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 Proverbs chapter 12 verses 1 to 28.

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 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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 A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.

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 No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.

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 An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

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 The thoughts of the righteous are just, the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.

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 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

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 A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of twisted mind is despised.

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 Better to be lowly and have a servant than to play the great man and lack bread.

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 Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

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 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

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 Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

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 An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

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 From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.

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 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

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 The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

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 Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

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 There is one whose rash words are like sore thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

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 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan peace have joy.

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 No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

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 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

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 A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

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 The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

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 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

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 One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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 Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.

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 In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 As I've been sharing over the last couple weeks, chapters 10 through 15 up to verse 29 is all a series of contrasts between the righteous and the wicked.

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 And the faith that awaits them both.

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 Faith that awaits them both.

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 And we're going to look at another aspect of that contrast today in Proverbs 12.

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 And here it emphasizes the exaltation of the humble versus the humiliation of the prideful.

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 And the main point of this passage that Solomon wants us to take away, that God wants us to take away,

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 is that God bestows his favor upon those who humble themselves and learn from him.

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 And this chapter can be divided further into two subsections.

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 First, it talks about loving discipline in verses 1 to 14.

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 And then it talks about listening to advice in verses 15 to 28.

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 That's a general heading that kind of the head verses in each of the subunits talk about.

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 And so all of this highlights the teachability of the wise versus the kind of the incorrigibility of the fool.

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 The unwillingness to learn of the fool.

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 And it says in verse 1,

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 Now, this is a recurring theme that we've seen, that God blesses the humble.

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 He gives grace to the humble.

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 Those who submit to his order.

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 Those who yield to his molding, his shaping influence.

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 They are the ones that receive blessing from God.

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 If you've ever tried to grow an orchid as a house plant,

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 you know that in order for orchids to grow in your house and to bloom in a healthy way,

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 that they need to be attached to stakes.

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 That's how when you buy them from the store, usually they come with stakes attached to them.

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 And that's because the way they grow in the wild, the orchids actually don't grow up like that.

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 They grow from on top of trees.

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 It attaches itself to tree limbs and actually grows downward.

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 It bows down.

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 And so if you don't have stakes in your house,

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 it will keep bowing down and down.

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 And when it blooms and the flowers get heavy,

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 it will eventually tip over and uproot itself from the pot.

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 The only way a orchid grows in a healthy manner in your house, in a pot, is to be staked,

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 is to be attached to a stake.

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 And God's discipline works in a similar way.

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 It stabilizes us.

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 It keeps us from being uprooted.

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 It helps us to grow in a healthy way, the way God intends for us to.

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 And it's those who submit, even though in the moment it might feel constraining,

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 you might even chafe against that,

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 but in reality it's those who submit to God who flourish,

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 His order, His discipline,

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 those who heed His correction, His reproof that grow.

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 So whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

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 but he who hates reproof is stupid, it says.

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 Like the guitarist who submits herself to the discipline of tedious finger exercises and scales,

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 they are the only ones who develop in the end an ability to perform masterpieces.

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 Only the athlete who submits himself to the discipline of rigorous exercise and drill,

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 they are the only ones that hone their bodies to win races.

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 If you love discipline, you love knowledge.

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 Because reproof, correction, and disprompt from the Lord is for our good.

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 And verses 2-3 continue,

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 A good man obtains favor from the Lord,

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 but a man of evil devices he condemns.

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 No one is established by wickedness,

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 but the root of the righteous will never be moved.

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 A good man obtains favor from the Lord.

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 And the word good is defined,

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 not by our own faulty sense of morality,

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 but by God.

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 Since, as Jesus said in Mark 10-18,

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 no one is good except God alone.

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 God is the ultimate,

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 the only perfect standard of good.

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 And so a good man,

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 as defined by Him,

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 a good man who does the will of the good God,

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 obtains favor from the Lord.

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 But in contrast,

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 a man of evil devices God condemns.

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 A man of evil devices refers to a crafty person,

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 a cunning person who is scheming of ways to take advantage of others

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 for their own advancement.

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 And such people might get their way for a time,

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 but God condemns him,

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 and for that reason,

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 he will not be ultimately established.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 The following verses describe in greater detail

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 what the life of this righteous person looks like.

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 Verses 47 describe in turn

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 the righteous person's wife,

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 his words,

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 and his household.

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 First it says in verse 4,

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 An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,

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 but she who brings shame

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 is like rottenness in his bones.

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 The word excellent

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 that's used to describe the wife here

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 is the same word used to describe

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 the excellent wife

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 in the famous Proverbs 31,

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 verses 10 to 31.

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 It literally means strong,

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 strong wife.

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 It refers to both the strength of her character,

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 her noble character,

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 and the strength of her competent industry.

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 An excellent wife possesses fortitude,

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 a spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional strength

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 that enables her to face and overcome

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 the adversities of life.

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 And such a wife is the crown of her husband.

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 I can't help but think about my own wife

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 as I'm talking about it.

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 The crown of her husband,

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 she is his pride,

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 his joy.

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 The crown is a symbol of honor and authority.

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 And because of her,

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 the husband enjoys honor and prestige

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 in the community.

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 Because of her,

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 he is the man he is.

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 Because of the excellent wife,

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 she is.

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 And in contrast,

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 she who brings shame

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 is like rottenness in his bones.

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 Unlike the excellent wife

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 who brings her husband honor,

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 there's a wife who brings him shame.

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 Not only does this wife

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 not bring her husband honor in public,

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 she also makes his life miserable

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 in private.

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 This is described by the rottenness in his bones.

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 When your blood-forming stem cells

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 in the bone marrow are destroyed,

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 it causes fatigue and shortness of breath

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 so that you can't even do the lightest exercises.

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 It makes you bruise and bleed more easily.

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 It literally saps you of your vitality and strength

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 and destroys you from the inside out.

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 And that's what the wife who brings shame

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 to her husband does.

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 Her influence in his life

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 is like rottenness in his bones.

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 The wife,

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 this is telling us,

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 has the power

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 to either make or break a man.

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 And if you are a married woman,

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 this is a good question to ask yourself.

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 Does the way you conduct yourself,

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 does the way you support your husband

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 bring him honor

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 or does it bring him shame?

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 Are you sapping him of his life and strength

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 or does your strength of character

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 and competence build him up?

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 And if you are single

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 but hoping to get married,

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 consider this,

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 that marriage is no light matter.

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 It can make or break you.

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 Choose prayerfully and deliberately.

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 And verses five to seven

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 return to the familiar contrast

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 between the permanence of the righteous

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 and the transience of the wicked

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 that we've been seeing

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 throughout these chapters.

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 It says,

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 An excellent wife

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 helps to establish her husband

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 in the community

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 and the righteous man

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 in turn establishes his house,

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 his household

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 by living uprightly before God.

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 His thoughts are just,

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 right,

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 fair,

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 true,

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 rather than deceitful.

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 The words of the wicked

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 are personified here as hunters.

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 It says that they lie

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 and wait for blood.

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 But the mouth of the upright

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 is personified as a rescuer

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 or a deliverer.

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 The wicked hunt the members

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 of their community

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 with what they say.

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 The righteous,

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 in contrast,

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 rescue the members

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 of their community

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 with what they say.

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 And this difference

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 in wisdom

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 between the righteous

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 and the wicked

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 can also be seen

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 in the way they do their work.

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 Verse eight says,

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 A man is commended

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 according to his good sense,

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 but one of twisted mind

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 is despised.

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 The righteous have good sense.

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 Their sense works well.

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 The wicked, however,

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 have a twisted mind.

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 They can't think straight.

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 Their perception,

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 their worldview is skewed.

