WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.720 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:06.480 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:13.880 practical ways. Hey, everybody, good morning. This is Chris and 4 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:17.280 Jeff coming to you from the Bible Guys podcast Studio 5 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:25.879 World Headquarters. Actually it's a studio that should we Does 6 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:27.079 anybody even know where it is? 7 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:30.800 Uh? Yeah, well do you want huge lines of fans 8 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:35.920 just surrounding the place every day when we come in? Stop? Stop? 9 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:39.000 Where the where are the sunglasses? 10 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:40.920 Put a coat over my head? 11 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:43.840 Maybe we shouldn't tell them where it is. 12 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:46.439 It's a good friend of ours. Own's a studio that 13 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:48.520 specializes in podcast stuff. 14 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:51.320 Who is a part of heritage. There's a great volunteer 15 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:51.840 and a good friend. 16 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:53.039 That's right, That's right. 17 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:55.079 We'll leave it at that. Okay, all right, because you 18 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:55.759 know I don't want. 19 00:00:55.600 --> 00:01:01.880 The pop rots. It's so difficult. Yeah, all right, too soon? 20 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.239 Too soon? It's from the what eighties? All right? 21 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:10.680 Nineties? So uh, Desiree has created a segment on Friday 22 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:14.599 to do Who's most Likely? So we're going to read 23 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:17.159 five questions and then you and I get to vote, 24 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:19.319 and we're going to do it instinctively and we're going 25 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:22.799 to agree or disagree. Who's most likely to do these things? 26 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:23.560 You ready? 27 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:24.040 Yes, sir? 28 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:25.120 When your first one? 29 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.280 Who's most likely to pretend they don't know how to 30 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:30.400 shovel snow so someone else has to do it? Pretty sure? 31 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:32.239 That's me? Yeah, that's yeah? 32 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:32.719 Is that you? 33 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:36.040 Okay? Oh, my arms don't work. My hands don't work. 34 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.439 Doesn't work. I wasn't going to pretend to know if 35 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:41.480 that was you or not. But I will go on 36 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:44.799 the record and say it's definitely not me doing during. 37 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:46.879 A snowstorm, do you go out multiple times to clear 38 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:47.439 the sidewalk? 39 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:51.840 It depends. If it's a heavy, wet snow, absolutely I 40 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:54.760 have to right otherwise it's gonna you're gonna be You're 41 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:58.519 gonna be in trouble if you don't. So so, yeah, 42 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:01.040 I'll definitely do that if it's a If it's a 43 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:02.760 like a wet snow, because. 44 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:04.760 There's the I have a neighbor who's like so excited 45 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.280 every time snowfalls. He's out three or four times, you know, 46 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:08.479 shoveling and snow blow. 47 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.039 If it's a if it's a really soft, fluffy snow, 48 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:14.759 absolutely I will not do it. There's no way it's 49 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:19.520 not enjoyable. It's it's a dread Okay, but I'm gonna 50 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.039 do it if it's heavy, because if you don't, the 51 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:24.560 bottom will melt, it will become ice. And then all 52 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:26.360 of a sudden you have to, you know, you shovel, 53 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:29.400 and then you know why snowblow? Right, I guess it's 54 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:32.159 a big snowblow. But then then you're you know, you're 55 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:33.800 on like a bunch of ice. Yeah, and I hate 56 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:35.039 when it's not down to the cement. 57 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:37.759 Okay, number two two turn yep. 58 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:40.840 Who's most likely to send a Christmas card to themselves 59 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:42.759 just to get that perfect photo? 60 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:45.439 What? 61 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:49.560 It's most likely to send a Christmas card to themselves 62 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:55.360 just to get the perfect photo? Why are they mixing? 63 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:57.240 Why is she mixing photo. 64 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:58.080 With a card? I don't know? 65 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:02.960 Is she meaning like a Chrismas photo card? Must be Okay, 66 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:08.159 I refuse to entertain this question. 67 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:12.919 Okay, pass pass. Yeah, we never do Christmas photos, so yeah, 68 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:15.960 you guys do Christmas? Well you do. It's like Christmas 69 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:17.120 pajama photos and. 70 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:19.639 Oh for sure social media sure yeah yeah, yeah, but 71 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:22.240 you know what, I think what she's referring to is 72 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:25.719 the traditional like Christmas photo that's like like, that's sort 73 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:28.560 of like a It's either becomes a card or it 74 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:30.199 gets inserted in a Christmas letter. 