WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.980 --> 00:00:04.080 Day three hundred and five. 00:00:04.522 --> 00:00:06.472 Listen to the words of the wise. 00:00:07.012 --> 00:00:12.292 Apply your heart to my instruction for it is good to keep these sayings in your 00:00:12.297 --> 00:00:14.572 heart and always ready on your lips. 00:00:15.142 --> 00:00:16.612 I am teaching you today. 00:00:16.972 --> 00:00:20.062 Yes, you so you will trust in the Lord. 00:00:20.767 --> 00:00:24.967 I have written 30 sayings for you filled with advice and knowledge. 00:00:25.297 --> 00:00:28.537 In this way, you may know the truth and take an accurate 00:00:28.542 --> 00:00:30.157 report to those who sent you. 00:00:31.327 --> 00:00:36.757 Don't rob the poor just because you can or exploit the needy in court 00:00:37.327 --> 00:00:39.217 For the Lord is their defender. 00:00:39.247 --> 00:00:41.737 He will ruin anyone who ruins them. 00:00:42.847 --> 00:00:47.377 Don't befriend angry people or associate with hot tempered people. 00:00:47.737 --> 00:00:51.277 Or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul. 00:00:52.417 --> 00:00:57.757 Don't agree to guarantee another person's debt or put up security for someone else. 00:00:58.267 --> 00:01:02.347 If you can't pay it, even your bed will be snatched from under you. 00:01:03.427 --> 00:01:07.207 Don't cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers 00:01:07.207 --> 00:01:09.397 set up by previous generations. 00:01:10.507 --> 00:01:13.117 Do you see any truly competent workers? 00:01:13.747 --> 00:01:16.987 They will serve kings rather than working for ordinary people. 00:01:18.157 --> 00:01:22.147 While dining with a ruler, pay attention to what is put before you. 00:01:22.687 --> 00:01:25.537 If you are a big eater, put a knife to your throat. 00:01:25.867 --> 00:01:30.157 Don't desire all the delicacies for he might be trying to trick you. 00:01:31.267 --> 00:01:33.817 Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich. 00:01:34.177 --> 00:01:38.077 Be wise enough to know when to quit In the blink of an eye, wealth 00:01:38.077 --> 00:01:42.697 disappears for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle. 00:01:43.912 --> 00:01:46.612 Don't eat with people who are stingy. 00:01:46.822 --> 00:01:48.562 Don't desire their delicacies. 00:01:49.042 --> 00:01:51.832 They are always thinking about how much it costs. 00:01:52.492 --> 00:01:53.722 Eat and drink. 00:01:53.812 --> 00:01:56.032 They say, but they don't mean it. 00:01:56.752 --> 00:02:00.802 You will throw up what little you've eaten and your compliments will be wasted. 00:02:01.882 --> 00:02:07.072 Don't waste your breath on fools for they will despise the wisest advice. 00:02:08.212 --> 00:02:12.082 Don't cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers. 00:02:12.442 --> 00:02:14.302 Don't take the land of defenseless. 00:02:14.302 --> 00:02:17.572 Orphans for their redeemer is strong. 00:02:18.022 --> 00:02:20.782 He himself will bring their charges against you. 00:02:21.832 --> 00:02:23.752 Commit yourself to instruction. 00:02:24.112 --> 00:02:26.512 Listen carefully to words of knowledge. 00:02:27.202 --> 00:02:29.272 Don't fail to discipline your children. 00:02:29.542 --> 00:02:31.822 The rod of punishment won't kill them. 00:02:32.302 --> 00:02:35.212 Physical discipline may well save them from death. 00:02:35.992 --> 00:02:36.832 My child. 00:02:37.102 --> 00:02:40.672 If your heart is wise, my own heart will rejoice. 00:02:41.272 --> 00:02:43.252 Everything in me will celebrate. 00:02:43.282 --> 00:02:47.902 When you speak what is right, don't envy sinners, but always 00:02:47.907 --> 00:02:49.522 continue to fear the Lord. 00:02:50.272 --> 00:02:51.892 You will be rewarded for this. 00:02:52.192 --> 00:02:54.232 Your hope will not be disappointed. 00:02:54.832 --> 00:02:55.672 My child. 00:02:56.032 --> 00:03:00.412 Listen and be wise, keep your heart on the right course. 00:03:01.102 --> 00:03:04.672 Do not corro with drunkards or feast with gluttons. 00:03:05.062 --> 00:03:08.692 For they are on their way to poverty and too much sleep. 