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Take a breath, find your place, and read deeply. Discover the joy of reading God’s word with the Immerse New Living Translation (NLT) Bible.
This daily Bible podcast will take you through the Bible in a year following the Immerse Bible Reading Experience. So grab your family and small group and go through the Bible in a year together with Immerse. Each of the 6 volumes is available online or at your favorite Christian bookstore.
Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The
Daily Bible Reading Experience.
Day three hundred and five.
Listen to the words of the wise.
Apply your heart to my instruction for
it is good to keep these sayings in your
heart and always ready on your lips.
I am teaching you today.
Yes, you so you will trust in the Lord.
I have written 30 sayings for you
filled with advice and knowledge.
In this way, you may know the
truth and take an accurate
report to those who sent you.
Don't rob the poor just because you
can or exploit the needy in court
For the Lord is their defender.
He will ruin anyone who ruins them.
Don't befriend angry people or
associate with hot tempered people.
Or you will learn to be like
them and endanger your soul.
Don't agree to guarantee another person's
debt or put up security for someone else.
If you can't pay it, even your bed
will be snatched from under you.
Don't cheat your neighbor by
moving the ancient boundary markers
set up by previous generations.
Do you see any truly competent workers?
They will serve kings rather
than working for ordinary people.
While dining with a ruler, pay
attention to what is put before you.
If you are a big eater,
put a knife to your throat.
Don't desire all the delicacies for
he might be trying to trick you.
Don't wear yourself
out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to
quit In the blink of an eye, wealth
disappears for it will sprout
wings and fly away like an eagle.
Don't eat with people who are stingy.
Don't desire their delicacies.
They are always thinking
about how much it costs.
Eat and drink.
They say, but they don't mean it.
You will throw up what little you've
eaten and your compliments will be wasted.
Don't waste your breath on fools for
they will despise the wisest advice.
Don't cheat your neighbor by moving
the ancient boundary markers.
Don't take the land of defenseless.
Orphans for their redeemer is strong.
He himself will bring
their charges against you.
Commit yourself to instruction.
Listen carefully to words of knowledge.
Don't fail to discipline your children.
The rod of punishment won't kill them.
Physical discipline may
well save them from death.
My child.
If your heart is wise, my
own heart will rejoice.
Everything in me will celebrate.
When you speak what is right,
don't envy sinners, but always
continue to fear the Lord.
You will be rewarded for this.
Your hope will not be disappointed.
My child.
Listen and be wise, keep your
heart on the right course.
Do not corro with drunkards
or feast with gluttons.
For they are on their way to
poverty and too much sleep.
Clothe them in rags.
Listen to your father who gave
you life, and don't despise
your mother when she is old.
Get the truth and never sell it.
Also, get wisdom, discipline,
and good judgment.
The father of Godly
children has caused for joy.
What a pleasure to have
children who are wise.
So give your father and mother joy.
May she who gave you birth, be happy.
Oh my son.
Give me your heart.
May your eyes take delight
in following my ways.
A prostitute is a dangerous trap.
A promiscuous woman is as dangerous
as falling into a narrow well.
She hides and waits like a
robber, eager to make more men
unfaithful who has anguish?
Who has sorrow?
Who is always fighting?
Who is always complaining?
Who has unnecessary bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
It is the one who spends long hours
in the taverns trying out new drinks.
Don't gaze at the wine, seeing how
red it is, how it sparkles in the cup,
how smoothly it goes down for in the
end, it bites like a poisonous snake.
It stings like a viper.
You will see hallucinations
and you will say crazy things.
You will stagger like a sailor tossed
at sea, clinging to a swaying mast.
And you will say, they hit
me, but I didn't feel it.
I didn't even know it when they
beat me up, when will I wake up
so I can look for another drink?
Don't envy evil people or desire their
company for their heart's plot violence.
And their words always stir up trouble.
A house is built by wisdom and
becomes strong through good sense.
Through knowledge.
Its rooms are filled with all sorts
of precious riches and valuables.
The wises are mightier than the
strong, and those with knowledge
grow stronger and stronger.
