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 Heavenly Father, we know from our experience that people flourish under good leaders, but languish under bad ones.

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 And today, we ask that you will teach us to be a people who are in glad submission to your leadership, to your good management.

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 That we might live with the fear of the Lord, with carefulness in all the spheres of our lives.

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 Speak to us as you always do.

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 We incline our hearts, our ears, toward you now.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Proverbs chapter 14, starting in verse 15, going to Proverbs 15 verse 4.

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 The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

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 One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.

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 A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.

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 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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 The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.

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 Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

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 Do they not go astray who devise evil?

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 Those who devise good meet steadfast love and faithfulness.

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 In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

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 The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the folly of fools brings folly.

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 A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.

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 In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.

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 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life that one may turn away from the snares of death.

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 In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.

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 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

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 A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

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 Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

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 The wicked is overthrown through his evil doing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.

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 Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.

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 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

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 A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

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 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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 The tongue of the wise commands knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

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 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 There are some things that people only do because they know no one is watching.

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 And after a dozen or so cases of mail package theft at our condo, our condo association is now talking about installing a security camera in the lobby.

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 Because we know that if there is a security camera, people know that they will be seen.

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 People know that they will be caught if they steal, and so they don't.

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 Similarly, parents who are perhaps berating their kids in public in a harsh way will moderate their tone as soon as they recognize that there are people watching them.

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 Dog walkers, right, who are not going to bother picking up that poo on the neighbor's lawn.

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 As soon as they see the eyes peering through the window, will quickly pick up that poo, right?

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 That's what we call accountability.

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 When we know that we will be held accountable, we modify our behavior and speech accordingly.

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 And Proverbs, this passage that we read, 14, 15, 15, 4, teaches that this is a key to wise living, to live under the watchful eyes of God.

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 And knowing that we are accountable to God for all our actions and speech constrains our behavior and speech, helps us to live wisely.

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 And the main point is that by living carefully under the watchful eyes of God, the wise find life for themselves and give life to others.

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 That's what happens when you live under the watchful eyes of God.

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 In verses 15 to 18 of chapter 14, we see the teachings about personal carefulness, what this looks like in your own life, in your own decisions.

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 And chapter 14, verses 19 to 24, speak of kind of socioeconomic carefulness, what this looks like,

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 what being living under the watchful eyes of God as you relate to others in a socioeconomical sense.

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 And then finally, chapter 14, verse 25 to chapter 15, verse 4, speak of kind of a political legal carefulness,

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 what that looks like in politics, in the court, when you live under the watchful eyes of God.

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 So let's first look at personal carefulness in verses 15 to 18 together.

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 This subunit is bracketed by the contrast of the simple and the prudent.

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 Verse 15 says,

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 The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

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 Similarly, verse 18 says,

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 So the simple is, the term simple, as we have seen throughout Proverbs, is not a positive designation in the book of Proverbs,

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 although there is something to be commended for godly simplicity.

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 This is referring to people who are gullible or naive, people who are thoughtless and careless in their life.

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 And because of this, the simple are especially vulnerable to being duped by evildoers.

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 And throughout Proverbs, these simple people are exhorted to heed instruction and learn prudence or shrewdness.

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 Because if and only when they learn that prudence will they stop being simple.

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 And this reminds us again that the world is full of competing ideologies and worldviews and even moral principles.

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 And people are driven by various competing interests and influences.

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 And for these reasons, it is foolish to believe everything.

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 Instead, we must give thought to our steps.

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 When we walk through a bridge that has gaps in it, we give thought to our steps, lest we step into the void and fall.

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 And likewise, the world is beset with many false steps that can be taken.

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 And so we must give thought to our steps.

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 Verse 18 continues that same contrast between the simple and the full.

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 It says,

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 This is an ironic statement because usually when we think of inheritance, it's something that is desirable.

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 Something you look forward to getting.

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 You inherit something that benefits you.

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 However, in this verse, it says,

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 The simple inherit folly.

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 Before they were only simple, naive, or gullible.

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 But now they are full-blown fools.

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 Their careless simplicity is rewarded with folly.

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 And in contrast, the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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 They were already shrewd.

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 They were already knowledgeable.

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 Yet they're crowned with further knowledge because of their discernment.

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 Because they have been knowledgeable and careful.

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 And these two verses, a bracket, verses 16 to 17 in the middle,

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 which together expound on the folly of the simple.

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 Verse 16 says,

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 One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil.

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 But a fool is reckless and careless.

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 So the phrase,

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 One who is wise is cautious.

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 So if you're looking at the English Standard Version,

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 there's probably a footnote right next to that phrase.

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 If you follow that phrase down,

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 it tells you that it could be translated,

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 One who is wise fears.

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 That's what it literally says.

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 One who is wise fears.

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 And some of the translators took that to mean,

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 meaning you're fearful or cautious of other things.

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 But I think that actually means something a little more literal.

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 I think that's an example of ellipsis,

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 where one or two words,

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 one or more words are omitted from a sentence and assumed.

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 So you're supposed to supply that to get a complete meaning.

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 I think that means this verse is saying,

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 One who is wise fears the Lord.

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 I think that's the assumption.

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 One who is wise fears the Lord.

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 That's exactly how the NIV, for example, translates it.

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 And this is all the more likely,

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 because there are other verses in Proverbs that say exactly that.

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 Proverbs chapter 3 verse 7 says,

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 Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

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 Proverbs 16 verse 6 says,

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 By the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.

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 So the wise then, if that's the right interpretation,

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 the wise are not cautious,

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 merely in that they fear the things that might go wrong

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 and therefore act carefully.

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 That's not what being wise looks like in a biblical sense.

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 They are cautious primarily because they fear the Lord.

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 That's the fear that constrains them,

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 the fear of the Lord,

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 because they know that they are accountable to God.

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 And that's why they turn away from evil.

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 Not because they fear the circumstances

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 or are anxious for what might happen,

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 but because they fear the Lord.

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 In contrast, the fool is reckless and careless.

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 The word reckless literally means to overstep or transgress something.

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 And the word careless literally means to trip and fall.

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 So this is a very vivid image here.

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 The fool has no fear of God.

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 He's complacent.

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 He's secure in himself.

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 And so he confidently oversteps God-given boundaries.

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 And as they do that,

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 in ignoring the no trespassing sign,

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 he transgresses things.

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 He falls.

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 He trips and falls headlong into trouble.

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 And then verse 17 continues

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 to fill out that picture of the simple person.

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 A man of quick temper acts foolishly,

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 and a man of evil devices is hated.

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 Now this verse combines two various kind of aspects of fools,

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 yet denounces them all the same

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 in the same category of foolishness.

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 So first, it talks about a man of quick temper.

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 A man of quick temper acts foolishly.

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 This person has a short temper, a short fuse.

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 He is unrestrained and explodes onto others.

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 And in doing so,

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 they do incalculable damage to others and themselves.

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 Jewish rabbis often use the image of a kettle,

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 a boiling kettle,

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 to explain the way anger inflicts damage to oneself.

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 They said,

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 when the kettle boils over,

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 it overflows its own size.

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 So likewise,

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 a man of quick temper acts

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 not only maliciously toward others,

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 but also foolishly because he hurts himself in the end.

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 And the short tempered person is one type of fool.

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 The second type of foolishness is seen here

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 is a man of evil devices.

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 It's a contrast really from the short tempered person

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 because a man of evil devices is self-restrained.

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 He keeps a tight rein on his temper.

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 But for the purpose of doing evil,

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 for the purpose of manipulating others,

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 for the purpose of getting his way,

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 he is the cold-blooded killer.

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 And he is a schemer.

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 He is cunning.

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 And that's to be contrasted with the wise who is shrewd and prudent.

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 Being shrewd and being a schemer are not the same.

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 Both the short tempered person and the schemer,

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 though they behave very differently,

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 Bible says they're both foolish

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 because neither of them lives carefully under the watchful eyes of God.

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 So that's what personal carefulness looks like.

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 Let's look at then verses 19 to 24,

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 which focus specifically on what the life under God's watchful eyes look like

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 socially and economically,

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 socioeconomic carefulness.

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 It might seem for a little while

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 like the man of evil devices

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 who take advantage of others

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 and will rise through the ranks in society.

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 And that does happen as Proverbs itself admits.

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 But verse 19 says,

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 So this is speaking of ultimate divine justice.

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 The evil men who seek to make others bow down to them

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 will end up bowing down before the good.