00:03:08.692 --> 00:03:10.282 Clothe them in rags. 00:03:11.392 --> 00:03:15.652 Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise 00:03:15.652 --> 00:03:17.362 your mother when she is old. 00:03:17.992 --> 00:03:20.092 Get the truth and never sell it. 00:03:20.692 --> 00:03:24.322 Also, get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment. 00:03:25.042 --> 00:03:28.132 The father of Godly children has caused for joy. 00:03:28.582 --> 00:03:31.042 What a pleasure to have children who are wise. 00:03:31.702 --> 00:03:33.802 So give your father and mother joy. 00:03:34.867 --> 00:03:37.117 May she who gave you birth, be happy. 00:03:37.867 --> 00:03:39.037 Oh my son. 00:03:39.517 --> 00:03:40.837 Give me your heart. 00:03:41.407 --> 00:03:44.797 May your eyes take delight in following my ways. 00:03:45.517 --> 00:03:47.797 A prostitute is a dangerous trap. 00:03:48.307 --> 00:03:52.327 A promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well. 00:03:52.807 --> 00:03:57.097 She hides and waits like a robber, eager to make more men 00:03:57.097 --> 00:04:00.097 unfaithful who has anguish? 00:04:00.832 --> 00:04:02.092 Who has sorrow? 00:04:02.392 --> 00:04:03.952 Who is always fighting? 00:04:04.162 --> 00:04:06.262 Who is always complaining? 00:04:06.832 --> 00:04:09.112 Who has unnecessary bruises? 00:04:09.382 --> 00:04:11.542 Who has bloodshot eyes? 00:04:12.202 --> 00:04:16.852 It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns trying out new drinks. 00:04:17.512 --> 00:04:23.242 Don't gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, 00:04:23.452 --> 00:04:29.002 how smoothly it goes down for in the end, it bites like a poisonous snake. 00:04:29.677 --> 00:04:31.417 It stings like a viper. 00:04:32.077 --> 00:04:36.277 You will see hallucinations and you will say crazy things. 00:04:36.487 --> 00:04:41.677 You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea, clinging to a swaying mast. 00:04:42.127 --> 00:04:45.757 And you will say, they hit me, but I didn't feel it. 00:04:46.147 --> 00:04:50.257 I didn't even know it when they beat me up, when will I wake up 00:04:50.257 --> 00:04:52.147 so I can look for another drink? 00:04:52.927 --> 00:04:58.567 Don't envy evil people or desire their company for their heart's plot violence. 00:04:59.137 --> 00:05:01.417 And their words always stir up trouble. 00:05:02.017 --> 00:05:06.517 A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense. 00:05:07.057 --> 00:05:07.927 Through knowledge. 00:05:07.957 --> 00:05:12.307 Its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and valuables. 00:05:13.147 --> 00:05:17.077 The wises are mightier than the strong, and those with knowledge 00:05:17.082 --> 00:05:19.147 grow stronger and stronger. 00:05:19.837 --> 00:05:22.417 So don't go to war without wise guidance. 00:05:23.047 --> 00:05:26.137 Victory depends on having many advisors. 00:05:26.947 --> 00:05:31.867 Wisdom is too lofty for fools among leaders at the city gate. 00:05:32.107 --> 00:05:33.637 They have nothing to say. 00:05:34.507 --> 00:05:38.467 A person who plans evil will get a reputation as a troublemaker. 00:05:39.097 --> 00:05:41.527 The schemes of a fool are sinful. 00:05:41.797 --> 00:05:43.597 Everyone detests a mocker. 00:05:44.317 --> 00:05:47.887 If you fail under pressure, your strength is too small. 00:05:48.667 --> 00:05:51.937 Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die. 00:05:52.327 --> 00:05:54.727 Save them as they stagger to their death. 00:05:55.462 --> 00:05:59.302 Don't excuse yourself by saying, look, we didn't know. 00:05:59.692 --> 00:06:03.022 For God understands all hearts and he sees you. 00:06:03.742 --> 00:06:08.872 He who guards your soul, knows you knew he will repay all people as 00:06:08.872 --> 00:06:11.872 their actions deserve my child. 00:06:12.232 --> 00:06:18.562 Eat honey for it is good and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste in the same way. 00:06:18.832 --> 00:06:20.672 Wisdom is sweet to your soul. 00:06:21.232 --> 00:06:24.742 If you find it, you will have a bright future and your 00:06:24.742 --> 00:06:26.482 hopes will not be cut short. 00:06:27.322 --> 00:06:31.492 Don't wait an ambush at the home of the Godly and don't raid 00:06:31.492 --> 00:06:33.112 the house where the Godly live. 00:06:33.772 --> 00:06:37.522 The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up a again. 00:06:38.182 --> 00:06:41.092 But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked. 00:06:41.902 --> 00:06:44.542 Don't rejoice when your enemies fall. 00:06:45.292 --> 00:06:47.152 Don't be happy when they stumble. 