So don't go to war without wise guidance.
Victory depends on having many advisors.
Wisdom is too lofty for fools
among leaders at the city gate.
They have nothing to say.
A person who plans evil will get
a reputation as a troublemaker.
The schemes of a fool are sinful.
Everyone detests a mocker.
If you fail under pressure,
your strength is too small.
Rescue those who are
unjustly sentenced to die.
Save them as they stagger to their death.
Don't excuse yourself by
saying, look, we didn't know.
For God understands all
hearts and he sees you.
He who guards your soul, knows you
knew he will repay all people as
their actions deserve my child.
Eat honey for it is good and the honeycomb
is sweet to the taste in the same way.
Wisdom is sweet to your soul.
If you find it, you will
have a bright future and your
hopes will not be cut short.
Don't wait an ambush at the
home of the Godly and don't raid
the house where the Godly live.
The godly may trip seven times,
but they will get up a again.
But one disaster is enough
to overthrow the wicked.
Don't rejoice when your enemies fall.
Don't be happy when they stumble.
For the Lord will be displeased with you
and will turn his anger away from them.
Don't fret because of evil
doers don't envy the wicked.
For evil people have no future.
The light of the wicked
will be snuffed out.
My child, fear the Lord and the king.
Don't associate with rebels for
disaster will hit them suddenly.
Who knows what punishment will
come from the Lord and the king.
Here are some further sayings of the wise.
It is wrong to show favoritism
when passing judgment.
A judge who says to the wicked, you are
innocent will be cursed by many people
and denounced by the nations, but it
will go well for those who convict.
The guilty rich blessings
will be showered on them.
An honest answer is like
a kiss of friendship.
Do your planning and prepare your
fields before building your house.
Don't testify against your
neighbors without cause.
Don't lie about them and don't
say, now I can pay them back
for what they've done to me.
I'll get even with them.
I walked by the field of a lazy person,
the vineyard of one with no common sense.
I saw that it was overgrown with
nettles, it was covered with weeds
and its walls were broken down.
Then as I looked and thought
about it, I learned this lesson.
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.
These are more proverbs of
Solomon collected by the advisors
of King Hezekiah of Judah.
It is God's privilege to conceal things
and the king's privilege to discover them.
No one can comprehend the height of
heaven, the depth of the earth, or
all that goes on in the king's mind.
Remove the impurities from
silver and the sterling will
be ready for the silversmith.
Remove the wicked from the
king's court and his reign
will be made secure by justice.
Don't demand an audience with the king
or push for a place among the great.
It's better to wait for an
invitation to the head table than
to be sent away in public disgrace.
Just because you've seen something,
don't be in a hurry to go to court
for what will you do in the end if
your neighbor deals you with shameful
defeat when arguing with your neighbor?
Don't betray another person's secret.
Others may accuse you of gossip.
You will never regain
your good reputation.
Timely advice is lovely, like
golden apples in a silver
basket to one who listens.
Valid criticism is like a gold earring
or other gold jewelry, trustworthy
messengers refresh like snow.
In summer, they revived the
spirit of their employer.
A person who promises a gift but
doesn't give it is like clouds
and wind that bring no rain.
Patience can persuade a prince
and soft speech can break bones.
Do you like honey?
Don't eat too much, or
it will make you sick.
Don't visit your neighbors too often
or you will wear out your welcome.
Telling lies about others is as
harmful as hitting them with an ax.
Wounding them with a sword or
shooting them with a sharp arrow.
Putting confidence in an unreliable person
in times of trouble is like chewing with
a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot.
Singing cheerful songs to a person
with a heavy heart is like taking
someone's coat in cold weather
or pouring vinegar in a wound.
If your enemies are hungry,
give them food to eat.
If they are thirsty,
give them water to drink.
You will heap burning coals of shame on
their heads, and the Lord will reward you
as surely as a north wind brings rain.
So a gossiping tongue causes anger.
It's better to live alone in the
corner of an attic than with a
quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
Good news, from far away is
like cold water to the thirsty.
If the Godly give in to the
wicked, it's like polluting a
fountain or muddying a spring.