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 The wicked who sought to rule over others and judge others

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 will themselves be instead ruled and judged at the gates of the righteous.

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 So even though this might not be immediately true in your experience,

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 it will ultimately true in God's perfect timing

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 is what this proverb reminds us.

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 A morally upside down universe that we live in at times

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 will be made right, right side up again.

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 But in the meanwhile,

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 sometimes the wicked do prosper.

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 They do gain prominence by their prosperity.

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 And so verse 20 says this,

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 This is a very realistic observation

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 about human nature and relationships.

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 The poor in view here are not those who are impoverished

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 due to God's judgment for their wickedness.

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 And as I've said several times throughout our series in Proverbs,

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 the word poverty is used consistently in a negative way

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 as God's judgment on the wicked.

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 However, the word poor is used consistently in a positive way

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 to refer to those who are poor

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 because of circumstances outside of their control,

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 because of injustice.

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 And on those people, God shows special care and compassion.

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 And so that's the poor that is in view here.

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 So even though they are not morally reprehensible,

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 it says the poor is disliked even by his neighbor.

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 This neighbor, this person who lives nearby,

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 who should, of all people, like the poor man,

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 should be able to relate to this poor man,

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 should be able to care for this poor man

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 because he is his neighbor.

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 Even he despises the poor man.

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 And the implication is that the poor person

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 is disliked by his neighbor because he is poor.

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 Lack of money leads to lack of friends.

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 In contrast, the rich has many friends.

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 We use the term gold digger, right,

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 to describe friends like this.

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 When a woman marries a rich man

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 for no other reason than his wealth,

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 when a man befriends another

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 in order to benefit from his wealth and privilege,

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 we call them gold diggers.

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 Their so-called relationships are not relational,

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 but transactional.

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 It's about the money in the end.

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 And because of people like this,

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 the rich,

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 even when they are morally reprehensible,

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 has many friends.

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 This is a descriptive,

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 not a prescriptive proverb.

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 It's describing what's the reality,

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 what happens.

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 It's not telling us to snub the poor

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 and cozy up to the rich.

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 Lest we misunderstand it that way,

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 Solomon adds a qualifying proverb in verse 21.

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 Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner,

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 but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

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 This proverb is structured as an incomplete parallel.

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 So the first half speaks of despising one's neighbor,

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 but the second half speaks of being generous to the poor.

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 So it's not exactly the parallel.

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 It's what they call incomplete parallelism.

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 And when you come across that kind of parallel structure,

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 we have to use the content of each half

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 to kind of balance and fill out the picture of the other.

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 And because scripture often uses that method

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 to say a lot more poetically

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 than what's actually written on the page.

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 So if we use each half to fill in the details of the other half,

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 verse 21 says,

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 Whoever despises his neighbor because he is poor is a sinner.

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 But blessed is he who is generous to the poor

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 because he is his neighbor.

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 That's how you fill out that parallel structure.

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 So if we despise a neighbor because he is poor,

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 we sin because we are not loving our neighbor as ourselves,

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 as scripture commands.

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 Our poor neighbor might not be able to return any of our favors.

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 He may not benefit us in any tangible way.

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 He may have no clout in society

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 and therefore may be the object of people's scorn.

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 And because they are powerless,

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 they may have no recourse

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 and they may not be able to retaliate

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 when we take advantage of him.

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 And yet we must not take advantage of him.

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 We must not despise our neighbor.

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 Further theological rationale for this is given later in verse 31.

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 But for now, scripture calls us to be generous to the poor

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 by the simple reason that he is our neighbor.

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 God has placed us near them to see their plight and suffering.

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 God has placed us near them and provided for us

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 so that we might supply their need.

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 And that poor person doesn't need to be

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 especially deserving of our generosity.

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 He doesn't have to have a squeaky clean background.

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 He doesn't have to be well-dressed and well-spoken.

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 That he is our neighbor is enough

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 according to this proverb.

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 Verses 22 to 24 add further motivation

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 to be generous toward our poor neighbor.

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 Verse 22 says,

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 Do they not go astray who devise evil?

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 Those who devise good meet steadfast love and faithfulness.

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 The word devise is repeated twice in this verse

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 to emphasize the importance of intentionality,

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 of deliberation, planning.

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 The word devise is sometimes translated in grave or forge

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 and it refers to kind of the work of artisans and craftsmen.

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 And so it's very much a word that implies care

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 and careful planning.

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 There are of course some evil and some good

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 that people do without deliberate planning.

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 But there are some evil deeds and some good deeds

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 that only happen after premeditation

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 that require careful planning.

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 So it's telling us we have to make concrete plans

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 for doing good.

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 Those who despise the poor are devising evil.

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 They have already made up their mind

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 that the poor neighbor is not worth their time

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 and money and effort.

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 They are devising evil.

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 On the other hand,

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 those who are generous with the poor neighbor devise good.

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 They have made plans to befriend the poor neighbor.

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 They have made plans

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 and they have resolved to supply their need.

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 They have made plans to do so.

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 They have brainstormed ways

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 to most constructively and lovingly provide for their needs.

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 Being generous to the poor neighbor

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 requires planning and work.

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 But it's still worthwhile

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 because those who devise evil

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 will stray from the blessed path of God.

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 But those who devise good

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 will stay on God's path

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 and therefore meet steadfast love and faithfulness.

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 Those are two attributes

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 that throughout scripture

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 are most often attributed to God.

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 In Exodus 34 verses 5 to 7

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 when God reveals himself to Moses

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 and God's Moses in Israel

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 he says that he is abounding

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 in steadfast love and faithfulness.

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 Steadfast love, loving kindness.

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 It's referring to God,

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 the unmarried, its favor

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 and the unchanging commitment

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 that God shows toward his chosen people.

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 The word faithfulness

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 refers to God's reliability,

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 the firmness of his character

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 that he never changes.

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 He's always true to himself.

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 And so then both words,

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 steadfast love and faithfulness

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 highlight God's unchanging loyalty

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 toward his people.

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 And so then those who kindly meet

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 the needs of the poor

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 on his path of life

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 will be met by the steadfast love

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 and faithfulness of God

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 on that same path.

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 And in verses 23-24

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 Solomon elaborates on this

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 on the importance of making concrete plans

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 and following through.

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 It says in verses 23-24

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 So toiling is hard

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 but there is in the end profit, right?

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 The wise who do honest hard work

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 will be crowned with wealth

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 in the end

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 in the normal working of things.

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 In contrast,

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 those who engage in mere talk

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 and spew out folly

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 will end up in poverty.

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 So he's using an economic

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 Solomon is using an economic proverb here

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 to tell us to put our money

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 where our mouth is.

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 It's a rebuke to people

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 who are all talk and no action.

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 Merely saying that

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 you intend to do good

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 to your poor neighbor

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 isn't enough.

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 You must devise good,

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 make concrete plans

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 and take action

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 in being generous to the poor.

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 In the same way

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 that hard work

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 is met with profit

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 so likewise

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 being generous to the poor

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 will be met

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 with steadfast love

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 and faithfulness

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 of the Lord.

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 And verse 24

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 matches verse 18

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 and together bracket

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 this subunit.

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 Verse 18

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 said,

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 The simple inherit folly

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 but the prudent

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 are crowned with knowledge.

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 Verse 24

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 is that the crown

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 of the wise

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 is their wealth

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 but the folly of fools

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 brings folly.

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 That's what it looks like

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 to have socioeconomic carefulness

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 living under the watchful eyes

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 of God.

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 And then starting

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 in verse 25

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 and going through

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 chapter 15

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 verse 4

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 Solomon expounds

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 on what godly carefulness

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 looks like

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 in the political

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 and legal realms.

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 And he says

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 in verse 25

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 A truthful witness

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 saves lies

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 but one who breathes

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 out lies

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 is deceitful.

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 In the court of law

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 truth telling

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 is a matter

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 of life and death.

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 A witness

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 who tells the truth

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 can ensure

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 that the innocent person

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 is not condemned

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 and that the guilty

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 person is condemned

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 only

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 and that the guilty

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 person is condemned.

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 But if one lies

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 it is deceitful

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 and it is treacherous

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 because instead of

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 saving lives

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 you can in fact

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 destroy lives.

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 It's not a trivial matter

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 to lie in court

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 because it's not

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 an abstract decision

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 rather it's

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 a decision

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 that has consequences

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 in the real lives

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 and livelihoods

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 of people.