75 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:30.520 Yeah. 76 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:32.840 Yeah, you have friends who do Christmas letters? 77 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:35.919 Yeah? I have a missionary friend that does. 78 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:38.759 Yeah, and uh and do you read them? 79 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:41.159 Yes? Yeah, and they'll have a photo. 80 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:43.639 Has your family ever done a Christmas letter update? 81 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:43.960 No? 82 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:47.840 My wife did it for years, for like ten years. Wow, Like, 83 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:50.159 here's what's been going on for the zarbas in twenty 84 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.919 twenty four and then Tory left at Christmas head joke, 85 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:55.479 right right, right right, Okay, it's just like an update 86 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:58.159 kind of thing. But I was glad to day that 87 00:03:58.240 --> 00:03:58.960 she stopped that. 88 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:01.400 That's good. Okay, so we're gonna move on from that one. Ye. 89 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.080 Who's most likely to pretend they're a snowplow and drive 90 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:05.599 around making snow drifts for fun? 91 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:09.240 I think that's both of us? 92 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.280 Probably Yeah, but I'm gonna say me, okay, I think 93 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:13.080 probably you two. 94 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:16.240 Okay, pretend there's a snowplow and drive around making snow 95 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:17.360 drifts for fun. 96 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:20.439 Yeah, okay, I'm gonna see me. Okay, all right. 97 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:23.639 Number four, who's most likely to get tangled in Christmas 98 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:25.519 lights while trying to decorate the house. 99 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:28.839 I've actually done it, yeah, and almost fell off the roof. 100 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:30.000 Is that true? 101 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:32.000 I did. I got my feet tangled up in the 102 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:36.279 so I had I had a coil of them, yes, 103 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:39.360 and then I have a right now. The house we're 104 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:41.160 in is a tri level, yes. And so I was 105 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:42.959 on the lower roof and I was putting on the 106 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:45.199 top roof and I stretched across like this, and I 107 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:47.600 went to turn and I was tangled in the coil 108 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:49.920 below me and just about went over the roof. 109 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:50.439 Yeah. 110 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:51.079 Yeah. 111 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:53.839 Did you know the last three years in a row, 112 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:56.079 I get a company to decorate my house? 113 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:57.639 Yes, I know that, did you? 114 00:04:57.959 --> 00:04:58.439 How do you know that? 115 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:00.279 Yeah? Because you brag about it every year? 116 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:01.120 Do I really? 117 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:03.319 Yeah? Yeah, we all know who it is at work. Yeah. 118 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:04.879 Yeah, Well I got to tell you. 119 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.279 Something and then you don't have to pay for it 120 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:07.639 because you just have to brag about it. 121 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:10.279 Oh yeah, that's right. That's right. Well I wasn't going 122 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:12.920 to say any of that. Here's what I was going 123 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:15.959 to say, is like three years ago, I was on 124 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:18.720 the peak peak of my house, like the peak peak, right, 125 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:22.319 and and I almost slipped off. And I didn't really 126 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:24.600 almost stop off. I had I slid like a foot. 127 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:26.000 Oh yeah, but in. 128 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:27.360 That foot I thought I was going to die. 129 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:30.639 Yeah. My son is a he delivers he's a crane 130 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:35.800 operator and he delivers roofing and siding for a big company. 131 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:38.920 So he's on roofs all day, every day, delivering stuff. 132 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:41.079 And he fell off a roof a couple weeks ago 133 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:45.360 and dislocated his shoulder. And I'm like, ding dong, that's 134 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.600 a dangerous thing, you know. Yeah, And when I call 135 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:52.040 him ding dong, it's only with the fondest sure love kindness. 136 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:52.279 Ding dong love. 137 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:55.120 Yeah. Yeah, and he went back to work next day. 138 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:57.680 This guy is so tough. I mean, these guys that 139 00:05:57.759 --> 00:05:59.759 that do that kind of outdoor work, they're so tough. 140 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:02.319 And he's like, nah, I'm fine, I'm fine. It's just 141 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:04.480 a little bruise. I'm like, yeah, except you're kind of 142 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:06.439 walking crooked and your shoulders out of a joint. 