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 It is twisted.

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 It's warped.

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 And then in verses 9 to 14,

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 Solomon unpacks

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 what this contrast looks like

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 when it comes to one's work

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 and employment.

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 Verse nine says,

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 Better to be lowly

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 and have a servant

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 than to play the great man

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 and lack bread.

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 To be lowly here means

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 to be lightly esteemed,

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 to be dishonored even.

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 It's better to be regarded,

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 it says,

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 as lowly by others

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 and to have a servant,

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 which suggests actual,

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 in reality,

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 prominence and prosperity.

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 It's better to do that

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 than to play the great man

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 and lack bread.

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 Than to act like some wealthy

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 and important person

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 when in reality

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 you don't even have bread to eat.

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 This is very similar

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 to Proverbs 13, verse 7

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 that we saw a couple weeks ago

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 that one pretends to be rich

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 yet has nothing.

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 Another pretends to be poor

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 yet has great wealth.

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 Right?

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 The rich may live frugally

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 well below his means

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 in order to be a good steward

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 of the resources

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 that God has given him.

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 But the poor, in contrast,

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 may live lavishly

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 well beyond his means

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 out of a desire

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 to be perceived as wealthy

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 and to gain social standing.

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 And so verse 9

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 is highlighting the folly

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 of trying to gain

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 the approval of people

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 using your wealth

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 or your perceived wealth.

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 Because God bestows his favor

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 upon those who humble themselves.

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 Instead, it says

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 we should focus on

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 what verse 8 taught us.

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 A man is commended

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 according to his good sense.

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 It's our good sense

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 through our wisdom,

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 through the fear of God

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 that we should seek

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 to win commendation,

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 not by flaunting our wealth.

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 And then verse 10

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 shifts to how we have

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 to gain wealth.

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 It says,

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 Whoever is righteous

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 has regard for the life

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 of his beast,

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 but the mercy of the wicked

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 is cruel.

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 As we saw last week,

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 the righteous person

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 selflessly disadvantages himself

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 for the sake of others,

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 while the wicked person

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 selfishly advantages himself

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 at the expense of others.

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 And so this applies

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 even in the way

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 they treat

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 their domesticated animals.

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 Whoever is righteous

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 has regard

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 for the life

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 of his beast.

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 The Bible tells us

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 that God has compassion

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 even for the animals

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 he created

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 in numerous places

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 in Scripture.

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 And the Ten Commandments

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 specified

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 that we are to grant

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 Sabbath rest

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 even for the animals

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 within our possession.

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 So this proverb

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 applies certainly

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 to the humane treatment

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 of animals,

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 but it doesn't apply

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 merely to animals.

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 In 1 Corinthians 9,

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 verses 9-10,

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 Paul argues

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 that God's command

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 in Deuteronomy 25-4,

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 which is,

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 You shall not muzzle an ox

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 when it treads out the grain.

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 In other words,

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 you got to let the ox eat

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 if you're going to

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 use him for your work.

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 He argues,

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 Paul argues

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 in 1 Corinthians 9

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 that this applies

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 not merely to the oxen,

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 but also to human employees.

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 Because the plowman

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 should plow in hope

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 and the thresher

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 thresh in hope

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 of sharing in the crop.

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 He argues that

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 the farmers

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 who share in your work

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 should also share in the crop,

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 the fruit of their labor.

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 If even the animals

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 are to be treated humanely

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 and given what is due to them

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 for their labor,

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 how much more

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 fellow human beings

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 created in the image of God?

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 So if you are involved

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 in any kind of

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 leadership

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 or managerial role,

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 if you have people

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 that you are in charge of,

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 you should have regard

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 for the life

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 of your employee.

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 Care

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 for their well-being.

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 Don't reduce

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 your management

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 merely to getting

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 the most out

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 of your workers

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 to increase,

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 to improve

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 your margins,

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 the bottom line.

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 don't reduce

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 your work

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 to meeting quotas.

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 Your workers

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 don't exist

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 simply to make

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 you richer

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 and more successful.

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 Humble yourself.

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 Don't make it

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 all about you.

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 Have some regard

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 for others.

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 In contrast,

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 the mercy

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 of the wicked

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 is cruel.

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 The mercy,

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 word mercy

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 literally means

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 bowels,

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 your innards.

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 It's a figurative

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 representation

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 of kind of your,

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 the center

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 of your compassion

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 and mercy

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 from a place,

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 a figurative

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 representation

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 of the place

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 from which people

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 have well-loved

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 with compassion

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 for others.

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 And it's so interesting

00:18:15.919 --> 00:18:16.959
 the way this is phrased.

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 Even the wicked

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 have bowels,

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 but it says

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 even their bowels

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 are cruel.

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 They're so thoroughly

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 corrupted

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 that even their

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 mercy

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 is cruel.

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 When they are

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 being cruel

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 and insensitive,

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 abusive

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 and manipulative,

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 they delude

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 themselves into

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 thinking that

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 they're being

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 merciful.

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 What are you

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 complaining about?

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 You should be

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 thankful.

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 I don't have to

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 do any of these

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 things for you.

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 I'm being merciful.

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 That's the delusion

00:18:48.399 --> 00:18:48.939
 of the wicked.

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 Even their mercy

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 is cruel.

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 And so we should

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 be kind to our

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 employees and work

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 diligently on the

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 task at hand.

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 And then verse 11

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.659
 says,

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 Notice the contrast

00:19:07.340 --> 00:19:08.320
 between verse 11

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 and verse 9.

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 Verse 9 spoke

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.380
 of the foolish

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 person who plays

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 the great man

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 and lacks bread.

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 In contrast,

00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:18.019
 whoever works

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 his land will

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 have plenty

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.200
 of bread.

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 Verse 11 says,

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 He who follows

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:24.000
 worthless pursuits

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 lacks sense.

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 And it's such

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 people who,

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 according to verse 9,

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 who lack bread.

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 If you care for

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.379
 your workers

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 and work diligently,

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 work your ground

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 diligently,

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 you will in turn

00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:37.259
 have plenty of

00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:37.480
 bread.

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 Now,

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.379
 worthless pursuits

00:19:39.379 --> 00:19:40.000
 literally mean

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.799
 empty or vain

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.539
 pursuits.

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:44.299
 Vanity projects.

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 Things that people

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.779
 do when they have

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.879
 too much money

00:19:48.879 --> 00:19:49.599
 and time

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.439
 on their hands.

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 But in reality,

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.840
 people do

00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:53.559
 such things

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:54.220
 even when they

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.920
 don't have

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:56.000
 enough money

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.660
 and time

00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.620
 on their hands.

00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.380
 Pursuing things

00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:00.740
 that are

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.860
 insubstantial

00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.940
 and or elusive.

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.200
 Instead of

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.100
 doing your job

00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:06.259
 and being faithful

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.120
 to the roles

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:07.680
 that God

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.680
 has placed you in.

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.460
 Indulging your vanity.

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:12.039
 Flaunting your wealth

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.840
 and status.

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:14.660
 Playing the great man.

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.200
 Going to a club

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.920
 or a casino

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:18.519
 with a large entourage

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:20.059
 and spending lavishly.

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.259
 Things that people

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.299
 do when experiencing

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.339
 a midlife crisis.

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.740
 Finding a mistress.

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.559
 Buying a sports car.

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:28.379
 Expensive jewelry.

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:30.279
 Worthless pursuits.

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:33.460
 Those who do

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.059
 such things

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.799
 might not lack

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.440
 time,

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.539
 money,

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.539
 and power.

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:39.139
 But they lack

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.660
 sense.