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 And so

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 then even when

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 it is to their

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 disadvantage

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 to tell the truth

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 even when it makes

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 that person look bad

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 the witness

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 a good witness

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 a true witness

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 is to speak

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 truthfully.

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 Even when the witness

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 knows that he is

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 more credible

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 than the person

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 on trial

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 by the virtue

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 of their social standing

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 or people's biases

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 the truthful witness

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 will courageously

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 and conscientiously

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 tell the truth

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 because they live

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 carefully under

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 the watchful eyes

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 of God

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 and in doing so

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 they save lives.

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 And so then

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 the way we act

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 and speak in life

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 is not a drill

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 is what Proverbs

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.380
 is telling us

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 it's a matter

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.740
 of life and death

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 which this passage

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 keeps on emphasizing.

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 So verses 26 to 27

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 continue that thought

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 in the fear of the Lord

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 one has strong confidence

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 and his children

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 will have a refuge.

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 The fear of the Lord

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 is a fountain of life

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 that one may turn away

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 from the snares of death.

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 So the fear of the Lord

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 that's another way

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 to put living carefully

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 under the watchful eyes

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 of God

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 one personally

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 gains a strong confidence

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 he finds life

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 for himself

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 secures a safety

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 for himself

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 but not only that

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.039
 he says he will provide

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.900
 refuge for his children

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.980
 living carefully

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 under watchful eyes

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.539
 of God

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 has generational consequences

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 and then

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 on top of that

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 in general

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 he says

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 the fear of the Lord

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 is a fountain of life

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:54.700
 it provides life

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 not only to oneself

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 to others

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 like a fountain

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 that bubbles forth

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.639
 with water

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.539
 life-giving water

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 it nourishes others

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 with life-giving wisdom

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 and then

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:07.879
 in an interesting turn

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.659
 verse 28

00:26:08.659 --> 00:26:10.019
 Solomon addresses

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.700
 rulers

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 specifically

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 and in doing so

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.799
 leaders generally

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 of the particular

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.759
 responsibility

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:18.379
 that rests on them

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 to be this

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:21.279
 life-giving fountain

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 for others

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:23.559
 and verse 28

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:23.839
 says

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.659
 in a multitude

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.460
 of people

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 is the glory

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 of a king

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 but without people

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 a prince

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 is ruined

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 so by definition

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 a king

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 is someone

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 who rules

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.379
 over others

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 since without people

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 he would have no kingdom

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 and he would be ruined

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 he would not be a king

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 and in order to ensure

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.699
 that he has a multitude

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.699
 of people

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 he must become

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.359
 a fountain of life

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.839
 by living carefully

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:52.019
 under the watchful eyes

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.480
 of God

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.639
 now this truth

00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:54.119
 is confirmed

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.899
 by verse 29

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 it says

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.779
 whoever is slow to anger

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 has great understanding

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.339
 but he who has

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.199
 a hasty temper

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:02.339
 exalts folly

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:04.139
 the word great

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:05.619
 in great understanding

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.899
 and the word multitude

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:08.299
 in multitude of people

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.199
 they are

00:27:09.199 --> 00:27:10.779
 the translations

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:12.139
 of the same Hebrew word

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:13.580
 and so it connects

00:27:13.580 --> 00:27:14.360
 those two verses

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:15.420
 28 and 29

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.759
 so if you were to

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.200
 play on that more

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.180
 obviously

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.680
 it says

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:21.040
 in the numerousness

00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:22.100
 or in the greatness

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:23.120
 of people

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:24.280
 is the glory

00:27:24.280 --> 00:27:25.160
 of a king

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.240
 and whoever

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.240
 is slow to anger

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:29.440
 has great understanding

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.920
 so the implication

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.360
 is this

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:32.140
 do you want to

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:33.080
 gather people

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:33.740
 around you

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.880
 instead of scattering them

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:36.440
 do you want to be

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.400
 a great leader

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.700
 do you want to

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:40.240
 rule over a great people

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.500
 will then gain

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:43.259
 great understanding

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.240
 which is found

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.720
 in living carefully

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.660
 under the watchful eyes

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.059
 of God

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:49.099
 Greek philosopher

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:50.400
 Aristotle once said

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.819
 he who has never

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.779
 learned to obey

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:54.099
 cannot be

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:55.339
 a good commander

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:58.000
 there are people

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.880
 who want to lead

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:01.259
 want to teach

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.500
 want to exercise

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.120
 authority

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:04.319
 and rule over others

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.460
 but who have not

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.500
 learned humility

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:08.119
 who are incapable

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:09.180
 of submitting to

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.460
 and following others

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.240
 because they think

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.400
 too highly of themselves

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.940
 they are always

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.700
 dissatisfied

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.900
 under other people's

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.279
 authority

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.539
 because they always

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.480
 believe they could

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.480
 do better

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.980
 they squirm

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.859
 impatiently

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.859
 when others

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.680
 are teaching

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:25.240
 but beam excitedly

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.299
 when they themselves

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.500
 are teaching

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:29.339
 such people

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.019
 cannot lead

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.579
 because they will

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.579
 lead selfishly

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:33.259
 and for vain glory

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.880
 rather than

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.900
 the good of the people

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:36.019
 that are under their charge

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.240
 such people

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.779
 can't lead

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.279
 because they are

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.599
 incapable of listening

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.559
 and therefore

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.500
 will not heed

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.500
 wise counsel

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.799
 from others

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:45.680
 they will not

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.339
 benefit from

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.920
 perspectives

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.619
 that differ

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.139
 from their own

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.680
 because they think

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.079
 too highly

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.660
 of their own

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.299
 opinions

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:52.139
 and this principle

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:53.639
 is especially

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.200
 important

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.339
 when it comes

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:56.079
 to following

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:57.000
 and submitting

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.160
 to God

00:28:58.160 --> 00:29:00.359
 only those

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.180
 who display

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:02.519
 great understanding

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.460
 of the fear

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.059
 of the Lord

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.299
 only those

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.859
 who live

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.240
 under the

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.799
 watchful eyes

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.139
 of God

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:07.879
 are fit

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.859
 to rule

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:10.099
 over a multitude

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:11.180
 of people

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:12.859
 a great people

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:14.159
 a good ruler

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.879
 understands

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.700
 that he is

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.819
 first and foremost

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.940
 under authority

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:19.359
 accountable to God

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.740
 and under his authority

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:23.519
 and this great understanding

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.259
 is what makes

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.680
 a person

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.480
 more patient

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:28.240
 it says in verse 29

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.480
 whoever is slow

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.099
 to anger

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:32.259
 has great understanding

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.819
 but he who has

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.980
 a hasty temper

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:36.859
 exalts folly

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:39.099
 when we live

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.740
 carefully

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.759
 under the watchful

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.339
 eyes of God

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.420
 we recognize

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.000
 that there is

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:44.460
 someone in charge

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.359
 above us

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.940
 and because of that

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.579
 we don't need

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.559
 to panic

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.779
 and act hastily

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:52.819
 we have self-control

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:54.000
 because we know

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.640
 that God

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.519
 really is

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.599
 in control

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:58.659
 so the expression

00:29:58.659 --> 00:30:00.019
 slow to anger

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:01.019
 outside of Proverbs

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.919
 exclusively

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:03.500
 is used to describe

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.939
 God

00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:05.500
 God is slow to anger

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:07.259
 so being slow to anger

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.480
 is not a natural

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.379
 characteristic

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.500
 of simple humans

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.759
 rather it is

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.319
 a divine

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.259
 attribute

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.419
 and we are

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.419
 to imitate this

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:16.639
 so then

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.179
 when someone

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:18.179
 displeases us

00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:19.159
 or offends us

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:20.299
 we don't need

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.159
 to make that

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:21.919
 displeasure known

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.459
 immediately

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:24.079
 and impulsively

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.380
 because

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:27.279
 as it describes

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.340
 there a hasty temper

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:31.000
 exalts folly

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.779
 hasty temper

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.579
 is literally

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:34.019
 shortened breath

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.759
 it's a vivid

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.620
 description of

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.579
 how people behave

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.960
 when they are

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.039
 agitated and angry

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:39.360
 just short breaths

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:40.759
 it's a hasty temper

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.180
 that's what that

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.740
 refers to

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.880
 and it says

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.900
 in contrast to that

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.559
 in verse 30

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:44.819
 it says

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:46.039
 a tranquil heart

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:47.559
 gives life to the flesh

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.759
 but envy makes

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:50.000
 the bones rot

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.900
 once again

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.819
 this is not just

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:53.059
 this is a matter

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.140
 of life and death

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:55.160
 living carefully

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.940
 under the watchful

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.559
 eyes of God

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:58.440
 and a tranquil heart

