Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience.
Day 300 and 1.
My children listen.
When your father corrects you, pay attention and learn good judgment.
For I am giving you good guidance.
Don't turn away from my instructions for I too.
Was once my father's son tenderly loved as my mother's only child.
My father taught me take my words to heart.
Follow my commands and you will live.
Get wisdom, develop good judgment.
Don't forget my words, or turn away from them.
Don't turn your back on wisdom for she will protect you.
Love her and she will guard you.
Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do and whatever else
you do, develop good judgment.
If you prize wisdom, she will make you great.
Embrace her and she will honor you.
She will place a lovely wreath on your head.
She will present you with a beautiful crown, my child.
Listen to me and do as I say, and you will have a long, good life.
I will teach you wisdom's ways and lead you in straight paths when you walk.
You won't be held back.
When you run, you won't stumble.
Take hold of my instructions.
Don't let them go.
Guard them for they are the key to life.
Don't do as the wicked do and don't follow the path of evil doers.
Don't even think about it.
Don't go that way.
Turn away and keep moving.
For evil, people can't sleep until they've done their evil deed for the day.
They can't rest until they've caused someone to stumble.
They eat the food of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever
brighter until the full light of day.
But the way of the wicked is like total darkness.
They have no idea what they're stumbling over.
My child.
Pay attention to what I say.
Listen carefully to my words.
Don't lose sight of them.
Let them penetrate deep into your heart for they bring life to those who find
them and healing to their whole body.
Guard your heart above all else for it determines the course of your life.
Avoid all perverse talk.
Stay away from corrupt speech.
Look straight ahead and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
Mark out a straight path for your feet.
Stay on the safe path.
Don't get sidetracked.
Keep your feet from following evil.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom.
Listen carefully to my wise counsel.
Then you will show discernment and your lips will express what you've learned.
For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her
mouth is smoother than oil, but in the end she is as bitter as poison.
As dangerous as a double-edged sword, her feet go down to death.
Her steps lead straight to the grave for she cares nothing about the path to life.
She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn't realize it.
So now my sons listen to me, never stray from what I am about to say.
Stay away from her.
Don't go near the door of her house.
If you do, you will lose your honor and will lose to merciless people.
All you have achieved, strangers will consume your wealth and someone else
will enjoy the fruit of your labor.
In the end, you will groan in anguish When disease consumes your body,
you will say how I hated discipline.
If only I had not ignored all the warnings.
Oh, why didn't I listen to my teachers?
Why didn't I pay attention to my instructors?
I have come to the brink of utter ruin, and now I must face public disgrace.
Drink water from your own.
Well, share your love only with your wife.
Why spill the water of your springs in the streets having sex with just anyone?
You should reserve it for yourselves.
Never share it with strangers.
Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
She is a loving dear.
A graceful dough.
Let her breasts satisfy you.
Always.
May you always be captivated by her love.
Why be captivated, my son by an immoral woman or fondle the
breasts of a promiscuous woman.
For the Lord sees clearly what a man does examining every path he takes.
An evil man is held captive by his own sins.
They are ropes that catch and hold him.
He will die for lack of self-control.
He will be lost because of his great foolishness.
My child.
If you have put up security for a friend's debt or agreed to
guarantee the debt of a stranger.
If you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you
said, follow my advice and save yourself.
For you have placed your yourself at your friend's mercy.
Now, swallow your pride.
Go and beg to have your name erased.
Don't put it off.
Do it now.
Don't rest until you do.
Save yourself like a gazelle, escaping from a hunter like
a bird, fleeing from a net.
Take a lesson from the ants.
You lazy bones learn from their ways and become wise, though they have no prints
or governor or ruler to make them work.
They labor hard all summer.
Gathering food for the winter, but you lazy bones.
How long will you sleep?
When will you wake up?
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of
the hands to rest, then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit.
Scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
What are worthless and wicked?
People like their constant liars signaling their deceit with a
wink of the eye, A nudge of the foot or the wiggle of fingers.
Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up
trouble, but they will be destroyed, suddenly broken in an instant.
Beyond all hope of healing, there are six things The Lord hates no seven things he
detests, haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that
plots evil, feet, that race to do wrong.
A false witness who pours out lies, A person who sows discord in a family.
My son.
Obey your father's commands and don't neglect your mother's instruction.
Keep their words always in your heart.
Tie them around your neck when you walk.
Their counsel will lead you when you sleep.
They will protect you when you wake up.
They will advise you.
For their command is a lamp and their instruction, a light, their corrective
discipline is the way to life.
It will keep you from the immoral woman from the smooth
tongue of a promiscuous woman.
Don't lust for her beauty.
Don't let her COI glances seduce you.
For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, but sleeping with another
man's wife will cost you your life.
Can a man scoop a flame into his lap and not have his clothes catch on fire?
Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet?
So it is with the man who sleeps with another man's wife.
He who embraces her will not go on punished.
Excuses might be found for a thief who steals because he is starving.
But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole.
Even if he has to sell everything in his house.
But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool for he destroys himself.
He will be wounded and disgraced.
His shame will never be erased for the woman's jealous.
Husband will be furious and he will show no mercy.
When he takes revenge, he will accept no compensation.
Nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.
Follow my advice.
My son always treasure my commands, obey my commands and
live guard my instructions.
As you guard your own eyes, tie them on your fingers.
As a reminder, write them deep within your heart.
Love wisdom like a sister.
Make insight.
A beloved member of your family.
Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman.
From listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman, while I was at the
window of my house looking through the curtain, I saw some naive young men and
one in particular who lacked common sense.
He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman
strolling down the path by her house.
It was at twilight in the evening as deep darkness fell.
The woman approached him, seductively dressed, and sly of heart.
She was the brash, rebellious type, never content to stay at home.
She is often in the streets and markets soliciting at every corner.
She threw her arms around him and kissed him and with a brazen look.
She said, I've just made my peace offerings and fulfilled my vows.
You are the one I was looking for.
I came out to find you and here you are.
My bed is spread with beautiful blankets, with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
I've perfumed my bed with myrrh, alos, and cinnamon.
Come.
Let's drink our fill of love until morning.
Let's enjoy each other's caresses for my husband is not home.
He's away on a long trip.
He has taken a wallet full of money with him and won't
return until later this month.
So she seduced him with her pretty speech and enticed him with her flattery.
He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter.
He was like a stag caught in a trap awaiting the arrow
that would pierce its heart.
He was like a bird flying into a snare little knowing it would cost him his life.
So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to my words.
Don't let your heart stray away toward her.
Don't wander down her wayward path.
For she has been the ruin of many, many men have been her victims.
Her house is the road to the grave.
Her bedroom is the den of death.
Listen, as wisdom calls out here, as understanding raises her voice
on the hilltop along the road, she takes her stand at the crossroads.
By the gates at the entrance to the town on the road leading in.
She cries aloud.
I call to you, to all of you.
I raise my voice to all people.
Use simple people, use good judgment.
You foolish people.
Show some understanding.
Listen to me for, I have important things to tell you.
Everything I say is right for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception.
My advice is wholesome.
There is nothing devious or crooked in it.
My words are plain to anyone with understanding, clear
to those with knowledge.
Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold for
wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.
Nothing you desire can compare with it.
I wisdom live together with good judgment.
I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.
All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance.
Corruption and perverse speech, common sense and success belong to me.
Insight and strength are mine.
Because of me, King's reign and rulers make just decrees.
Rulers lead with my help, and nobles make righteous judgments.
I love all who love me.
Those who search will surely find me.
I have riches and honor as well as enduring wealth and justice.
My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold.
My wage is better than sterling silver.
I walk in righteousness in paths of justice.
Those who love me inherit wealth.
I will fill their treasuries.
The Lord formed me from the beginning before he created anything else.
I was appointed in ages past at the very first, before the earth began.
I was born before the oceans were created before the springs
bubbled forth their waters.
Before the mountains were formed, before the hills I was born, before
he had made the earth and fields and the first handfuls of soil.
I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew
the horizon on the oceans.
I was there when he set the clouds above, when he established
springs deep in the earth.
I was there when he set the limits of the seas so they would not
spread beyond their boundaries.
And when he marked off the Earth's foundations, I was
the architect at his side.
I was his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence
and how happy I was with the world.
He created how I rejoiced with the human family.
And so my children listen to me for all who follow my ways are joyful.
Listen to my instruction and be wise, don't ignore it.
Joyful are those who listen to me, watching for me daily at my gates,
waiting for me outside my home, for whoever finds me, finds life
and receives favor from the Lord.
But those who miss me injure themselves, all who hate me, love death.
Wisdom has built her house.
She has carved its seven columns.
She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines and set the table.
She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.
She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
Come in with me.
She urges the simple to those who lack good judgment.
She says, come eat my food and drink the wine.
I have mixed.
Leave your simple ways behind and begin to live.
Learn to use good judgment.
Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt, so don't bother correcting mockers.
They will only hate you, but correct the wise and they will love you.
Instruct the wise and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous and they will learn even more.
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom, knowledge of the holy one.
Results In good judgment, wisdom will multiply your days
and add years to your life.
If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
The woman named Folly is brash.
She is ignorant and doesn't know it.
She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city.
She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business.
Come in with me.
She urges the simple to those who lack good judgment.
She says, stolen water is refreshing.
Food eaten in secret tastes the best, but little do they
know that the dead are there.
Her guests are in the depth of the grave.
This concludes today's Immer Reading Experience.
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