00:20:42.139 --> 00:20:43.259
 And verse 12

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.700
 continues,

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.900
 whoever is wicked

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:46.299
 covets the spoil

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:47.279
 of evildoers.

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.700
 But the root

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.420
 of the righteous

00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:50.720
 bears fruit.

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.759
 The word spoil

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.539
 is a translation

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.240
 of the word

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.759
 that literally

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.599
 means net

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:56.599
 or snare.

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.980
 The things

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.399
 that

00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:59.879
 refers

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:00.700
 figuratively

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.740
 to the unjust

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.259
 gain

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.200
 of evildoers.

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.579
 That's why

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.480
 it's translated

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.379
 as spoil here.

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.579
 And the image

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.599
 contrasts well

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.220
 with the root

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.759
 of the righteous

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.799
 in that same verse.

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.660
 The righteous

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.460
 are rooted.

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.160
 They grow

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.700
 and bear

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.599
 their own fruit.

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.899
 The evildoers,

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.259
 however,

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.700
 steal the wealth

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.080
 of others

00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.920
 with their net,

00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:20.940
 their snare,

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.060
 through unjust

00:21:22.060 --> 00:21:22.420
 gain.

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:25.360
 And only the wicked

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:26.540
 covet such

00:21:26.540 --> 00:21:27.740
 get-rich-quickly

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.600
 schemes.

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.540
 Notice how

00:21:30.540 --> 00:21:31.360
 verses 8-12

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:31.980
 all deal with

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.380
 the theme

00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:33.140
 of work and money.

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.380
 It says,

00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:34.380
 you should be lowly

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.100
 and have a servant.

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.240
 Don't flaunt

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.720
 yourself.

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.500
 You should have

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.360
 regard for the

00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:38.980
 life of the

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.520
 workers and

00:21:39.520 --> 00:21:40.080
 animals under

00:21:40.080 --> 00:21:40.680
 your charge.

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.660
 You should keep

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.340
 your head down

00:21:42.340 --> 00:21:43.160
 and work hard

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.980
 instead of raising

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.640
 your eyes and

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.520
 imagination to

00:21:45.520 --> 00:21:45.940
 vain,

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.340
 worthless pursuits.

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:49.000
 Instead of

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.780
 desiring the

00:21:49.780 --> 00:21:50.580
 stolen spoil

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:51.380
 of evildoers,

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.180
 you should bear

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.260
 fruit from your

00:21:53.260 --> 00:21:54.200
 own root of

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:55.360
 righteous hard

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:55.780
 work.

00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:57.860
 Now,

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.940
 verses 13-14

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.900
 continue this line

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.320
 of reasoning

00:22:00.320 --> 00:22:00.820
 with regard

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.320
 to one's

00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:02.000
 speech.

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.540
 It says,

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.240
 an evil man

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.920
 is ensnared

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.320
 by the

00:22:05.320 --> 00:22:05.820
 transgression

00:22:05.820 --> 00:22:06.460
 of his lips,

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.220
 but the

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:08.140
 righteous escapes

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:09.000
 from trouble.

00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:10.180
 From the fruit

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.740
 of his mouth,

00:22:10.820 --> 00:22:11.280
 a man is

00:22:11.280 --> 00:22:12.120
 satisfied with

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.440
 good,

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.240
 and the work

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.780
 of a man's

00:22:13.780 --> 00:22:14.420
 hand comes

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:15.360
 back to him.

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:17.040
 Verse 12

00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:18.000
 warned us

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.960
 not to covet

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.660
 the spoil

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:21.040
 or the snare

00:22:21.040 --> 00:22:21.860
 of evildoers.

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:22.640
 And now,

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.259
 verse 13

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.860
 says that an

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.600
 evil man is

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.400
 ensnared

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.160
 by the

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.820
 transgression

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.780
 of his lips.

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.360
 The wicked

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.439
 ensnare

00:22:30.439 --> 00:22:30.899
 others

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.599
 for unjust

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:31.919
 gain,

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.219
 but in

00:22:32.219 --> 00:22:32.519
 the end

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.240
 they ensnare

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.939
 themselves.

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.879
 In contrast,

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.959
 the righteous

00:22:36.959 --> 00:22:37.779
 escapes from

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.099
 trouble,

00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:38.479
 it says.

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.059
 Verse 12

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.599
 said,

00:22:39.699 --> 00:22:39.939
 the root

00:22:39.939 --> 00:22:40.179
 of the

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:40.439
 righteous

00:22:40.439 --> 00:22:41.259
 bears fruit,

00:22:41.699 --> 00:22:42.119
 and likewise,

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.859
 verse 14

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.259
 says that

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.599
 from the

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.339
 fruit of

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.879
 his mouth,

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.319
 a man

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.979
 is satisfied

00:22:46.979 --> 00:22:47.779
 with good,

00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:48.539
 and the

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.000
 work of

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.459
 a man's

00:22:49.459 --> 00:22:49.759
 hand

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.399
 comes back

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:50.859
 to him.

00:22:51.199 --> 00:22:51.759
 The righteous

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.519
 person not only

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.219
 is diligent

00:22:53.219 --> 00:22:53.939
 in the work

00:22:53.939 --> 00:22:54.199
 of his

00:22:54.199 --> 00:22:54.519
 hands,

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.339
 he is also

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:55.939
 disciplined

00:22:55.939 --> 00:22:56.639
 in the words

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:56.939
 of his

00:22:56.939 --> 00:22:57.339
 mouth.

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:59.599
 And so

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.959
 they both

00:23:00.959 --> 00:23:01.799
 bear fruit,

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.359
 his mouth,

00:23:02.459 --> 00:23:02.919
 his hands,

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.759
 in keeping

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.399
 with his

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:04.879
 righteousness.

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:07.039
 So in sum,

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.799
 to summarize all

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:07.980
 this,

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.480
 the righteous

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.119
 person is

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.619
 humbly

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.199
 submitted to

00:23:10.199 --> 00:23:10.639
 God and

00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:11.339
 lives with

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.859
 the fear

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.299
 of God.

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.319
 He lives

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.759
 and works

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.519
 within the

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:14.980
 divinely

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.639
 instituted

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.139
 order.

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.579
 The righteous

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:19.419
 love God's

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:19.859
 discipline.

00:23:21.699 --> 00:23:22.339
 And just as

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:22.779
 the first

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.480
 half of

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.199
 chapter 12

00:23:24.199 --> 00:23:24.839
 began with

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.220
 the statement

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.699
 about the

00:23:25.699 --> 00:23:26.119
 humility

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:26.619
 and teach

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.299
 ability

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.619
 of the

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:27.879
 wise.

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.699
 So the

00:23:28.699 --> 00:23:29.220
 second half

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.659
 begins with

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.000
 a similar

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.359
 statement

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:30.720
 in verse

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.319
 15.

00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:32.539
 The way

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.059
 of a fool

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.759
 is right

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.139
 in his

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.740
 own eyes,

00:23:34.959 --> 00:23:35.500
 but a

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.179
 wise man

00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:37.019
 listens to

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.639
 advice.

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.759
 Thinking that

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.459
 you're always

00:23:40.459 --> 00:23:40.959
 right,

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.519
 this kind of

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:42.959
 stubborn

00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:44.119
 self-assuredness

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.559
 that we can

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:44.919
 cultivate

00:23:44.919 --> 00:23:45.619
 sometimes as

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:45.879
 sinners,

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.740
 that's the

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.500
 trait of a

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.759
 fool.

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.959
 This fool

00:23:49.959 --> 00:23:50.759
 that Proverbs

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.139
 is speaking

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.459
 of is

00:23:51.459 --> 00:23:52.099
 incapable

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:53.179
 of listening.