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.940
 is a heart

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.799
 that is satisfied

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.339
 in God

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.220
 a heart that

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.200
 is entrusted

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.740
 to God

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.460
 and because of that

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.119
 it's a heart

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:06.059
 that is at rest

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:07.839
 and that kind of heart

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.700
 gives life

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:10.019
 to one's own flesh

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:11.740
 but in contrast

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:13.200
 envy makes the bones

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.720
 rot

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:15.200
 a heart that is

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.160
 dissatisfied

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:17.140
 with God

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.880
 and the lot

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:19.079
 that God has given

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:21.919
 because of that

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:23.139
 discontentment

00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:24.379
 complains

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.939
 and envies

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:28.079
 and distrusts God

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:29.759
 and because of that

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.919
 is beset with anxiety

00:31:30.919 --> 00:31:32.740
 and this makes

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.960
 one's own body

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.899
 weak

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:36.480
 to disintegrate

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:39.359
 and this

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.139
 living carefully

00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:40.720
 under watchful eyes

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.119
 of God

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:42.139
 affects the way

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:43.039
 a person deals

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.819
 with the poor

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.399
 as well

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.980
 we saw this early

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.699
 in verse 21

00:31:46.699 --> 00:31:47.460
 that we were commanded

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.079
 to be generous

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.720
 to the poor

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:50.059
 but verse 31

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.740
 now gives us

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.759
 further theological

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.240
 rationale

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.059
 for that command

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:54.140
 it says

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:55.279
 whoever oppresses

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.100
 a poor man

00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:58.220
 insults his maker

00:31:58.220 --> 00:32:00.380
 but he who is

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.539
 generous to the needy

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.980
 honors him

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.720
 so when you

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:06.100
 oppress a poor man

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.819
 this is saying

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.640
 you insult

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.380
 the God

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.779
 who created him

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:11.500
 it's a powerful

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.720
 teaching

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.720
 in 2016

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:16.220
 there was a

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:17.480
 you guys know

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.420
 Dutch master

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.039
 Rembrandt

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:20.500
 one of his

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.960
 paintings

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.039
 entitled now

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.039
 The Unconscious

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.660
 Patient

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:25.500
 was discovered

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.380
 in a basement

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:27.140
 in New Jersey

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:29.000
 when adult children

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.059
 were clearing out

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.819
 their family home

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.720
 after their parents

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.079
 death

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:33.160
 they discovered

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.039
 a Rembrandt painting

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:35.200
 in a basement

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:37.539
 the oil painting

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.960
 however was discolored

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:40.140
 it was flaking

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:41.940
 and it looked

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:43.259
 totally unremarkable

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.380
 after years

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:46.540
 of disintegration

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:46.980
 in a damp

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.400
 basement

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:49.560
 and in spite

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:50.400
 of all of that

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:51.940
 an art collector

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:53.180
 purchased it

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:54.520
 for 1.1 million

00:32:54.520 --> 00:32:55.500
 dollars at an auction

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:57.520
 and went through

00:32:57.520 --> 00:32:58.760
 the painstaking process

00:32:58.760 --> 00:32:59.740
 of restoring it

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:01.240
 to its original beauty

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.180
 and now

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.880
 it's in its

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.740
 rightful place

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.840
 touring the world's

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.520
 most famous

00:33:05.520 --> 00:33:06.260
 art museums

00:33:06.260 --> 00:33:08.640
 and why is that

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.440
 when professionals

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.440
 lay their eyes

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.400
 on that painting

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.680
 it didn't matter

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.259
 to them

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.680
 that it was rotting

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:16.019
 that it didn't matter

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.440
 to them

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.480
 that it was discolored

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.160
 it didn't matter

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.519
 to them

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.340
 that it was flaking

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:20.400
 it didn't matter

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.840
 to them

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.580
 that it looked

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:22.299
 worthless

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:24.580
 because they knew

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.900
 whose work

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.720
 it was

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:30.240
 no matter

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.900
 what condition

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.500
 you find it

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.380
 and if you find

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:33.720
 a Rembrandt

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:35.940
 it's worth millions

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:38.600
 likewise

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.480
 if you meet

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.799
 a human being

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:42.720
 created in

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.460
 the image

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.079
 of God

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:45.839
 doesn't matter

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.740
 how old

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.980
 or frail

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.659
 that person is

00:33:48.659 --> 00:33:49.139
 it doesn't matter

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:50.299
 how poor

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.519
 or pitiable

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.740
 that person is

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.680
 it doesn't matter

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.319
 how disenfranchised

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.379
 and powerless

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:57.460
 that person is

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.879
 it doesn't matter

00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.899
 what that person's

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:01.220
 racial or cultural

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.419
 background is

00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:03.379
 it doesn't matter