143 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:15.439 But yeah, crazy have to say, I am the most thankful. Uh. 144 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.000 The joy, the amount of joy that comes knowing that 145 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:21.279 I don't have to get on the roof is unbelievable. 146 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.720 No, I know the answer to this next one. Okay, 147 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:27.000 who's most likely to go ice skating but end up 148 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:28.600 clinging to the wall the whole time. 149 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:30.040 That would definitely be you. 150 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:30.560 That's me. 151 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:32.360 Yeah, yes, you're not an ice skater. 152 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:36.079 Well, I'm not an ice skater. I'm not a tap dancer. 153 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:39.360 I'm not right. You've got all those Wait a minute, 154 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:41.519 did you just I'm more of a football player. 155 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:44.920 You just put ice skating in the realm of a 156 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:46.920 feminine thing. 157 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:48.959 Have you ever watched the Olympics? 158 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:50.160 Have you ever? 159 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:53.720 Have you ever watched hockey? Sure? Sure, I don't know 160 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:56.079 that that's what I was envisioning in this moment, Dude, 161 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:56.759 are you kidding? 162 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:00.319 Be Ice skating has now become like it's what it 163 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:02.959 was when we were growing up. Ice skating we were 164 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:07.079 growing up was topiic. But guys don't wear the topicks anymore. 165 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:09.439 They wear the ice. 166 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.920 The hockey sequence, whether they wear the sequence and the 167 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:18.160 like the flowing arm stuff. I get it, man, I know, 168 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:20.519 I totally get it. Hey, I've seen hockey. I'm a 169 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:21.199 big hockey fan. 170 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:23.319 You're going to get in trouble with anybody who goes 171 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:26.120 ice skating because they love the ice. 172 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:30.120 Hockey players don't go ice skating. They put on skates 173 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.439 for the sake of my son driving somebody into the 174 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:33.560 son used to go. 175 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:35.399 Ice skating all the time with his friends. 176 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:37.560 I am not saying anything about your office was and 177 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:40.399 he was worring, I'm not speaking negatively about your offspring 178 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:42.600 in any way. I was just saying, I can envision 179 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:45.839 you personal. Do you see the office skating and spinning 180 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:48.279 around the office and me hanging under the wall. 181 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:52.759 Michael all I said, Michael Scott is a phenomenal hockey 182 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:53.959 skater and goes ice skating. 183 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:57.759 Excellent, excellent? All right, skating on the ice and ice 184 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:00.680 skating are two different things. I'm just the key players 185 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:01.560 will defend that art. 186 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:06.079 I'm defending the sport of ice skating because you. 187 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:08.920 Just fine, you made a feminine I did not. I 188 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.839 did not. I just said tap dancing and ice skating 189 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:17.319 are your thing. That's how I said. That's the only 190 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:20.360 thing I said. And you're trying to make it something 191 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:25.160 I didn't say, and I I am not. I said, 192 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.399 with it, who's who's most likely to try to go 193 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:30.680 ice skating but end up cleaning the wall? And I 194 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:33.320 said that was me proverbs just talking about me. 195 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:36.679 Yeah, And you said in the negative thing, I don't 196 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:37.399 want to be a part. 197 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.879 Of that feminine No, that is not what I said, 198 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:42.679 football player. I did not say that, Yes you did. 199 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:43.120 I didn't. 200 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:44.320 You literally did. 201 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:45.559 I didn't say I didn't want to be a part 202 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:47.399 of that sport. You literally I just said I can 203 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:49.679 see you ice skating. Okay, all right, we didn't move 204 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:53.000 on and tap dancing, and I'm twenty one. The king's 205 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:56.120 heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord. Really, 206 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:00.639 he guides it wherever he pleased. It may be right 207 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.039 in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart. Chris, 208 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:05.519 it literally says it right there. Hey, the Lord knows 209 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:05.840 my heart. 