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.119
 He never

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.879
 learns because

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.279
 he already

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.000
 thinks he

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.399
 knows

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:56.939
 everything.

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.439
 In contrast,

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.339
 a wise man

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.139
 listens to

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.619
 advice.

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.899
 This doesn't

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.319
 mean, of

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.759
 course, that

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.479
 a wise man

00:24:03.479 --> 00:24:04.199
 doesn't have

00:24:04.199 --> 00:24:04.799
 any of his

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.379
 own opinions

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.019
 or convictions,

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.279
 but rather

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.179
 that he

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:09.339
 listens to

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.799
 advice.

00:24:10.219 --> 00:24:10.739
 There is a

00:24:10.739 --> 00:24:11.579
 willingness to

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.319
 be challenged

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.139
 or to be

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.579
 corrected.

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.399
 The fool's

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:16.039
 eyes are

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.599
 full of

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.559
 himself only,

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.419
 but the

00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:19.000
 wise man's

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.539
 ears are

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.919
 full of

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:20.459
 the advice

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:20.879
 of many

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.339
 counselors.

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.559
 The wise

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:22.959
 humble

00:24:22.959 --> 00:24:23.459
 themselves,

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.440
 and have

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:24.819
 a learning

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.360
 posture.

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.160
 Verses

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.740
 16 to

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.620
 23 focus

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:29.019
 on what

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.400
 the way

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:29.900
 of wisdom

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.559
 looks like

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:30.960
 in terms

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.500
 of one's

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.100
 speech.

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.079
 It first

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.519
 speaks of

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.299
 the timeliness

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.940
 of wise

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.279
 speech,

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.980
 and then it

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.340
 speaks of

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:37.079
 the truthfulness

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.740
 of wise

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.100
 speech.

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.319
 First,

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.640
 it speaks

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.400
 of timeliness.

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.059
 Verse 16

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.259
 says,

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:41.380
 The

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:45.860
 word

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:50.240
 agitated,

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.259
 agitated,

00:24:50.459 --> 00:24:50.899
 annoyed,

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:52.039
 or angered.

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.779
 When a

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.479
 fool is

00:24:53.479 --> 00:24:54.439
 agitated or

00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:54.899
 annoyed,

00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:56.219
 it is known

00:24:56.219 --> 00:24:57.199
 at once,

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.240
 immediately.

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.559
 The very

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.139
 same day,

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:00.439
 you're going

00:25:00.439 --> 00:25:00.759
 to hear

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.379
 something from

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.539
 him.

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.939
 The fool

00:25:02.939 --> 00:25:03.919
 is easily

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.599
 annoyed and

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:06.139
 quickly angered.

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.919
 He is

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.799
 characterized by

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.859
 outbursts of

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.119
 anger.

00:25:09.219 --> 00:25:09.740
 He's always

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.439
 ready to

00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:10.839
 pick a

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.099
 fight.

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.339
 He wants

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.219
 everyone to

00:25:13.219 --> 00:25:13.599
 have a

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.079
 piece of

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.779
 his own

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.099
 mind.

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.179
 Compare this

00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:17.500
 to verse

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.960
 18.

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.279
 There is

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.839
 one whose

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.619
 rash words

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.220
 are like

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.460
 sore thrusts,

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.179
 but the

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.619
 tongue of

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.159
 the wise

00:25:23.159 --> 00:25:23.699
 brings

00:25:23.699 --> 00:25:24.399
 healing.

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.460
 The rash

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.939
 words of

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:27.339
 fools are

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.099
 like sore

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.839
 thrusts.

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:29.859
 You don't

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.339
 want to

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.819
 approach

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.339
 someone who

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.419
 is flailing

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:32.839
 his arms

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.439
 wildly with

00:25:33.439 --> 00:25:33.819
 the sword

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.339
 in hand,

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.240
 because if

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.519
 you do,

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:35.779
 you are

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.259
 bound to

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.720
 get hurt.

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.359
 And the

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.139
 fool's rash

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:39.899
 words are

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.619
 like that.

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:44.059
 We don't

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.480
 in our

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.059
 house let

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.599
 our kids

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.559
 use sharp

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.019
 knives in

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.440
 the kitchen,

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.579
 understandably

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.119
 because they

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.599
 don't have

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.879
 enough strength

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.619
 and control

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.379
 over the

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.679
 knife.

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.599
 They can

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.359
 hurt themselves

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:55.519
 and others.

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.859
 The fool

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.919
 likewise has

00:25:57.919 --> 00:25:59.019
 no control

00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:00.200
 over his

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.579
 tongue,

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.980
 which he

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.839
 wields wildly

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.279
 like a

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.079
 dangerous sword,

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.619
 and it

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.079
 cuts.

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.419
 In

00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:08.980
 contrast,

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.440
 the tongue

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.119
 of the wise

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:11.200
 brings healing.

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.339
 The fool's

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.819
 tongue is like

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.460
 a sword that

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.860
 kills,

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.559
 it's destructive,

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.240
 but the

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.920
 wise person's

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.380
 tongue brings

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.920
 healing.

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.539
 It's like a

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.180
 bomb to

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.840
 one's soul.

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.120
 So let's

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.559
 return to

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.140
 verse 16.

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.819
 The vexation

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.299
 of a fool

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.640
 is known

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.360
 at once,

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.019
 but the

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.480
 prudent

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.340
 ignores

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.100
 an insult.

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.299
 The word

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.480
 ignores is

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.460
 a translation

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.019
 of the same

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.519
 Hebrew word

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.120
 that is often

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:32.100
 translated cover

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:33.480
 or conceal.

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.079
 It's similar

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.620
 to Proverbs

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.279
 chapter 10

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.940
 verse 12,

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.460
 which said,

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.559
 love covers

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.819
 all offenses.

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:41.839
 Instead of

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.539
 being easily

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.279
 annoyed or

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.399
 quickly agitated,

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.019
 the prudent

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.579
 person,

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.879
 the strategic

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.519
 person,

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.919
 the shrewd

00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.399
 person,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:51.359
 ignores or

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.679
 covers an

00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:53.139
 insult.

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.700
 The prudent

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.619
 person knows

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.480
 when to

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:58.000
 speak and

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.659
 when not to

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:58.980
 speak.

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.259
 He understands

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.799
 that it's

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.460
 possible to

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.859
 speak the

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.659
 right words

00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.419
 at the

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:04.200
 wrong time.

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.439
 He doesn't

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:06.000
 feel the

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.720
 compulsion to

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.500
 give everyone

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.159
 a piece of

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.500
 his own

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.080
 mind because

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.380
 he has

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:09.720
 humbled

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.140
 himself

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.800
 before God.

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.700
 He is

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.240
 content to

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.740
 let God

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.460
 defend him

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.540
 and vindicate

00:27:14.540 --> 00:27:14.860
 him.

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.360
 And verse

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.160
 16 is

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.860
 matched by

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:18.700
 verse 23.

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.360
 This is a

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.040
 prudent man

00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:21.779
 in verse 23

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.759
 conceals

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.400
 knowledge,

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.560
 but the

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:24.980
 heart of

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.340
 fools

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.279
 proclaims

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.700
 folly.

00:27:26.800 --> 00:27:27.160
 The same

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.920
 word conceal,

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.420
 ignore.

00:27:28.540 --> 00:27:28.980
 It's the same

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.440
 word as I

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.740
 mentioned.

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:30.940
 Once again,

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.420
 the wise

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.860
 person is

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.640
 called prudent.

00:27:32.820 --> 00:27:33.080
 He is

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:33.620
 strategic.

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.019
 He is

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.160
 shrewd and

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.920
 he conceals

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.480
 knowledge.