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.440
 whether this person

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.000
 is male

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:06.099
 or female

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:07.220
 it doesn't matter

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.779
 how battered

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.559
 this person is

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.480
 how oppressed

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.639
 this person is

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.320
 how sick

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:13.639
 or disfigured

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:15.380
 this person is

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.860
 this person

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.880
 is priceless

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:20.219
 because

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:22.279
 they are created

00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:22.719
 in the image

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.119
 of God

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.380
 they are

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.380
 the signature

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.539
 masterpiece

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:29.279
 of the greatest

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:30.259
 master

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:31.420
 craftsman

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:33.519
 that's the reason

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:35.779
 for this reason

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.619
 he was generous

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.279
 to the poor

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.620
 generous to the needy

00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:39.140
 honors

00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:40.480
 God himself

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:43.800
 and those

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.640
 who honor God

00:34:44.640 --> 00:34:45.720
 will ultimately

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.300
 be rewarded

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.540
 verse 32

00:34:47.540 --> 00:34:47.800
 says

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.280
 the wicked

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:49.840
 is overthrown

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.460
 through his

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.060
 evil doing

00:34:51.060 --> 00:34:51.680
 but the righteous

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.940
 finds refuge

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:54.280
 in his death

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:55.400
 verse 26

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:55.960
 and 32

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.820
 both speak

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.780
 of the refuge

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.500
 to describe

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.120
 the heritage

00:34:59.120 --> 00:35:00.600
 of the wise

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:02.659
 living under

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.259
 the watchful

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:04.000
 eyes of God

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.579
 is not

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.960
 an onerous

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.460
 burden

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.839
 rather

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:07.539
 it is like

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.460
 a refuge

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:10.079
 something that

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.119
 secures us

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:12.400
 protects us

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:13.579
 helps us

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:15.039
 in the end

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.559
 it will lead

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.259
 to eternal

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.819
 refuge

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:18.380
 even beyond

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.799
 death

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.159
 that's what

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.799
 verse 32

00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:20.539
 suggests

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.099
 the wicked

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.719
 is overthrown

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.039
 through his

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.480
 evil doing

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.880
 through his

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.679
 own evil doing

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.739
 but the righteous

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:26.000
 finds refuge

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:27.199
 in his

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.819
 death

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:30.000
 even in his

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.460
 death

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:33.140
 the righteous

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:33.860
 will find

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:35.019
 a refuge

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:37.620
 in verses

00:35:37.620 --> 00:35:38.760
 26 to 32

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.320
 if you scan

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.800
 it again

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:41.180
 Solomon

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:42.360
 spoke of

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.120
 how the ruler

00:35:43.120 --> 00:35:44.260
 should live

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:44.820
 righteously

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.380
 carefully

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.820
 under the

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.280
 watchful eyes

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.700
 of God

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.500
 and then

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.960
 starting in

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.580
 verse 33

00:35:48.580 --> 00:35:49.440
 he focuses

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.980
 on how

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.800
 the subjects

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.559
 of that ruler

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.700
 should live

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:54.260
 with care

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:55.539
 of their own

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.720
 and he begins

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.680
 by enjoining

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.199
 wisdom to

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.639
 all of us

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.339
 in verse 33

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.639
 it says

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.579
 wisdom rests

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.099
 in the heart

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.579
 of a man

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.379
 of understanding

00:36:02.379 --> 00:36:03.519
 but it makes

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.339
 itself known

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:05.539
 even in the

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.579
 midst of fools

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:08.279
 this is an

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:09.019
 invitation to

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:10.119
 learn wisdom

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:11.419
 first and

00:36:11.419 --> 00:36:11.759
 foremost

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:12.719
 wisdom resides

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.339
 in the heart

00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:13.679
 of a man

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.399
 of understanding

00:36:14.399 --> 00:36:15.679
 so a man

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.519
 like King

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.019
 Solomon

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.519
 that's the

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.960
 implication

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:19.399
 wisdom stays

00:36:19.399 --> 00:36:19.619
 there

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.059
 it makes a

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.899
 permanent dwelling

00:36:20.899 --> 00:36:21.259
 there

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:22.079
 and so the

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.659
 implication is

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.000
 that we should

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.519
 listen to

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.039
 such people

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.859
 listen to

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.599
 the Proverbs

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:27.420
 and that's

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.759
 not all

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.039
 wisdom

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.819
 makes itself

00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:29.259
 known

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.920
 even in

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.219
 the midst

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.759
 of fools

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.980
 so wisdom

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.599
 is not only

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.500
 for kings

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.299
 like Solomon

00:36:34.299 --> 00:36:35.339
 it's for us

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:35.719
 all

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:37.059
 and we saw

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.380
 in the

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.920
 personification

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.579
 of wisdom

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.440
 in chapter 1

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.119
 chapter 8

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.860
 and chapter 9

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.839
 that wisdom

00:36:41.839 --> 00:36:42.719
 is not this

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.579
 high brow

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.659
 elitist

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.819
 that only

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.480
 caters to

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.019
 the brightest

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.500
 and most

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.039
 prominent

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:49.440
 among people

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.639
 she invites

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.500
 all comers

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.259
 she calls

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.900
 out to the

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.420
 simple

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.420
 all who

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.940
 are willing

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.539
 to humble

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:55.860
 themselves

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.380
 and learn

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:57.840
 can come

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.139
 and gain

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.519
 wisdom

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.780
 and so it

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.099
 is

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.760
 it says

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.400
 even in

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.700
 the midst

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.340
 of fools

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:03.360
 wisdom's

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:04.019
 call can

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.680
 be heard

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:05.780
 and so

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.200
 then the

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:06.579
 invitation

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.220
 is for us

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:07.920
 to heed

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.440
 her call

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.000
 leave our

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.659
 folly behind

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.760
 and let

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:11.460
 wisdom rest

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.700
 in our

00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:12.019
 hearts

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.480
 also

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:14.039
 verse 34

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.579
 continues

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.340
 that exhortation

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:15.820
 righteousness

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.579
 exalts a

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.900
 nation

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.980
 but sin

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.740
 is a reproach

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:19.159
 to any

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.599
 people

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:21.360
 now just

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.659
 as the

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.139
 king should

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.720
 be concerned

00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:22.980
 with

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.400
 righteousness

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.960
 so also

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.260
 the whole

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.720
 nation

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.500
 should be

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:25.980
 concerned

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.400
 with

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.019
 righteousness

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:28.780
 in God's

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.320
 estimation

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.960
 and in

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.519
 his

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.079
 ultimate

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.539
 justice

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:32.820
 it's not

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.380
 deft

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.960
 political

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.780
 maneuvering

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:36.200
 forging

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:36.780
 international

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:37.360
 alliances

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:38.720
 or even

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.340
 military

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:40.039
 prowess

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.579
 or even

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.220
 economic

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:41.920
 prosperity

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.860
 that

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.519
 ensures

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.240
 a nation's

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:44.619
 security

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.360
 or exalts

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.840
 a nation

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.980
 it's not

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.579
 those things

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.139
 ultimately

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.599
 speaking

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.519
 it is

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.240
 righteousness

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:52.099
 that exalts

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.960
 a nation

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:54.780
 conversely

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.679
 sin

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.079
 is a

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.619
 reproach

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.139
 to any

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.559
 people

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.440
 if you

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.720
 read the

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.000
 bible

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.579
 and if you

00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.840
 study

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.159
 history

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.599
 you know

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.360
 that every

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:01.900
 empire

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.380
 eventually

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.860
 falls

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:04.300
 Daniel

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.159
 chapter 2

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.780
 verse 21

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.599
 says that

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.500
 God changes

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.519
 changes

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.179
 times and

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.539
 seasons

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.400
 he

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.099
 removes

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.619
 kings

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.279
 and sets

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.539
 up

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.880
 kings

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.559
 he

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.059
 gives

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.559
 wisdom

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:13.920
 to the

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.219
 wise

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.400
 and

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.739
 knowledge

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.119
 to those

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.400
 who have

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:16.019
 understanding

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:17.960
 the United

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.460
 States of

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:18.880
 America

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.400
 too

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:20.839
 will fall

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:23.000
 and when

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.639
 it does

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.699
 whatever

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:26.000
 the immediate

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.539
 causes

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.179
 might be

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:28.559
 the ultimate

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.099
 cause

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.880
 will be

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.539
 moral

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.239
 degeneration

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:32.980
 the ultimate

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.440
 cause

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.880
 will be

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.639
 injustice

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:36.219
 and unrighteousness