00:06:47.797 --> 00:06:52.387 For the Lord will be displeased with you and will turn his anger away from them. 00:06:53.167 --> 00:06:56.467 Don't fret because of evil doers don't envy the wicked. 00:06:56.917 --> 00:06:58.987 For evil people have no future. 00:06:59.467 --> 00:07:01.897 The light of the wicked will be snuffed out. 00:07:02.767 --> 00:07:05.887 My child, fear the Lord and the king. 00:07:06.487 --> 00:07:10.717 Don't associate with rebels for disaster will hit them suddenly. 00:07:11.617 --> 00:07:15.667 Who knows what punishment will come from the Lord and the king. 00:07:18.367 --> 00:07:21.067 Here are some further sayings of the wise. 00:07:22.087 --> 00:07:25.507 It is wrong to show favoritism when passing judgment. 00:07:26.167 --> 00:07:31.447 A judge who says to the wicked, you are innocent will be cursed by many people 00:07:31.447 --> 00:07:36.157 and denounced by the nations, but it will go well for those who convict. 00:07:36.157 --> 00:07:39.427 The guilty rich blessings will be showered on them. 00:07:40.327 --> 00:07:43.447 An honest answer is like a kiss of friendship. 00:07:44.347 --> 00:07:48.337 Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house. 00:07:49.207 --> 00:07:51.907 Don't testify against your neighbors without cause. 00:07:52.267 --> 00:07:56.617 Don't lie about them and don't say, now I can pay them back 00:07:56.617 --> 00:07:58.147 for what they've done to me. 00:07:58.477 --> 00:07:59.977 I'll get even with them. 00:08:00.397 --> 00:08:06.157 I walked by the field of a lazy person, the vineyard of one with no common sense. 00:08:06.697 --> 00:08:11.227 I saw that it was overgrown with nettles, it was covered with weeds 00:08:11.347 --> 00:08:13.357 and its walls were broken down. 00:08:14.152 --> 00:08:18.322 Then as I looked and thought about it, I learned this lesson. 00:08:18.922 --> 00:08:23.122 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little 00:08:23.122 --> 00:08:25.252 folding of the hands to rest. 00:08:25.972 --> 00:08:28.852 Then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit. 00:08:29.632 --> 00:08:32.392 Scarcity will attack you like an armed robber. 00:08:35.092 --> 00:08:39.022 These are more proverbs of Solomon collected by the advisors 00:08:39.022 --> 00:08:40.852 of King Hezekiah of Judah. 00:08:42.067 --> 00:08:46.867 It is God's privilege to conceal things and the king's privilege to discover them. 00:08:47.977 --> 00:08:52.627 No one can comprehend the height of heaven, the depth of the earth, or 00:08:52.627 --> 00:08:54.757 all that goes on in the king's mind. 00:08:55.537 --> 00:08:59.077 Remove the impurities from silver and the sterling will 00:08:59.082 --> 00:09:00.757 be ready for the silversmith. 00:09:01.507 --> 00:09:04.957 Remove the wicked from the king's court and his reign 00:09:04.957 --> 00:09:07.087 will be made secure by justice. 00:09:07.897 --> 00:09:12.577 Don't demand an audience with the king or push for a place among the great. 00:09:13.087 --> 00:09:16.717 It's better to wait for an invitation to the head table than 00:09:16.717 --> 00:09:19.057 to be sent away in public disgrace. 00:09:19.927 --> 00:09:24.277 Just because you've seen something, don't be in a hurry to go to court 00:09:24.817 --> 00:09:28.807 for what will you do in the end if your neighbor deals you with shameful 00:09:28.807 --> 00:09:32.197 defeat when arguing with your neighbor? 00:09:32.437 --> 00:09:34.657 Don't betray another person's secret. 00:09:35.287 --> 00:09:36.997 Others may accuse you of gossip. 00:09:37.642 --> 00:09:40.162 You will never regain your good reputation. 00:09:41.062 --> 00:09:45.292 Timely advice is lovely, like golden apples in a silver 00:09:45.292 --> 00:09:48.172 basket to one who listens. 00:09:48.232 --> 00:09:53.782 Valid criticism is like a gold earring or other gold jewelry, trustworthy 00:09:53.787 --> 00:09:55.972 messengers refresh like snow. 00:09:55.972 --> 00:09:59.512 In summer, they revived the spirit of their employer. 00:10:00.622 --> 00:10:04.882 A person who promises a gift but doesn't give it is like clouds 00:10:04.887 --> 00:10:06.712 and wind that bring no rain. 00:10:07.762 --> 00:10:13.132 Patience can persuade a prince and soft speech can break bones. 00:10:14.002 --> 00:10:15.082 Do you like honey? 