's one of them. There's another one, and that 343 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:30.840 is when David commits sin in front of Betesheba or 344 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:34.919 not in front of heart with yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, 345 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:37.759 and he says he says, uh, what is he saying? 346 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:40.840 He says, uh, you'd rather have a broken contrite heart than. 347 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:44.639 Yeah, these things and spies, right yeah. So so so 348 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:47.279 God doesn't want my sacrifices as much as God wants 349 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:47.639 my heart. 350 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.440 Yeah, that's right. 351 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:49.879 Yeah, that's what That's basically what it means. 352 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:52.120 So when when you're asking these questions, what is this 353 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.759 passage to say about God? That's the first question you're 354 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:58.279 asking in the observation side, there's tons of practical advice. 355 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:00.519 But what you see here is these three versus and 356 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:02.759 then the other one all reference the fact that God's 357 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:04.759 paying attention to how we live, what we do right, 358 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:07.320 obedience and heart. Those are the two things that we 359 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.000 learn about God. Everything else is what we learn about humanity. 360 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:13.759 You know, hey, bribes, he's not advising bribes. He's just 361 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:16.799 saying that bribes oftentimes and get you out of trouble, right, 362 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:20.080 stuff like that. So that's that's not a moral statement 363 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:22.080 saying do it or don't do it. It's just saying 364 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:25.159 this is a truth, right, as opposed to when you 365 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:26.879 get into what does it say about God? That's a 366 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:31.159 big you know, It's why we always ask that one first. 367 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:33.080 Whenever you read a passage, does it say about God? 368 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:35.120 Deal with that? Then move on. Yeah. 369 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:38.000 Verse four has that word you think is harsh haughty eyes? 370 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.720 Haughty eyes? 371 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:42.120 Remember I said it was harsh. Yep, there is haughty eyes, 372 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:44.720 a proud heart and evil actions or else sin. 373 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.679 So you know, you ever see, just like a really 374 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:52.440 prideful person, you don't even have to say anything or 375 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:55.600 hear them say any words, right, just the way they 376 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:59.399 look and act is So that's that's what the Bible 377 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:03.159 was saying. There, God doesn't even so the prideful heart 378 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:08.920 thing is is you know, that's a secret thing. But 379 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:12.839 then the person who overtly is flamboyant about their pride 380 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:16.799 and self centeredness and their narcissism. So that's a different 381 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.640 thing than the internal. That's the external, right, And God says, 382 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:22.839 what's on the outside and the inside when it comes 383 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:25.920 to prideful people, it's kind of gross. Yeah. 384 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:31.160 Yeah, I love how he says, if you instruct the wise, 385 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:33.440 they'll be all the wiser. But but before that, he says, 386 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:36.839 if you punish the mocker, the simple mind had become wise. Yeah, 387 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:38.200 and so there's there's uh. 388 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:39.599 That has come up a couple of times. 389 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.599 Yeah. Yeah, well, I mean you already sort of reference. 390 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:43.039 Yeah, you know, when when you. 391 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.599 Punish somebody publicly, then then the rest of the people 392 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:47.759 will then know that's really what he's saying. 393 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:50.200 Most of the time you don't do that, right, but 394 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:52.400 it's it's this, it's it's when you're aware of the 395 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:55.160 fact that the simple mind that they're watching right, right, 396 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.680 then that's when you, yeah, do that. 397 00:17:56.759 --> 00:18:00.839 Yeah, that's great. Those who love pleasure, become poor. Those 398 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:05.160 who love wine and luxury will never be rich. Oh 399 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:06.200 that's not the one I was thinking of. 400 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.720 If I was going to comment on that one, that 401 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:08.720