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.060
 In

00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:37.460
 contrast,

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.940
 the fool

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.600
 knows no

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:38.960
 such

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.500
 restraint.

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.680
 He is

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.000
 like a

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.259
 shaken

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.920
 cup of

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.180
 carbonated

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.900
 soda to

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.759
 drink that

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.319
 bubbles over

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.440
 with fizz as

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.880
 soon as you

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.640
 open the

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:47.960
 can.

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.200
 He spills

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.759
 out folly

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.180
 wherever he

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.400
 goes.

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:50.720
 There is

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.720
 no cap

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.059
 on it.

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:52.880
 In

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.460
 contrast,

00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:53.980
 a prudent

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.880
 man conceals

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.340
 knowledge.

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.299
 His words

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.940
 are weighed

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.160
 and measured.

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.579
 He knows

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.039
 when to

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.539
 speak and

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:00.960
 when not

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.559
 to speak.

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.480
 He knows

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.940
 not to

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.440
 waste his

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:03.920
 knowledge on

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.440
 a blabbering

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.759
 fool.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.000
 So there is

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.779
 a timeliness

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.980
 to wise

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.399
 speech.

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.119
 In

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.579
 addition to

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.200
 being timely,

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.639
 the wise

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.119
 person's

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.480
 speech is

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.819
 always

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.440
 truthful.

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.619
 It says

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:14.899
 in verse

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.379
 17,

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.220
 whoever speaks

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.980
 the truth

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.160
 gives honest

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.779
 evidence,

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.619
 but a

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.480
 false witness

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.940
 utters

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.559
 deceit.

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.279
 The New

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.059
 American Standard

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:25.000
 Bible translates

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.440
 this verse

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.980
 more literally

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.519
 this way,

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.799
 he who speaks

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.920
 truth tells

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.500
 what is

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.019
 right,

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.180
 but a

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.019
 false witness

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.079
 deceit.

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.879
 truth is

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.419
 not only

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:36.099
 factually

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.519
 true,

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.319
 it is

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.679
 also

00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:38.379
 morally

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:39.259
 right.

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.299
 When

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.960
 giving a

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.240
 sworn

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.740
 testimony

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:43.039
 in court

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.839
 as a

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.139
 witness,

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.699
 one must

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:45.119
 swear to

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.480
 tell the

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.879
 truth,

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.839
 the whole

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.299
 truth,

00:28:47.699 --> 00:28:48.319
 and nothing

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.099
 but the

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.399
 truth.

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.720
 This is

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.379
 crucial because

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.960
 a false

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:53.000
 witness can

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.599
 destroy an

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.379
 innocent life.

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.519
 A truthful

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.519
 witness does

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.399
 what is

00:28:59.399 --> 00:29:00.119
 right.

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.979
 he does

00:29:00.979 --> 00:29:02.039
 righteousness

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.239
 because he

00:29:03.239 --> 00:29:03.919
 preserves

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.919
 justice.

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.259
 He acquits

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.819
 the innocent

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.639
 and condemns

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:08.139
 the guilty.

00:29:10.939 --> 00:29:11.519
 Verse 17

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.119
 is matched

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.539
 by verse

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.079
 22.

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.019
 Lying lips

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.399
 are an

00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:14.819
 abomination

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.339
 to the

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.579
 Lord,

00:29:15.739 --> 00:29:16.219
 but those

00:29:16.219 --> 00:29:16.619
 who act

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.219
 faithfully

00:29:17.219 --> 00:29:17.779
 are his

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.219
 delight.

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.419
 The word

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:19.939
 faithfully

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.379
 is the same

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:20.719
 word that's

00:29:20.719 --> 00:29:21.619
 translated truth

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.000
 in verse

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.519
 17.

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.459
 To speak

00:29:23.459 --> 00:29:23.979
 the truth

00:29:23.979 --> 00:29:24.659
 is to act

00:29:24.659 --> 00:29:25.399
 faithfully,

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.419
 to do

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:27.119
 righteousness.

00:29:27.739 --> 00:29:28.399
 Verse 22

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.939
 gives us

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.779
 the theological

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.500
 basis for

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.099
 truth telling.

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.759
 Lying lips

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.039
 are an

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.500
 abomination

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.039
 to the

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.399
 Lord,

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.680
 but those

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.180
 who act

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.720
 faithfully

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.359
 are his

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:37.899
 delight.

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.279
 The wise

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.240
 person lives

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.720
 with the

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.240
 fear of

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.579
 God,

00:29:41.899 --> 00:29:42.259
 and it's

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.799
 the fear

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.379
 of God

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.259
 that knowing

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.700
 that you

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.359
 are accountable

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.940
 to God,

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.720
 knowing that

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.180
 he is the

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.639
 Lord and

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.220
 God and

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.839
 judge over

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.160
 all,

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.119
 that fear

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.359
 of God

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.259
 constrains him

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.619
 to tell

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.160
 the truth.

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:54.000
 That's why

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.799
 in courts

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.240
 people say,

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.940
 I swear to

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.379
 tell the

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.619
 truth,

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.039
 the whole

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.500
 truth and

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.039
 nothing but

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.599
 the truth,

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.859
 so help

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.500
 me God.

00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:02.199
 The wise

00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:03.240
 person lives

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.159
 under the

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.719
 authority of

00:30:04.719 --> 00:30:04.939
 God.

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.399
 He knows

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:05.959
 that even

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:06.379
 if he

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:07.099
 successfully

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:08.240
 deceives

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.079
 the human

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.599
 judge,

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.579
 the human

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.059
 jury,

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.679
 he will

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.259
 never

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.039
 deceive

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.599
 the divine

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.059
 judge.

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.559
 And this

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.079
 humility

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.799
 before God

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.819
 constrains him

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.679
 to tell

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.240
 the truth.

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.699
 It says

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:21.059
 in verses

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.699
 19 to

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.079
 21,

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.559
 truthful

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.059
 lips

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.559
 endure

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.179
 forever,

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:24.980
 but a

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.679
 lying tongue

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.039
 is but

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.500
 for a

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.939
 moment.

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.159
 Deceit is

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:28.379
 in the

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:28.759
 heart of

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.059
 those who

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.519
 devise

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.839
 evil,

00:30:29.939 --> 00:30:30.179
 but those

00:30:30.179 --> 00:30:30.599
 who plan

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.059
 peace

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.819
 have joy.

00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:32.939
 No

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.779
 ill befalls

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.299
 the righteous,

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.740
 but the

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.159
 wicked are

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.619
 filled

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.379
 with

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.019
 trouble.

00:30:38.179 --> 00:30:38.439
 A

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:38.960
 heart that

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.339
 plans

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.139
 evil is

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.740
 behind the

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.279
 mouth that

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.039
 speaks deceit.

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:43.119
 In

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.740
 contrast,

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:44.500
 those who

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.119
 plan

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:46.000
 peace

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.899
 have

00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:47.500
 joy.

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:48.960
 This

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.559
 implies that

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.939
 the heart

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:50.460
 that plans

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.380
 peace is

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.200
 behind the

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.660
 mouth that

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.039
 speaks

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.720
 truth.

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.200
 The truth

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.680
 tellers are

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.360
 concerned with

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.840
 genuine

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.360
 peace,

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.360
 true,

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.900
 lasting

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.299
 peace,

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:00.779
 instead of

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.279
 fake,

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.160
 false

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.539
 peace.

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.680
 And such

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.019
 a person

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.539
 is rewarded

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.420
 with joy.