00:10:15.772 --> 00:10:18.172 Don't eat too much, or it will make you sick. 00:10:19.102 --> 00:10:23.002 Don't visit your neighbors too often or you will wear out your welcome. 00:10:23.902 --> 00:10:28.102 Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax. 00:10:28.402 --> 00:10:32.632 Wounding them with a sword or shooting them with a sharp arrow. 00:10:33.502 --> 00:10:38.872 Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with 00:10:38.872 --> 00:10:42.112 a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot. 00:10:43.102 --> 00:10:47.782 Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart is like taking 00:10:47.782 --> 00:10:52.102 someone's coat in cold weather or pouring vinegar in a wound. 00:10:52.972 --> 00:10:56.242 If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. 00:10:56.932 --> 00:10:59.632 If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. 00:11:00.142 --> 00:11:04.852 You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads, and the Lord will reward you 00:11:05.812 --> 00:11:09.022 as surely as a north wind brings rain. 00:11:09.172 --> 00:11:11.932 So a gossiping tongue causes anger. 00:11:12.952 --> 00:11:16.522 It's better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a 00:11:16.522 --> 00:11:18.712 quarrelsome wife in a lovely home. 00:11:19.582 --> 00:11:23.422 Good news, from far away is like cold water to the thirsty. 00:11:24.367 --> 00:11:28.027 If the Godly give in to the wicked, it's like polluting a 00:11:28.027 --> 00:11:30.067 fountain or muddying a spring. 00:11:31.027 --> 00:11:36.367 It's not good to eat too much honey, and it's not good to seek honors for yourself. 00:11:37.387 --> 00:11:41.977 A person without self-control is like a city with broken down walls. 00:11:42.907 --> 00:11:46.447 Honor is no more associated with fools than snow with 00:11:46.447 --> 00:11:48.487 summer or rain with harvest. 00:11:49.492 --> 00:11:54.412 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse will 00:11:54.412 --> 00:11:56.422 not land on its intended victim. 00:11:57.352 --> 00:12:03.022 Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back. 00:12:03.862 --> 00:12:07.732 Don't answer the foolish arguments of fools, or you will 00:12:07.732 --> 00:12:09.952 become as foolish as they are. 00:12:10.852 --> 00:12:14.902 Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools, or they will 00:12:14.902 --> 00:12:17.092 become wise in their own estimation. 00:12:18.022 --> 00:12:21.472 Trusting a fool to convey a message is like cutting off 00:12:21.472 --> 00:12:23.632 one's feet or drinking poison. 00:12:24.592 --> 00:12:28.882 A proverb in the mouth of a fool is as useless as a paralyzed leg. 00:12:29.842 --> 00:12:33.802 Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot. 00:12:34.252 --> 00:12:39.802 A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk. 00:12:40.822 --> 00:12:44.902 An employer who hires a fool or a bystander is like an 00:12:44.902 --> 00:12:46.822 archer who shoots at random. 00:12:47.887 --> 00:12:53.197 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness. 00:12:54.157 --> 00:12:58.297 There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are wise. 00:12:59.257 --> 00:13:02.767 The lazy person claims there's a lion on the road. 00:13:02.977 --> 00:13:08.137 Yes, I'm sure there's a lion out there as a door swings back 00:13:08.137 --> 00:13:12.817 and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed. 00:13:13.717 --> 00:13:18.577 Lazy people take food in their hand, but don't even lift it to their mouth. 00:13:19.567 --> 00:13:24.217 Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors. 00:13:25.147 --> 00:13:29.617 Interfering in someone else's argument is as foolish as yanking a dog's 00:13:29.622 --> 00:13:33.667 ears just as damaging as a mad man. 00:13:33.667 --> 00:13:37.387 Shooting a deadly weapon is someone who lies to a friend and 00:13:37.387 --> 00:13:39.667 then says, I was only joking. 00:13:40.762 --> 00:13:45.862 Fire goes out without wood and quarrels disappear when gossip stops. 00:13:46.822 --> 00:13:52.462 A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers, light, charcoal, or 00:13:52.467 --> 00:13:58.702 fire lights, wood rumors, ordained team morsels that sink deep into one's heart. 