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:37.339
 the ultimate

00:38:37.339 --> 00:38:37.980
 cause will be

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.539
 the lack

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.199
 of humility

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:40.359
 before God

00:38:40.359 --> 00:38:41.940
 so not only

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.400
 the king

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.159
 but all the

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:43.779
 subjects

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:45.219
 must preoccupy

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:45.639
 themselves

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.299
 with doing

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:46.879
 justice

00:38:46.879 --> 00:38:48.219
 loving kindness

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:49.139
 and walking

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.819
 humbly with

00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.179
 their God

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.639
 as it says

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.019
 in Micah

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.659
 chapter 6

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.219
 verse 8

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:54.500
 verse 35

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.199
 says

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.699
 a servant

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:56.179
 who deals

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.699
 wisely

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.099
 has the

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.419
 king's

00:38:57.419 --> 00:38:57.779
 favor

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.659
 but his

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:58.980
 wrath

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.339
 falls

00:38:59.339 --> 00:38:59.659
 on one

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.199
 who acts

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.059
 shamefully

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:02.659
 the person

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:03.159
 who serves

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.480
 the king

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.980
 should live

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.419
 also

00:39:04.419 --> 00:39:05.059
 carefully

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.899
 under the

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:06.439
 watchful eyes

00:39:06.439 --> 00:39:06.799
 of God

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.359
 his service

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:07.659
 should be

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:07.939
 characterized

00:39:07.939 --> 00:39:08.899
 by competence

00:39:08.899 --> 00:39:09.739
 wisdom

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.980
 and integrity

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:12.079
 just as sin

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.659
 is reproached

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.019
 to the whole

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.419
 nation

00:39:13.419 --> 00:39:14.480
 the servant's

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.779
 shameful

00:39:14.779 --> 00:39:15.199
 acts

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:16.039
 will incur

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.539
 the wrath

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.019
 of his

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.819
 master

00:39:17.819 --> 00:39:18.359
 his king

00:39:18.359 --> 00:39:20.339
 but even

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:20.859
 the best

00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:21.419
 of servants

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:22.019
 will incur

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.500
 the wrath

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.119
 of the

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.380
 sovereign

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:24.019
 sometimes

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.940
 and so

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.700
 chapter 15

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:26.260
 verses 1

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.639
 to 4

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.099
 teaches

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.980
 the art

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.740
 of speaking

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:29.320
 carefully

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.320
 in such

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:30.980
 situations

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:32.119
 it says

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.800
 in verse 1

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.900
 a soft

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.340
 answer

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.099
 turns away

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.519
 wrath

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.940
 but a

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.300
 harsh

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:36.659
 word

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.119
 stirs

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.400
 up

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:37.860
 anger

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:39.539
 whether

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:40.200
 the king's

00:39:40.200 --> 00:39:40.559
 wrath

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:41.300
 is justified

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.980
 or not

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:43.079
 the servant

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:44.119
 should not

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:44.920
 retaliate

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.360
 in kind

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.720
 with a

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:46.000
 harsh

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.380
 word

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:47.539
 because

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.260
 doing so

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:48.619
 will only

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:49.280
 stir up

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:50.300
 the anger

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:50.780
 of the king

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:52.400
 alternatively

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:53.080
 a soft

00:39:53.080 --> 00:39:53.560
 answer

00:39:53.560 --> 00:39:54.560
 turns away

00:39:54.560 --> 00:39:55.060
 wrath

00:39:55.060 --> 00:39:55.580
 this is

00:39:55.580 --> 00:39:56.100
 the art

00:39:56.100 --> 00:39:57.860
 of de-escalation

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:59.460
 if you live

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.000
 or work

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.460
 with someone

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:00.920
 who has a

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.600
 short temper

00:40:01.600 --> 00:40:03.019
 getting into

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:03.560
 a shouting

00:40:03.560 --> 00:40:04.120
 match with

00:40:04.120 --> 00:40:04.480
 them is

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:05.140
 not going

00:40:05.140 --> 00:40:05.700
 to improve

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:06.180
 your life

00:40:06.180 --> 00:40:08.740
 a soft

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.240
 answer

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:10.160
 turns away

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:10.560
 wrath

00:40:10.560 --> 00:40:12.260
 a ticking

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:12.800
 bomb

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.740
 needs to

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.620
 be diffused

00:40:14.620 --> 00:40:15.840
 not smashed

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:17.800
 it will

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.039
 lead to

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.220
 more

00:40:18.220 --> 00:40:18.760
 destruction

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:20.120
 a soft

00:40:20.120 --> 00:40:20.600
 answer

00:40:20.600 --> 00:40:21.140
 turns away

00:40:21.140 --> 00:40:21.440
 wrath

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:21.900
 verse 2

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.280
 continues

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:22.860
 the tongue

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.500
 of the wise

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.920
 commends

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.400
 knowledge

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.160
 but the

00:40:25.160 --> 00:40:25.700
 mouths of

00:40:25.700 --> 00:40:26.039
 fools

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.559
 pour out

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:26.940
 folly

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:28.240
 the person

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:28.800
 who answers

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.420
 softly

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.340
 commends

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.900
 knowledge

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:32.440
 or adorns

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:32.980
 knowledge

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.700
 beautifies

00:40:33.700 --> 00:40:34.160
 knowledge

00:40:34.160 --> 00:40:34.660
 he makes

00:40:34.660 --> 00:40:35.400
 the truth

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:36.180
 he makes

00:40:36.180 --> 00:40:36.800
 a wise

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.320
 decision

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:38.100
 attractive

00:40:38.100 --> 00:40:39.120
 to the

00:40:39.120 --> 00:40:39.620
 hearer

00:40:39.620 --> 00:40:40.760
 the wise

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:41.280
 person does

00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:41.900
 not use

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.360
 his tongue

00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:42.760
 as a

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:43.460
 sledgehammer

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:44.460
 to bludgeon

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:45.039
 others into

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.480
 submission

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.139
 rather

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.679
 with it

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:47.539
 he adorns

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.139
 knowledge

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:49.300
 with it

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:50.539
 he beautifies

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:51.380
 commends

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:51.920
 knowledge

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:53.219
 and that's

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:53.840
 contrasted

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.179
 from the

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:54.639
 mouths of

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:54.920
 fools

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.559
 that pour

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.860
 out

00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:56.360
 folly

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:56.659
 there is

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:56.840
 no

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.340
 restraint

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:57.860
 whatsoever

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:59.039
 like a

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.360
 breached

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.880
 dam

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:00.760
 fool

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.199
 opens

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:01.559
 his mouth

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.240
 and pours

00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.559
 out

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.579
 folly

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:05.260
 but the

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:05.679
 kind of

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.139
 restraint

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.559
 that's

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.019
 displayed

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.860
 by the

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:08.099
 wise

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.460
 person

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:09.000
 is only

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.559
 possible

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.159
 as we've

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.480
 been seeing

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:10.820
 over and

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.240
 over again

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:12.139
 for those

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.619
 who live

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:13.280
 carefully

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:13.840
 under the

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.199
 watchful

00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.519
 eyes of

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:14.780
 God

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:16.000
 so it

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.320
 says in

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:16.860
 verse 3

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.860
 the eyes

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:18.220
 of the

00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:18.460
 Lord

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:19.060
 are in

00:41:19.060 --> 00:41:19.640
 every

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:20.140
 place

00:41:20.140 --> 00:41:21.140
 keeping

00:41:21.140 --> 00:41:21.740
 watch

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:22.220
 on the

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.640
 evil

00:41:22.640 --> 00:41:23.240
 and the

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:23.500
 good

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:25.960
 in his

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.860
 small book

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.620
 on anger

00:41:27.620 --> 00:41:28.340
 biblical

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.900
 counselor

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.720
 Ed Welch

00:41:29.720 --> 00:41:30.600
 writes that

00:41:30.600 --> 00:41:31.060
 sinful

00:41:31.060 --> 00:41:31.519
 anger

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:31.860
 is

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.580
 essentially

00:41:32.580 --> 00:41:33.820
 atheistic

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:35.760
 we don't

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:36.160
 often

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:36.580
 realize

00:41:36.580 --> 00:41:36.760
 this

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:37.080
 but when

00:41:37.080 --> 00:41:37.400
 we get

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:37.980
 angry

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.800
 sinfully

00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.120
 angry

00:41:39.120 --> 00:41:39.620
 and lash

00:41:39.620 --> 00:41:39.900
 out at

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.059
 other

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.440
 people

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.420
 we're

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.780
 angry

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:42.019
 at

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.380
 God

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:44.180
 we're

00:41:44.180 --> 00:41:44.500
 saying

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.960
 God

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.820
 you have

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:46.280
 no

00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:46.820
 idea

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:47.200
 what

00:41:47.200 --> 00:41:47.539
 kind

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:47.680
 of

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:48.240
 injustice

00:41:48.240 --> 00:41:48.660
 this

00:41:48.660 --> 00:41:49.120
 person

00:41:49.120 --> 00:41:49.500
 or this

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.960
 ruler

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.680
 or this

00:41:50.680 --> 00:41:51.140
 nation

00:41:51.140 --> 00:41:51.559
 is putting

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:51.760
 me

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:51.960
 through

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:53.640
 we're

00:41:53.640 --> 00:41:53.960
 saying

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.519
 God

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.300