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.880
 The wise

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.779
 person understands

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.240
 as Jesus

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.660
 said in

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:08.940
 Matthew

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.579
 chapter 12

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.120
 verse 36

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.720
 that on

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.039
 the day

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.559
 of judgment

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.259
 people will

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.680
 give an

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.200
 account for

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.700
 every

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.519
 careless

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.600
 word they

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.000
 speak.

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.940
 For every

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.279
 word.

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.160
 And for

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.799
 this reason

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.419
 truthful

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:20.859
 lips

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.899
 endure

00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.339
 forever

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.680
 while

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.079
 lying

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.419
 tongue

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:23.579
 is

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:23.740
 but

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:23.940
 for

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.119
 a

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:24.480
 moment.

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.159
 The

00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:26.480
 liar

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.819
 might

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.119
 deceive

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.419
 others

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:27.720
 for the

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:27.899
 sake

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.039
 of

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.799
 self-advancement

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.099
 but his

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.559
 success

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.119
 is only

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:31.039
 momentary.

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:31.339
 It is

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.819
 fleeting

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.359
 compared to

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.799
 the eternal

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.299
 life

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.539
 offered

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.659
 to those

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:36.379
 the righteous

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:37.339
 who enjoy

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:39.299
 to obey

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.700
 God's

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:39.899
 will.

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.139
 For this

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.500
 reason

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.119
 it says

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.819
 no ill

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.399
 befalls

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:43.599
 the

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:43.879
 righteous

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.259
 but the

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.440
 wicked

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.019
 are filled

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.480
 with

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.019
 trouble.

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:46.980
 God

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.379
 bestows

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.899
 his favor.

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.319
 It's the

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.779
 main point

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.099
 of this

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.440
 passage.

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.720
 God

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.120
 bestows

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.539
 his favor

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.000
 upon those

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.460
 who humble

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.039
 themselves

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.100
 and learn

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.580
 from him.

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.220
 And

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.299
 as verses

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.019
 16 to

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.420
 23

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.059
 focused on

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.580
 the way

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:59.180
 of wisdom

00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.880
 focused on

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.120
 what the

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.380
 way of

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.559
 wisdom

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.960
 looks like

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.259
 in terms

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.600
 of one's

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.019
 speech

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:04.100
 and then

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.400
 verses

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:04.980
 24 to

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.500
 27

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.740
 now

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.100
 transition

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.299
 to

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.600
 speaking

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:06.920
 of

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.700
 one's

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.140
 deeds

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.600
 what the

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:08.960
 way of

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.279
 wisdom

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.759
 looks like

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.279
 in one's

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.680
 deeds.

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.720
 This

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.220
 subunit

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.980
 is bracketed

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.580
 by verses

00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:14.500
 24 and

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.120
 27

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.740
 both of

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.500
 which contrast

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.759
 the

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.140
 diligence

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.620
 from the

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.539
 slothful.

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.799
 Verse 24

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.099
 says

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.619
 the hand

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.159
 of the

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.659
 diligent

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:22.680
 will rule

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.619
 while the

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.220
 slothful

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.700
 will be put

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.379
 to forced

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.139
 labor.

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.799
 Verse 27

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.119
 says

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:28.619
 whoever is

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.259
 slothful

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.639
 will not

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.180
 roast his

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.519
 game

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.259
 but the

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.700
 diligent

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.180
 man will

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.960
 get precious

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.559
 wealth.

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.659
 So it's

00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:35.220
 telling us

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.819
 that diligence

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.899
 leads to

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.359
 rule

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.879
 and precious

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.379
 wealth

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:41.319
 but slothfulness

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.879
 leads to

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.799
 forced labor

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.159
 and poverty.

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:45.480
 the

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.820
 diligent

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:46.300
 person

00:32:46.300 --> 00:32:46.800
 is being

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.240
 described

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.620
 here as

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:47.779
 a

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.000
 self

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.540
 starter

00:32:48.540 --> 00:32:49.320
 someone

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:49.519
 who

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.180
 possesses

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.800
 self

00:32:50.800 --> 00:32:51.440
 control

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.300
 and

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:52.580
 because

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:52.980
 he's

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.279
 able to

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.600
 control

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:54.180
 himself

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.980
 he will

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.340
 attain

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:55.779
 rule

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.040
 and

00:32:56.040 --> 00:32:56.540
 governance

00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:56.860
 over

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.320
 others.

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.320
 In

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:58.820
 contrast

00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.060
 the

00:32:59.060 --> 00:32:59.460
 slothful

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.800
 person

00:32:59.800 --> 00:33:00.000
 who

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.540
 lacks

00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:01.100
 self

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.560
 control

00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:02.360
 and

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.620
 therefore

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:02.840
 is

00:33:02.840 --> 00:33:03.420
 unable

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.720
 to

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:03.900
 get

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.220
 himself

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.460
 to

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.820
 work

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.480
 will

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.640
 be

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.100
 forced

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:06.320
 to

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:06.580
 work

00:33:06.580 --> 00:33:06.960
 by

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.440
 others

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.980
 who

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.259
 rule

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.500
 over

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.800
 them.

00:33:09.800 --> 00:33:09.860
 So

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.360
 ruling

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:11.000
 oneself

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.660
 leads

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:11.900
 to

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.240
 rule

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:13.040
 over

00:33:13.040 --> 00:33:13.560
 others.

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.440
 And

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.700
 after

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.119
 speaking

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.440
 of

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.659
 the

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:16.200
 slothful

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.379
 who

00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:16.519
 will

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.819
 subject

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.240
 themselves

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.460
 to

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.679
 the

00:33:17.679 --> 00:33:18.159
 physical

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:18.819
 oppression

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.679
 of

00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:20.379
 conscripted

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:20.679
 labor

00:33:20.679 --> 00:33:21.720
 Solomon

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.079
 turns

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.220
 his

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.379
 mind

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:22.519
 to

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.759
 those

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:22.859
 who

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:22.960
 are

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.399
 already

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.960
 subject

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.639
 to

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:24.839
 the

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.240
 psychological

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.119
 oppression

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:27.039
 of

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.740
 anxiety

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:29.039
 or

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.839
 depression.

00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:30.700
 He

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:30.879
 says

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.019
 in

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.200
 verses

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:32.679
 25-26

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.440
 anxiety

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.480
 in a

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.899
 man's

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.259
 heart

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.079
 weighs

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.379
 him

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.819
 down

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.359
 but

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.519
 a

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.740
 good

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.240
 word

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.839
 makes

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.159
 him

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:39.599
 glad.

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:40.519
 One

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.700
 who

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:40.859
 is

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.299
 righteous

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.960
 is

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.159
 a

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.480
 guide

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.659
 to

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:42.799
 his

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.079
 neighbor

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.579
 but

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:43.720
 the

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:43.919
 way

00:33:43.919 --> 00:33:44.059
 of

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.240
 the

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.519
 wicked

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.119
 leads

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.480
 them

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.159
 astray.

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.179
 The

00:33:47.179 --> 00:33:47.619
 phrase

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.379
 weighs

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.639
 him

00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:49.019
 down

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.539
 literally

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.939
 means

00:33:49.939 --> 00:33:50.139
 to

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.779
 oppress

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.339
 or

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.500
 to

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.740
 make

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.119
 someone

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.579
 bow

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:52.980
 down.

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.240
 For

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.599
 example,

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:54.859
 the

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.139
 same

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.399
 word

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:55.579
 is

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:55.839
 used

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:55.960
 in

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.079
 the

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.480
 prophecy

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.759
 of

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.119
 Isaiah

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.439
 chapter

00:33:57.439 --> 00:33:58.019
 51

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.339
 verse

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.819
 23

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.039
 to

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.299
 refer

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.500
 to

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.659
 the

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.539
 tormentors

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:00.839
 and

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.439
 oppressors

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:01.579
 of

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.879
 God's

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.199
 people

00:34:02.199 --> 00:34:02.659
 who

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:02.960
 say

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.139
 to

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.419
 them

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:03.939
 bow

00:34:03.939 --> 00:34:04.439
 down.