210 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:10.240 Hey, Jeff, I thought that your observation about hockey was 211 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:14.360 a little harsh. And we're about to enter into Proverbs 212 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:17.759 twenty one, and there are some pretty harsh truths that 213 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:18.720 salmon includes. 214 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:22.240 Yeah, but I know my heart and so does the Lord. Okay, 215 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:25.200 so go ahead. The king's heart is like a stream 216 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.440 of water, directed by the Lord. He guides it wherever 217 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:31.240 he pleases. He does the Lord. People may be right 218 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:33.759 in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart. 219 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:36.080 So the Lord knows. Yes, the Lord knows that you 220 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:39.159 were telling lies. The Lord is more pleased when we 221 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:41.240 do what is right and just than when we offer 222 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:46.919 him sacrifices. Haughty eyes, a proud heart, and evil actions 223 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:51.320 are all sin. Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, 224 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:55.480 but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. Wealth created by a 225 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:58.440 lying tongue is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap. 226 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:01.240 The violence of the wicked and sweeps them away because 227 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:04.399 they refuse to do what is just. The guilty walk 228 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:08.240 of crooked path, the innocent travelist straight road. It's better 229 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:09.960 to live alone in the corner of an attic than 230 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:13.080 with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home. I have 231 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:14.200 no idea what that means. 232 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:15.279 That's so funny. 233 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:18.960 Evil people desire evil. Their neighbors get no mercy from them. 234 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:23.279 If you punish a mocker, the simple minded become wise. 235 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.320 If you instruct the wise, they'll be all the wiser. 236 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:29.039 We already read a verse very similar to that, Remember 237 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.919 we did. The righteous one knows what is going on 238 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:33.799 in the homes of the wicked, and he will bring 239 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:37.120 disaster on them. Those who shut their ears to the 240 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:38.679 cries of the poor will be ignored in their own 241 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:44.039 time of need. Wow, a secret gift calms anger. A 242 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:48.320 bribe under the table pacifies fury. Justice is a joy 243 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:51.919 to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers. The person who 244 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.159 strays from common sense will end up in the company 245 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:58.519 of the dead. Those who love pleasure become poor, those 246 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:01.919 who love wine and luxury will never be rich. The 247 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:04.279 wicked are punished in place of the godly, and traders 248 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:07.879 in place of the honest. It's better to live alone 249 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.240 in the desert than with a coarrelsome complaining wife. Once again, 250 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:12.759 I have no idea what that means. What does that 251 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:15.679 even mean? I have no idea. The wis have wealth 252 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:20.000 and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get. Whoever pursues 253 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:24.720 righteousness and unfailing love will find life, righteousness, and honor. 254 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:27.960 The wise conquer the city of the strong and level 255 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.919 the fortress in which they trust. Watch your tongue and 256 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:33.480 keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble. 257 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:36.879 I kind of wish that's how I'd started this segment today. 258 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:38.919 I wash my mouth and kept my mouth shut. 259 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:42.039 Right, as opposed to making fun of all the hockey 260 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:42.759 players of the world. 261 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.720 I didn't do that, you did. I didn't. Mockers are 262 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:49.120 proud and haughty, and they act boundless with boundless arrogance 263 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:52.519 despite their desires. The lazy will come to ruin for 264 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:56.600 their hands refuse to work. Some people are always greedy 265 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:00.799 for more, but the godly love to givefice of an 266 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.320 evil person is detestable, especially when it's offered with wrong motives. 