00:13:59.732 --> 00:14:04.882 Smooth words may hide a wicked heart just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot. 00:14:05.977 --> 00:14:10.717 People may hover their hatred with pleasant words, but they're deceiving you. 00:14:11.377 --> 00:14:14.467 They pretend to be kind, but don't believe them. 00:14:14.977 --> 00:14:17.257 Their hearts are full of many evils. 00:14:17.707 --> 00:14:22.027 While their hatred may be concealed by trickery, their wrongdoing 00:14:22.027 --> 00:14:23.797 will be exposed in public. 00:14:24.667 --> 00:14:28.687 If you set a trap for others, you will get caught in it yourself. 00:14:29.257 --> 00:14:33.427 If you roll a boulder down on others, it will crush you instead. 00:14:34.297 --> 00:14:39.607 A lying tongue hates its victims and flattering words cause ruin. 00:14:40.327 --> 00:14:41.977 Don't brag about tomorrow. 00:14:42.037 --> 00:14:46.027 Since you don't know what the day will bring, let someone else 00:14:46.032 --> 00:14:51.367 praise you, not your own mouth, a stranger, not your own lips. 00:14:52.327 --> 00:14:56.947 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment 00:14:56.947 --> 00:14:59.557 caused by a fool is even heavier. 00:15:00.367 --> 00:15:01.747 Anger is cruel. 00:15:02.167 --> 00:15:06.757 And wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous. 00:15:07.657 --> 00:15:10.027 An open rebuke is better than hidden. 00:15:10.027 --> 00:15:15.667 Love wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. 00:15:16.657 --> 00:15:20.677 A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter food 00:15:20.707 --> 00:15:22.387 tastes sweet to the hungry. 00:15:23.347 --> 00:15:27.817 A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest. 00:15:28.762 --> 00:15:33.352 The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense. 00:15:34.312 --> 00:15:38.182 Never abandon a friend either yours or your father's. 00:15:38.752 --> 00:15:42.742 When disaster strikes, you won't have to ask your brother for assistance. 00:15:43.252 --> 00:15:47.062 It's better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away. 00:15:47.992 --> 00:15:51.472 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad. 00:15:52.012 --> 00:15:54.472 Then I will be able to answer my critics. 00:15:55.402 --> 00:15:59.212 A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. 00:15:59.542 --> 00:16:03.262 The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. 00:16:04.192 --> 00:16:07.732 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger's debt. 00:16:08.272 --> 00:16:12.622 Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners, allowed and 00:16:12.622 --> 00:16:16.342 cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse. 00:16:17.302 --> 00:16:21.952 A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. 00:16:22.747 --> 00:16:28.237 Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something 00:16:28.237 --> 00:16:32.467 with greased hands as iron sharpens iron. 00:16:32.767 --> 00:16:38.077 So a friend sharpens a friend as workers who tend a fig tree 00:16:38.082 --> 00:16:39.577 are allowed to eat the fruit. 00:16:40.027 --> 00:16:45.217 So workers who protect their employer's interests will be rewarded as a 00:16:45.217 --> 00:16:50.317 face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person. 00:16:51.217 --> 00:16:55.987 Just as death and destruction are never satisfied, so human 00:16:55.987 --> 00:16:58.207 desire is never satisfied. 00:16:59.167 --> 00:17:05.107 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised. 00:17:06.007 --> 00:17:10.177 You cannot separate fools from their fool foolishness, even though you grind 00:17:10.177 --> 00:17:12.607 them like grain with mortar and pestle. 00:17:13.717 --> 00:17:18.307 Know the state of your flocks and put your heart into caring for your herds. 00:17:18.697 --> 00:17:22.207 For riches don't last forever, and the crown might not be 00:17:22.207 --> 00:17:24.007 passed to the next generation. 00:17:24.997 --> 00:17:29.587 After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears, and the mountain grasses 00:17:29.587 --> 00:17:34.717 are gathered in, your sheep will provide wool for clothing, and your goats will 00:17:34.717 --> 00:17:40.147 provide the price of a field and you will have enough goats milk for yourself, 00:17:40.357 --> 00:17:42.997 your family, and your servant girls. 00:17:44.602 --> 00:17:47.452 This concludes today's Immer Reading experience. 00:17:47.572 --> 00:17:48.802 Thank you for joining us.