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:04.740
 It's

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:04.859
 the

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.139
 same

00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.500
 word

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.339
 being

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.799
 weighed

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.259
 down.

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:09.099
 So

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:10.039
 the

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.440
 people

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.260
 subjected

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.739
 God's

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.099
 people

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:14.360
 and

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.659
 then

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.360
 it says

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.719
 made

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:16.960
 their

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.280
 backs

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.539
 like

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.699
 the

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:17.960
 ground

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.219
 upon

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.420
 which

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.579
 they

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:18.960
 walked

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.239
 all

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.519
 over.

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.400
 That's

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.579
 what it

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.780
 says in

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.000
 Isaiah

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.440
 51.

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.659
 So

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:21.800
 the

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.039
 word

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.400
 weighed

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.840
 down,

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.519
 being

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.880
 weighed

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.199
 down in

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.340
 your

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.639
 heart,

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.199
 has

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.340
 the

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.840
 connotation

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.159
 of being

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.840
 oppressed

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.260
 and

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.840
 ruled,

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:28.500
 being

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.100
 subjected

00:34:29.100 --> 00:34:29.400
 to

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.840
 someone

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.039
 or

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.460
 something.

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.180
 And I

00:34:31.180 --> 00:34:31.280
 think

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.559
 that's

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.680
 the

00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:32.019
 connection

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.420
 between

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.640
 verse

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:33.140
 24

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.620
 and

00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:33.860
 verse

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.539
 25.

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:35.740
 Those

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:35.920
 who

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.100
 are

00:34:36.100 --> 00:34:36.920
 slothful

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.600
 will

00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:37.740
 be

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.300
 oppressed

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:38.660
 and

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.000
 ruled

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.240
 by

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:39.700
 others.

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.780
 But

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:40.900
 the

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.079
 Bible

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.420
 also

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.100
 acknowledges

00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:42.320
 that

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.600
 some

00:34:42.600 --> 00:34:42.920
 people

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.100
 are

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.800
 slothful

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.440
 because

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.660
 they

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:44.840
 are

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.320
 already

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.980
 oppressed

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.720
 and

00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.039
 ruled

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.340
 by

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.019
 anxiety.

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.360
 Anxiety

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.680
 in their

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:50.980
 hearts

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.500
 weighs

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.720
 them

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.079
 down,

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.740
 rules

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.059
 them.

00:34:53.600 --> 00:34:54.200
 Depression,

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.740
 anxiety,

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:54.900
 these

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.180
 are all

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.700
 words that

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:56.160
 convey

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.899
 emotional

00:34:56.899 --> 00:34:57.719
 distress

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.619
 caused

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:58.819
 by

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.399
 loss

00:34:59.399 --> 00:35:00.059
 or

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.239
 by

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:00.420
 the

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.859
 fear

00:35:00.859 --> 00:35:01.059
 of

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.379
 losing

00:35:01.379 --> 00:35:01.799
 something

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.059
 that

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.279
 one

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.699
 treasures.

00:35:03.839 --> 00:35:04.019
 And

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.159
 if

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.279
 you

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.420
 are

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.739
 weighed

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.239
 down

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.480
 with

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.099
 anxiety

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.379
 there

00:35:06.379 --> 00:35:06.539
 is

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:06.839
 hope

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:07.039
 for

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.219
 you

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.460
 because

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.639
 it

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:07.839
 says

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.059
 a

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.480
 good

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.099
 word

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.879
 makes

00:35:09.879 --> 00:35:10.239
 him

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.699
 glad.

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.000
 One

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.339
 who

00:35:12.339 --> 00:35:12.679
 is

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.179
 righteous

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.639
 is

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:13.839
 a

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:14.199
 guide

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.440
 to

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.619
 his

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:14.960
 neighbor

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.619
 but

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:15.779
 the

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.059
 way

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.259
 of

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.480
 the

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.759
 wicked

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.440
 leads

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.899
 them

00:35:17.899 --> 00:35:18.859
 astray.