267 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:07.279 A false witness will be cut off, but a credible 268 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:10.480 witness will be allowed to speak. The wicked bluff their 269 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:14.000 way through, but the virtuous think before they act. No 270 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:17.519 human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord. 271 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:20.600 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but 272 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:24.679 the victory belongs to the Lord. I love that. There 273 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:24.960 you go. 274 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:27.759 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but 275 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:31.159 the victory belongs to the Lord. Yep, that's great. I 276 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:33.600 don't know why I'm struggling so much today with my throat, 277 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:36.759 but I certainly am, are you. Yeah, there's a lot 278 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:40.799 of good stuff in here, and you know again, Solomon 279 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:46.759 talks a lot about, you know, wickedness and foolishness and 280 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:51.399 everything else, but there's some things that jump off the page. 281 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:55.399 I like verse over twelve because it says the righteous 282 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:59.279 one and it's capital r and capital o. Yeah, the 283 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:01.519 righteous one knows what is going on in the homes 284 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:04.120 of the wicked, he who bring disaster on them, you know, 285 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.639 isn't it Isn't it great? How if you know the Bible, 286 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:09.759 you always make a comment and say the Bible is 287 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:11.080 its own best commentary. 288 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:11.519 That's right. 289 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.639 So there are other verses that pop into your mind, 290 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:18.039 right the Canglatians where it says, don't be deceived. God 291 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:20.480 is not mocked. What server mansus, He's going to reap. 292 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:24.440 You know that God sees all things. What you're going 293 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:27.039 to you know, you know, what goes around comes around, right, 294 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.600 You roll a stone, it's going to roll back on you. 295 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:31.639 If you dig a pit, you're going to fall in it. 296 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:35.120 They's just this, you know, there's all these verses that 297 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:38.440 seem to come together with some of the same principles, 298 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:43.000 and it's just great to be reminded that God sees 299 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:43.679 all things. 300 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:46.480 Yeah, you know, so with that soap strategy that we 301 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:49.120 were talking about, you know, so scripture we already did that, 302 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:51.200 and then the next one is observation. And one of 303 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:53.200 those one of the things we're looking for is what's 304 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:55.039 to say about God? What does it say about people. 305 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.000 What is it? You know what jumped off the page. 306 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.879 And so we've already acknowledged that the proverb are really 307 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:03.519 all about every day living. So what it says about 308 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:06.080 people every verse is that. But there's several and you've 309 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:08.879 already referenced one there that you know, the Lord, you know, 310 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:11.399 the righteous one right knows what's going on in the 311 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.840 homes of the wicked. He's so really that's saying God's 312 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:17.440 paying attention to everybody and everything. The first three verses 313 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:20.840 here all mentioned the Lord, which is interesting because you know, 314 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:24.440 we we've mentioned before that many of the proverbs he's 315 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.559 not mentioning God, he's just talking about every day living. 316 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:30.000 But here the first verse says, the king's heart is 317 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:32.639 like a stream of water directed by the Lord. God 318 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:35.399 guides it wherever he pleases, right, right, so God can 319 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:38.639 redirect there's a flow to the king, but God's the 320 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:41.440 one that's directing that flow. The next one, people may 321 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:43.320 be right in her own eyes, but the Lord examines 322 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:45.960 their heart. He's looking at the heart. Right, It's amazing, 323 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:48.600 all of these phrases are talking about how God pays 324 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:51.480 attention to the heart. Then the last one, verse three, 325 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:53.480 the Lord is more pleased when we do what is 326 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:56.240 right and just than when we offer him sacrifices. So again, 327 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.399 God's looking for right behavior and right hearts more than 328 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:01.360 religious ritual. Right. 329 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:05.320 And uh, you know again I'm talking about cross referencing. 330 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:08.879 That reminds me what verses that remind you of? Is 331 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:11.600 there any verse that sticks out where he says the 332 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:14.480 Lord is more pleased, Uh, when we do what is 333 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:16.480 justin right we offer. 334 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:20.559 You reminds me when Samuel confronted Saul right and said 335 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:23.799 obedience is better than sacrifice. 