It's not good to eat too much honey, and
it's not good to seek honors for yourself.
A person without self-control is
like a city with broken down walls.
Honor is no more associated
with fools than snow with
summer or rain with harvest.
Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting
swallow, an undeserved curse will
not land on its intended victim.
Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a
bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back.
Don't answer the foolish
arguments of fools, or you will
become as foolish as they are.
Be sure to answer the foolish
arguments of fools, or they will
become wise in their own estimation.
Trusting a fool to convey a
message is like cutting off
one's feet or drinking poison.
A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is as useless as a paralyzed leg.
Honoring a fool is as foolish
as tying a stone to a slingshot.
A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like
a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.
An employer who hires a fool
or a bystander is like an
archer who shoots at random.
As a dog returns to its vomit, so
a fool repeats his foolishness.
There is more hope for fools than
for people who think they are wise.
The lazy person claims
there's a lion on the road.
Yes, I'm sure there's a lion
out there as a door swings back
and forth on its hinges, so the
lazy person turns over in bed.
Lazy people take food in their hand,
but don't even lift it to their mouth.
Lazy people consider themselves
smarter than seven wise counselors.
Interfering in someone else's argument
is as foolish as yanking a dog's
ears just as damaging as a mad man.
Shooting a deadly weapon is
someone who lies to a friend and
then says, I was only joking.
Fire goes out without wood and
quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
A quarrelsome person starts fights as
easily as hot embers, light, charcoal, or
fire lights, wood rumors, ordained team
morsels that sink deep into one's heart.
Smooth words may hide a wicked heart
just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.
People may hover their hatred with
pleasant words, but they're deceiving you.
They pretend to be kind,
but don't believe them.
Their hearts are full of many evils.
While their hatred may be concealed
by trickery, their wrongdoing
will be exposed in public.
If you set a trap for others, you
will get caught in it yourself.
If you roll a boulder down on
others, it will crush you instead.
A lying tongue hates its victims
and flattering words cause ruin.
Don't brag about tomorrow.
Since you don't know what the
day will bring, let someone else
praise you, not your own mouth,
a stranger, not your own lips.
A stone is heavy and sand is
weighty, but the resentment
caused by a fool is even heavier.
Anger is cruel.
And wrath is like a flood, but
jealousy is even more dangerous.
An open rebuke is better than hidden.
Love wounds from a sincere friend are
better than many kisses from an enemy.
A person who is full refuses
honey, but even bitter food
tastes sweet to the hungry.
A person who strays from home is like
a bird that strays from its nest.
The heartfelt counsel of a friend
is as sweet as perfume and incense.
Never abandon a friend either
yours or your father's.
When disaster strikes, you won't have
to ask your brother for assistance.
It's better to go to a neighbor than
to a brother who lives far away.
Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad.
Then I will be able to answer my critics.
A prudent person foresees
danger and takes precautions.
The simpleton goes blindly on
and suffers the consequences.
Get security from someone who
guarantees a stranger's debt.
Get a deposit if he does it
for foreigners, allowed and
cheerful greeting early in the
morning will be taken as a curse.
A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
as constant dripping on a rainy day.
Stopping her complaints is like trying to
stop the wind or trying to hold something
with greased hands as iron sharpens iron.
So a friend sharpens a friend
as workers who tend a fig tree
are allowed to eat the fruit.
So workers who protect their employer's
interests will be rewarded as a
face is reflected in water, so the
heart reflects the real person.
Just as death and destruction
are never satisfied, so human
desire is never satisfied.
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but a person is tested by being praised.
You cannot separate fools from their
fool foolishness, even though you grind
them like grain with mortar and pestle.
Know the state of your flocks and put
your heart into caring for your herds.
For riches don't last forever,
and the crown might not be
passed to the next generation.
After the hay is harvested and the new
crop appears, and the mountain grasses
are gathered in, your sheep will provide
wool for clothing, and your goats will
provide the price of a field and you
will have enough goats milk for yourself,
your family, and your servant girls.
This concludes today's
Immer Reading experience.
Thank you for joining us.