 because

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:55.900
 you're

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:56.320
 not doing

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:56.600
 anything

00:41:56.600 --> 00:41:57.160
 about it

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:58.019
 I have

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.340
 to take

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:58.720
 things into

00:41:58.720 --> 00:41:59.140
 my own

00:41:59.140 --> 00:41:59.500
 hands

00:41:59.500 --> 00:41:59.780
 and get

00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:00.280
 angry

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:01.380
 and make

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:02.000
 this right

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:04.740
 and this

00:42:04.740 --> 00:42:05.160
 is why

00:42:05.160 --> 00:42:06.140
 in Exodus

00:42:06.140 --> 00:42:06.860
 chapter 16

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.420
 verse 8

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:08.019
 when the

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.480
 people of

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:08.860
 Israel

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:09.400
 complain

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:09.880
 against

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.300
 Moses

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:10.740
 and Aaron

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.980
 for not

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.500
 giving them

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.160
 bread and

00:42:13.160 --> 00:42:13.440
 meat

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:13.780
 in the

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:14.120
 wilderness

00:42:14.120 --> 00:42:15.340
 Moses

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:15.920
 responds

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.380
 this way

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:17.120
 the Lord

00:42:17.120 --> 00:42:17.880
 has heard

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.480
 your grumbling

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.400
 that you

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:19.880
 grumble

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.380
 against

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:20.880
 him

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:22.380
 what are

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:22.700
 we

00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:24.580
 your grumbling

00:42:24.580 --> 00:42:24.940
 is not

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.580
 against us

00:42:25.580 --> 00:42:26.140
 but against

00:42:26.140 --> 00:42:26.840
 the Lord

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:29.240
 this is why

00:42:29.240 --> 00:42:29.680
 in 1st

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:29.960
 Samuel

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.480
 chapter 8

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:30.940
 verse 7

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.199
 when the

00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:31.500
 nation

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:31.980
 of Israel

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.519
 asks

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.079
 Samuel

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.659
 their leader

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:34.940
 for a

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.319
 king

00:42:35.319 --> 00:42:36.099
 an alternate

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:36.500
 ruler

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.419
 to rule

00:42:37.419 --> 00:42:37.759
 over them

00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:38.139
 like the

00:42:38.139 --> 00:42:38.659
 other ancient

00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:39.119
 near eastern

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:39.639
 nations

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.480
 God says

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.079
 to Samuel

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:41.579
 in all

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:41.960
 that they

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.379
 say to

00:42:42.379 --> 00:42:42.679
 you

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:43.239
 they have

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:43.839
 not rejected

00:42:43.839 --> 00:42:44.299
 you

00:42:44.299 --> 00:42:44.659
 but they

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:45.379
 have rejected

00:42:45.379 --> 00:42:46.059
 me

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:47.000
 from being

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:47.440
 king

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.099
 over them

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:50.279
 this is why

00:42:50.279 --> 00:42:51.059
 sinful anger

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.539
 is always

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:52.299
 directed in the

00:42:52.299 --> 00:42:53.059
 ultimate sense

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.919
 against God

00:42:53.919 --> 00:42:54.879
 that's why

00:42:54.879 --> 00:42:55.579
 it's necessary

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:55.980
 for us

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.319
 to remember

00:42:56.319 --> 00:42:57.000
 this truth

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.699
 that the

00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:58.419
 eyes of

00:42:58.419 --> 00:42:58.899
 the Lord

00:42:58.899 --> 00:42:59.639
 are in

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:00.739
 every place

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.699
 keeping watch

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:02.359
 on the evil

00:43:02.359 --> 00:43:03.420
 and the good

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.339
 the evil

00:43:04.339 --> 00:43:04.960
 and the good

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.779
 represents a

00:43:05.779 --> 00:43:06.799
 complete range

00:43:06.799 --> 00:43:07.359
 it means that

00:43:07.359 --> 00:43:07.980
 God's eyes

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.819
 are everywhere

00:43:08.819 --> 00:43:10.359
 and he sees

00:43:10.359 --> 00:43:11.299
 everything

00:43:11.299 --> 00:43:12.799
 there is no

00:43:12.799 --> 00:43:14.059
 sin or injustice

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:15.079
 that comes

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.879
 that's committed

00:43:15.879 --> 00:43:16.539
 against you

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:17.779
 that has escaped

00:43:17.779 --> 00:43:19.099
 God's notice

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:20.980
 his justice

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:22.219
 might not satisfy

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:23.059
 your desire

00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:23.859
 instantly

00:43:23.859 --> 00:43:25.379
 but his justice

00:43:25.379 --> 00:43:26.239
 is real

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:28.179
 it is inescapable

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:29.079
 and it is

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.799
 exacting

00:43:29.799 --> 00:43:31.179
 and it's

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:31.599
 for this

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:31.919
 reason

00:43:31.919 --> 00:43:32.179
 that we

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:32.779
 can respond

00:43:32.779 --> 00:43:33.259
 to a

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:33.739
 wrathful

00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:34.159
 person

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:35.219
 with a

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:35.679
 soft

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:36.119
 answer

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:37.059
 knowing

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.699
 that God

00:43:37.699 --> 00:43:38.139
 is at

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:38.539
 the scene

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:39.460
 knowing

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:39.940
 that God

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.480
 sees

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:41.759
 knowing

00:43:41.759 --> 00:43:42.399
 that God

00:43:42.399 --> 00:43:43.239
 is working

00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:43.639
 out his

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.099
 plan

00:43:44.099 --> 00:43:44.899
 patiently

00:43:44.899 --> 00:43:45.919
 and that

00:43:45.919 --> 00:43:46.399
 he is

00:43:46.399 --> 00:43:46.819
 slow to

00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:47.159
 anger

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:49.659
 and so

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:50.099
 verse 4

00:43:50.099 --> 00:43:50.579
 concludes

00:43:50.579 --> 00:43:51.159
 a gentle

00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:51.539
 tongue

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:51.839
 is a

00:43:51.839 --> 00:43:52.119
 tree

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:52.699
 of life

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:53.019
 but

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.819
 perverseness

00:43:53.819 --> 00:43:54.219
 in it

00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:54.659
 breaks

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:55.219
 the spirit

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:56.960
 in this

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.339
 fallen

00:43:57.339 --> 00:43:57.759
 and broken

00:43:57.759 --> 00:43:58.279
 world

00:43:58.279 --> 00:43:59.339
 outside

00:43:59.339 --> 00:43:59.719
 of the

00:43:59.719 --> 00:43:59.940
 garden

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:00.319
 of Eden

00:44:00.319 --> 00:44:01.420
 a gentle

00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:01.799
 tongue

00:44:01.799 --> 00:44:02.299
 is like

00:44:02.299 --> 00:44:03.319
 the tree

00:44:03.319 --> 00:44:03.799
 of life

00:44:03.799 --> 00:44:04.159
 in that

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:04.559
 original

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:05.039
 paradise

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.839
 that humanity

00:44:05.839 --> 00:44:06.239
 has been

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:06.619
 cut off

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:06.879
 from

00:44:06.879 --> 00:44:08.059
 it brings

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:08.579
 healing

00:44:08.579 --> 00:44:09.099
 rather than

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:09.599
 destruction

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:10.519
 it leads

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:11.259
 to eternal

00:44:11.259 --> 00:44:12.420
 life

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:15.220
 this passage

00:44:15.220 --> 00:44:15.940
 has been

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.320
 speaking

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:16.920
 repeatedly

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.800
 of the

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.220
 fact that

00:44:18.220 --> 00:44:18.519
 wisdom

00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:18.980
 is a

00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:19.159
 matter

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.599
 of life

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:20.079
 and death

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:21.000
 right

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:21.880
 chapter 14

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:22.599
 verse 27

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:23.000
 said the

00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:23.320
 fear of

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:23.619
 the Lord

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:23.940
 is a

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:24.500
 fountain

00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:25.280
 of life

00:44:25.280 --> 00:44:27.139
 verse 30

00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:27.480
 of chapter

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:27.900
 14

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:28.260
 said a

00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:28.659
 tranquil

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:28.940
 heart

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:29.180
 gives

00:44:29.180 --> 00:44:29.740
 life

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:30.200
 to the

00:44:30.200 --> 00:44:30.579
 flesh

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:31.440
 now

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:31.720
 chapter

00:44:31.720 --> 00:44:32.180
 15

00:44:32.180 --> 00:44:32.659
 verse 4

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:32.940
 says a

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:33.240
 gentle

00:44:33.240 --> 00:44:33.680
 tongue

00:44:33.680 --> 00:44:34.059
 is a

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.500
 tree

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.000
 of

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.579
 life

00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:36.400
 now

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:36.599
 these

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:37.059
 are all

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.800
 glimpses

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:38.260
 that

00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:39.159
 foreshadow

00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:40.099
 the ultimate

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:40.800
 deliverance

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:41.700
 from death

00:44:41.700 --> 00:44:42.220
 itself

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:43.179
 that comes

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:43.579
 through

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:44.199
 God's

00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:44.539
 son

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:45.239
 Jesus

00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:45.779
 Christ

00:44:45.779 --> 00:44:46.919
 because

00:44:46.919 --> 00:44:47.439
 the reality

00:44:47.439 --> 00:44:48.000
 is we

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.579
 have all

00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:49.000
 been

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.659
 careless

00:44:49.659 --> 00:44:51.239
 personally

00:44:51.239 --> 00:44:52.619
 socioeconomically

00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:53.159
 politically

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:53.699
 legally

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:54.099
 we have

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:54.519
 all

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:55.159
 been

00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:55.639
 careless

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:55.959
 we have

00:44:55.959 --> 00:44:56.259
 all

00:44:56.259 --> 00:44:56.859
 at times

00:44:56.859 --> 00:44:57.480
 spurned

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:57.839
 the fear

00:44:57.839 --> 00:44:58.219
 of God

00:44:58.219 --> 00:44:58.759
 and lived

00:44:58.759 --> 00:44:59.480
 for ourselves

00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.339
 we have

00:45:00.339 --> 00:45:01.159
 all at times

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:02.099
 been hasty

00:45:02.099 --> 00:45:03.019
 and short

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.739
 tempered

00:45:03.739 --> 00:45:04.179
 we have

00:45:04.179 --> 00:45:05.059
 all at times

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:05.879
 taken advantage

00:45:05.879 --> 00:45:06.359
 of others

00:45:06.359 --> 00:45:06.699
 for our

00:45:06.699 --> 00:45:07.500
 selfish gain

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:08.679
 and yet

00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:09.239
 even though

00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:09.819
 we have

00:45:09.819 --> 00:45:10.539
 been fools

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.519
 there is a

00:45:11.519 --> 00:45:12.159
 wise man

00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:12.859
 who offers

00:45:12.859 --> 00:45:13.460
 us wisdom

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:14.359
 who can

00:45:14.359 --> 00:45:15.239
 still give

00:45:15.239 --> 00:45:15.639
 us this

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:16.440
 eternal life

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:17.539
 because 1st

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:18.399
 John chapter 5

00:45:18.399 --> 00:45:18.879
 verse 6

00:45:18.879 --> 00:45:19.460
 says this is

00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:20.339
 he who came

00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.940
 by water

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.440
 and blood

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:22.879
 Jesus Christ

00:45:22.879 --> 00:45:24.179
 not by the

00:45:24.179 --> 00:45:25.000
 water only

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.639
 but by the

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:26.460
 water and

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:27.000
 the blood

00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:28.639
 water likely

00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:29.420
 represents the

00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:30.420
 life-giving water