336 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:26.600 Yes, that's one of them. There's another one, and that 337 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:30.840 is when David commits sin in front of Betesheba or 338 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:34.960 not in front of this with yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 339 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.799 and he says he says, uh, what is he saying? 340 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:40.879 He says, uh, you'd rather have a broken contrite heart than. 341 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:44.679 Yeah, these things and spies, right yeah. So so so 342 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:47.320 God doesn't want my sacrifices as much as God wants 343 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:47.679 my heart. 344 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.480 Yeah that's right. 345 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:49.720 Yeah, that's what That's basically what it. 346 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:52.120 So when when you're asking these questions, what is this 347 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.799 passage to say about God? That's the first question you're 348 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.279 asking in the observation side, there's tons of practical advice. 349 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.559 But what you see here is these three versus and 350 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:02.799 then the other one all reference the fact that God's 351 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:04.799 paying attention to how we live, what we do right, 352 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:07.360 obedience and heart. Those are the two things that we 353 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:10.039 learn about God. Everything else is what we learn about humanity. 354 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:13.840 You know, hey, bribes, he's not advising bribes. He's just 355 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:16.840 saying that bribes oftentimes and get you out of trouble, right, 356 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:20.120 stuff like that. So that's that's not a moral statement 357 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:22.039 saying do it or don't do it. It's just saying 358 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.200 this is a truth, right, as opposed to when you 359 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:26.879 get into what does it say about God? That's a 360 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:31.159 big you know, It's why we always ask that one first. 361 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:33.080 Whenever you read a passage, does it say about God? 362 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:35.799 Deal with that? Then move one verse four. 363 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:38.039 Has that word you think is harsh, haughty eyes? 364 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.799 Haughty eyes? 365 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:42.159 Remember I said it was harsh. Yep, there is haughty eyes, 366 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:44.759 a proud heart and evil actions or else sin. 367 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:48.720 So you know, you ever see, just like a really 368 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:52.480 prideful person, you don't even have to say anything or 369 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:55.639 hear them say any words, right, just the way they 370 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:59.399 look and act is So that's that's what the Bible 371 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:03.200 was saying. There, God doesn't even so the prideful heart 372 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:08.960 thing is is you know, that's a secret thing. But 373 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:12.880 then the person who overtly is flamboyant about their pride 374 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:16.839 and self centeredness and their narcissism. So that's a different 375 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:20.640 thing than the internal. That's the external, right, And God says, 376 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:22.839 what's on the outside and the inside when it comes 377 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:25.960 to prideful people, it's kind of gross. Yeah. 378 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:31.200 Yeah, I love how he says, if you instruct the wise, 379 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:33.480 they'll be all the wiser. But but before that, he says, 380 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:36.880 if you punish the mocker, the simple mind had become wise. Yeah, 381 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:38.279 and so there's there's uh. 382 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:39.640 That has come up a couple of times. 383 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.640 Yeah, yeah, well, I mean you already sort of reference. 384 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:43.000 Yeah, you know, when when you. 385 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:45.640 Punish somebody publicly, then then the rest of the people 386 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:47.799 will then know. That's really what he's saying. 387 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:50.240 Most of the time, you don't do that, right, but 388 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:52.440 it's it's this, it's it's when you're aware of the 389 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:55.400 fact that the simple minded they're watching right right, then 390 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:56.720 that's when you do that. 391 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:00.359 Yeah, that's great. H Those who love pleasure become poor, 392 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:04.759 those who love wine and luxury, will never be rich. 393 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:06.240 Oh that's not the one I was thinking of. 394 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.759 If I was going to comment on that one, that 395 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:08.759 was the one that said. 396 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:16.920 The foolish spend everything. Oh, it's two verses later. The 397 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:21.000 wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get. 398 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:25.119 And it's interesting how you would think that one equals 399 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:28.000 the other. If full spend whatever they get, you would think, okay, 400 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:32.880 well fool spends, meaning that they would then have luxury. Right, 401 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:35.640