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:31.039
 of the spirit

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:31.899
 that flows

00:45:31.899 --> 00:45:32.480
 from Jesus

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:34.579
 and blood

00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:35.259
 represents the

00:45:35.259 --> 00:45:36.099
 sin-cleansing

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.000
 blood poured

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:38.079
 out by Jesus

00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:38.839
 on the cross

00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:40.120
 and that's

00:45:40.120 --> 00:45:40.680
 why throughout

00:45:40.680 --> 00:45:41.200
 his ministry

00:45:41.200 --> 00:45:41.620
 he says

00:45:41.620 --> 00:45:42.360
 in John 4

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:42.640
 to the

00:45:42.640 --> 00:45:43.200
 Samaritan woman

00:45:43.200 --> 00:45:43.640
 at the well

00:45:43.640 --> 00:45:44.559
 whoever drinks

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:45.340
 of the water

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:45.900
 that I will

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.320
 give him

00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:47.280
 will never

00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:48.220
 be thirsty

00:45:48.220 --> 00:45:48.740
 again

00:45:48.740 --> 00:45:49.920
 the water

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.400
 that I will

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:50.760
 give him

00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:51.180
 will become

00:45:51.180 --> 00:45:51.440
 in him

00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:52.000
 a spring

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:52.620
 of water

00:45:52.620 --> 00:45:53.620
 walling up

00:45:53.620 --> 00:45:54.380
 to eternal

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:55.340
 life

00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:56.000
 Jesus

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.579
 is the

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:57.039
 ultimate

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:58.019
 sage

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.620
 the wise

00:45:58.620 --> 00:45:59.059
 person

00:45:59.059 --> 00:45:59.820
 who by

00:45:59.820 --> 00:46:00.160
 living

00:46:00.160 --> 00:46:00.740
 carefully

00:46:00.740 --> 00:46:01.180
 under the

00:46:01.180 --> 00:46:01.640
 watchful eyes

00:46:01.640 --> 00:46:02.000
 of God

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:02.460
 gives

00:46:02.460 --> 00:46:03.880
 eternal life

00:46:03.880 --> 00:46:05.079
 to others

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:06.720
 and Jesus

00:46:06.720 --> 00:46:07.300
 imparts

00:46:07.300 --> 00:46:08.039
 this life-giving

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.460
 water

00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:09.340
 first

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:10.180
 by living

00:46:10.180 --> 00:46:10.599
 a life

00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:11.140
 of perfect

00:46:11.140 --> 00:46:11.640
 obedience

00:46:11.640 --> 00:46:13.119
 he never

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.599
 said a

00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:14.160
 false word

00:46:14.160 --> 00:46:15.780
 he always

00:46:15.780 --> 00:46:16.300
 lived under

00:46:16.300 --> 00:46:16.760
 the watchful

00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:17.340
 eyes of God

00:46:17.340 --> 00:46:18.340
 he never

00:46:18.340 --> 00:46:19.099
 said or did

00:46:19.099 --> 00:46:19.900
 anything that

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:20.380
 he did not

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:20.800
 see his

00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:21.579
 father himself

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:21.940
 doing

00:46:21.940 --> 00:46:23.220
 but in spite

00:46:23.220 --> 00:46:23.720
 of this

00:46:23.720 --> 00:46:24.820
 he died

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:25.480
 the death

00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:26.140
 of sinners

00:46:26.140 --> 00:46:26.880
 on the cross

00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:27.460
 not because

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:28.400
 of his sins

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:30.119
 because he

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:30.760
 had no sin

00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:31.820
 but for our

00:46:31.820 --> 00:46:32.200
 sins

00:46:32.200 --> 00:46:33.559
 for the sins

00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:34.299
 of his

00:46:34.299 --> 00:46:35.059
 people

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:36.039
 out of

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.940
 the steadfast

00:46:36.940 --> 00:46:37.519
 love and

00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:38.099
 faithfulness

00:46:38.099 --> 00:46:38.539
 of God

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:39.139
 his covenant

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:39.820
 loyalty to

00:46:39.820 --> 00:46:40.239
 his people

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:41.699
 and through

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:42.219
 Jesus

00:46:42.219 --> 00:46:43.719
 that cross

00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:44.900
 that hideous

00:46:44.900 --> 00:46:45.739
 tree of

00:46:45.739 --> 00:46:46.179
 death

00:46:46.179 --> 00:46:47.219
 becomes

00:46:47.219 --> 00:46:48.199
 the beautiful

00:46:48.199 --> 00:46:48.900
 tree of

00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:49.460
 life

00:46:49.460 --> 00:46:50.219
 that gives

00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:51.059
 eternal life

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:53.500
 and Jesus'

00:46:53.739 --> 00:46:54.239
 blood

00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:55.039
 becomes

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.759
 the cleansing

00:46:55.759 --> 00:46:56.340
 fountain

00:46:56.340 --> 00:46:57.159
 in which

00:46:57.159 --> 00:46:57.519
 we may

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:58.360
 wash away

00:46:58.360 --> 00:46:59.299
 all of

00:46:59.299 --> 00:46:59.880
 our sins

00:46:59.880 --> 00:47:01.440
 that's what

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:02.019
 we were singing

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:02.960
 earlier this

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:03.239
 morning

00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:04.599
 there is

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:05.419
 a fountain

00:47:05.419 --> 00:47:06.519
 filled

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:07.439
 with blood

00:47:07.439 --> 00:47:10.019
 drawn from

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:10.819
 Emmanuel's

00:47:10.819 --> 00:47:11.099
 veins

00:47:11.099 --> 00:47:12.419
 and sinners

00:47:12.419 --> 00:47:13.439
 plunged beneath

00:47:13.439 --> 00:47:14.279
 that flood

00:47:14.279 --> 00:47:15.179
 lose all

00:47:15.179 --> 00:47:15.599
 their

00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:16.399
 guilty

00:47:16.399 --> 00:47:17.039
 stains

00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:19.319
 so let's

00:47:19.319 --> 00:47:19.799
 remember

00:47:19.799 --> 00:47:20.539
 Jesus

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:21.379
 this morning

00:47:21.379 --> 00:47:21.939
 remember

00:47:21.939 --> 00:47:22.379
 Christ

00:47:22.379 --> 00:47:22.959
 the one

00:47:22.959 --> 00:47:23.699
 greater than

00:47:23.699 --> 00:47:24.079
 Solomon

00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:25.679
 the ultimate

00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:26.179
 sage

00:47:26.179 --> 00:47:26.859
 who

00:47:26.859 --> 00:47:27.559
 revives

00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:29.000
 us by the

00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:29.359
 water of

00:47:29.359 --> 00:47:29.839
 his spirit

00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:31.300
 who restores

00:47:31.300 --> 00:47:31.660
 us and

00:47:31.660 --> 00:47:32.440
 cleanses us

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:33.019
 by his

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:33.360
 blood

00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:34.800
 and as

00:47:34.800 --> 00:47:35.160
 we look

00:47:35.160 --> 00:47:35.600
 to him

00:47:35.600 --> 00:47:36.079
 and as

00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:36.519
 we are

00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:37.240
 revived by

00:47:37.240 --> 00:47:37.440
 him

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:37.920
 we now

00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:38.480
 too may

00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:38.720
 live

00:47:38.720 --> 00:47:39.260
 carefully

00:47:39.260 --> 00:47:40.100
 under the

00:47:40.100 --> 00:47:40.440
 watchful

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:40.760
 eyes of

00:47:40.760 --> 00:47:41.019
 God

00:47:41.019 --> 00:47:42.079
 and point

00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:43.300
 the watching

00:47:43.300 --> 00:47:43.700
 world

00:47:43.700 --> 00:47:44.280
 to the

00:47:44.280 --> 00:47:44.579
 eternal

00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:45.180
 life found

00:47:45.180 --> 00:47:45.680
 in Christ

00:47:45.680 --> 00:47:46.000
 alone

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:48.480
 are

00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:48.760
 new

00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:49.539
 poor

00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:49.880
 are

00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:50.320
 too