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.199
 If

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.359
 you

00:35:20.359 --> 00:35:20.519
 are

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.799
 weighed

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.139
 down

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.399
 today

00:35:21.399 --> 00:35:21.599
 with

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.179
 anxiety

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:23.399
 with

00:35:23.399 --> 00:35:24.259
 heaviness

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:25.059
 if

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.159
 you

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.420
 feel

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.920
 oppressed

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.139
 and

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.480
 makes

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.639
 you

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.400
 slothful

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.720
 unable

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.000
 to

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.340
 work

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.559
 get

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:28.820
 yourself

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.099
 started

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.300
 what

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.460
 you

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:29.860
 need

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.360
 is

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:30.519
 the

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.039
 counsel

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.440
 of

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.579
 the

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.000
 wise

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.260
 and

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.420
 the

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.740
 righteous

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.240
 person

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.780
 to

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.240
 guide

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.519
 you

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.500
 and

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.760
 most

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.300
 importantly

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.760
 the

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.260
 message

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:37.519
 the

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.840
 good

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.200
 word

00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:38.380
 the

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.840
 good news

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.000
 of

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.340
 Jesus

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.619
 the

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:39.920
 righteous

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.300
 one

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:41.300
 God

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.440
 the

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.160
 timely

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:42.539
 and

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.000
 truthful

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.480
 word

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.640
 of

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:43.780
 the

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:44.100
 wise

00:35:44.100 --> 00:35:44.580
 as

00:35:44.580 --> 00:35:44.720
 we

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:44.820
 have

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:44.940
 been

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.220
 talking

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:45.440
 about

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.580
 through

00:35:45.580 --> 00:35:45.780
 this

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.200
 passage

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.480
 that

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.820
 good

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.140
 word

00:35:47.140 --> 00:35:47.400
 can

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.760
 make

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.019
 you

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.480
 glad

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.680
 it

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:48.960
 says

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.240
 if

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.320
 you

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.420
 have

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.560
 been

00:35:50.560 --> 00:35:51.260
 downtrodden

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.880
 or depressed

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.360
 or weighed

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.000
 down by fear

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.539
 and anxiety

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.100
 and sadness

00:35:54.100 --> 00:35:55.019
 you should

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.420
 know that

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.820
 the Bible

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.640
 consistently

00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:57.140
 teaches

00:35:57.140 --> 00:35:57.780
 that

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:57.980
 you

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.460
 can

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.820
 be

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.580
 encouraged

00:35:59.580 --> 00:36:00.080
 and

00:36:00.080 --> 00:36:00.500
 lifted

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:00.820
 up

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.080
 by

00:36:01.080 --> 00:36:01.440
 good

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.900
 counsel

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:03.420
 this

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.660
 might

00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:04.240
 surprise

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.460
 us

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.900
 because

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.920
 nowadays

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.300
 many

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.559
 people

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.820
 see

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.139
 human

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.460
 beings

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:07.619
 as

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:07.900
 nothing

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.240
 more

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:08.380
 than

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.559
 a

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.880
 body

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.900
 made

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.059
 up

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.180
 of

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:10.300
 a

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:10.559
 series

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:10.740
 of

00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:11.119
 chemical

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.920
 reactions

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:13.099
 but

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.240
 the

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.440
 Bible

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.860
 teaches

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.119
 us

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.220
 that

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.460
 human

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.780
 beings

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:14.980
 have

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.240
 two

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.920
 components

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.780
 the

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.180
 outer

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.680
 person

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:17.860
 the

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.220
 body

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:19.019
 and

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.200
 the

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:19.480
 inner

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.000
 person

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.380
 which

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.740
 scripture

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.599
 alternatively

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:21.940
 calls

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.119
 the

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.480
 heart

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.840
 the

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.200
 soul

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:23.740
 or

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:23.900
 the

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.320
 mind

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:25.619
 human

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.200
 beings

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.880
 cannot

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.360
 be

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.820
 reduced

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.039
 to

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.360
 only

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.559
 that

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:28.740
 which

00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:28.940
 can

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.119
 be

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.599
 observed

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:29.960
 and

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.380
 measured

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.960
 by

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.500
 scientific

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.179
 instruments

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.460
 the

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.779
 body

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:33.980
 and

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.199
 heart

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.319
 are

00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:34.839
 interrelated

00:36:34.839 --> 00:36:35.079
 for

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.420
 sure

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.940
 there

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.259
 are

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.920
 physiological

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.839
 contributors

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:38.139
 to

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.659
 depression

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:41.559
 such

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:41.860
 as

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.599
 abnormally

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:42.839
 low

00:36:42.839 --> 00:36:43.259
 functioning

00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:43.779
 thyroid

00:36:43.779 --> 00:36:44.940
 or

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.199
 low

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.759
 hemoglobin

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.259
 levels

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:46.940
 due to

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.139
 blood

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.579
 loss

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.839
 but

00:36:48.839 --> 00:36:49.019
 we're

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.279
 not

00:36:49.279 --> 00:36:49.819
 merely

00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:50.059
 the

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.339
 body

00:36:50.339 --> 00:36:51.000
 and

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.159
 our

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.539
 mind

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.019
 affects

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.199
 the

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:52.480
 body

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.679
 and

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:52.900
 vice

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.219
 versa

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.440
 and

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.559
 the

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:53.779
 inner

00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:54.219
 person

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.460
 our

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.920
 hearts

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.139
 our

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.559
 minds

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.019
 can

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.500
 be

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.480
 exhorted

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.759
 it

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.079
 can

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.400
 be

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.019
 encouraged

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.460
 it

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.780
 can

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

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.639
 renewed

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.780
 in

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.000
 fact

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.219
 there's

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.320
 a

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.719
 wordplay

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:02.900
 that

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.400
 communicates

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.960
 exactly

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.380
 this

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.880
 reality

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.380
 the

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.719
 phrase

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:06.119
 weighed

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.639
 down

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.280
 in

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.699
 Hebrew

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.139
 is

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.139
 yashana

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:10.119
 and

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.320
 the

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.739
 phrase

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.159
 makes

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.380
 him

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.800
 glad

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.000
 in

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.300
 Hebrew

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.840
 is

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.599
 yashama

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.420
 they

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.920
 rhyme

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.119
 and

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.280
 they

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:15.460
 are

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.840
 spelled

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.219
 almost

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:16.739
 exactly

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:16.960
 the

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.199
 same

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.460
 way

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.739
 and

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.480
 intentionally

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.860
 so

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.039
 to

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.380
 convey

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:19.619
 the

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:19.880
 truth

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.360
 that

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:20.519
 he

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:20.699
 who

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:20.840
 is

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.239
 weighed

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:21.719
 down

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.159
 can

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.500
 be

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.960
 made

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.380
 glad

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.800
 again

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.639
 by

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:24.840
 a

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.099
 good

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.500
 word

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.679
 the

00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:27.159
 wise

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.340
 and

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.659
 humble

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.119
 person

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.259
 is

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:58.240
 the

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.459
 in

00:37:58.459 --> 00:37:58.579
 your

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.839
 own

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.279
 eyes

00:37:59.279 --> 00:37:59.899
 and

00:37:59.899 --> 00:38:00.199
 thinking

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.399
 that

00:38:00.399 --> 00:38:00.659
 there's

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.099
 nothing

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.539
 he or

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:01.759
 she

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.000
 can

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.199
 do

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.379
 to

00:38:02.379 --> 00:38:02.639
 help

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:02.899
 me

00:38:02.899 --> 00:38:03.619
 instead

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:03.819
 of

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.379
 isolating

00:38:04.379 --> 00:38:04.839
 yourself

00:38:04.839 --> 00:38:05.219
 thinking

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.719
 no one

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.039
 else

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.839
 understands

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.859
 humble

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:08.339
 yourself

00:38:08.339 --> 00:38:08.639
 and get

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.000
 help

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:10.259
 seek

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:10.599
 wise

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.079
 counsel

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:12.279
 since

00:38:12.279 --> 00:38:12.500
 God

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.000
 bestows

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.179
 his

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.459
 favor

00:38:13.459 --> 00:38:13.779
 upon

00:38:13.779 --> 00:38:14.019
 those

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.119
 who

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.399
 humble

00:38:14.399 --> 00:38:14.959
 themselves

00:38:14.959 --> 00:38:15.659
 and

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:15.879
 learn

00:38:15.879 --> 00:38:16.099
 from

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.359
 him

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:18.000
 and

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.259
 just

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.399
 as

00:38:18.399 --> 00:38:18.579
 verse

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.019
 15

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.379
 began

00:38:19.379 --> 00:38:19.619
 this

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.099
 subunit

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.299
 with

00:38:20.299 --> 00:38:20.519
 the

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.819
 metaphor

00:38:20.819 --> 00:38:21.179
 of

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.359
 the

00:38:21.359 --> 00:38:21.779
 way

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:22.379
 or

00:38:22.379 --> 00:38:23.259
 verse

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:23.639
 28

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.319
 concludes

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:24.639
 this

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.019
 subunit

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.179
 with

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.299
 the

00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:25.559
 metaphor

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:25.819
 of

00:38:25.819 --> 00:38:25.979
 the

00:38:25.979 --> 00:38:26.519
 path

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.719
 of

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.259
 righteousness

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.799
 is

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.259
 life

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:30.839
 and

00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:30.959
 in

00:38:30.959 --> 00:38:31.099
 its

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.599
 pathway

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:31.859
 there

00:38:31.859 --> 00:38:32.079
 is

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.459
 no

00:38:32.459 --> 00:38:33.299
 death

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:35.019
 living

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.199
 in

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.619
 humility

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:35.899
 and

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.039
 the

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.239
 fear

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.379
 of

00:38:36.379 --> 00:38:36.659
 God

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.039
 makes

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.279
 for

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:37.500
 a

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.759
 better

00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:38.159
 life

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.399
 here

00:38:38.399 --> 00:38:38.599
 on

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:38.859
 earth

00:38:38.859 --> 00:38:39.659
 the

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.059
 path

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.199
 of

00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:40.539
 righteousness

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:40.899
 is

00:38:40.899 --> 00:38:41.299
 life

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:42.079
 but

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.219
 it

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:42.639
 leads

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:42.979
 even

00:38:42.979 --> 00:38:43.439
 beyond

00:38:43.439 --> 00:38:43.679
 this

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:44.019
 life

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.839
 in

00:38:44.839 --> 00:38:45.000
 its

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.500
 pathway

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.839
 there

00:38:45.839 --> 00:38:46.079
 is

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.579
 no

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.399
 death

00:38:47.399 --> 00:38:48.719
 the

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:48.899
 new

00:38:48.899 --> 00:38:49.379
 international

00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:49.839
 version

00:38:49.839 --> 00:38:50.439
 translates

00:38:50.439 --> 00:38:50.679
 that

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:50.919
 verse

00:38:50.919 --> 00:38:51.119
 this

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.299
 way

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.500
 verse

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.099
 28

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.559
 along

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:52.819
 that

00:38:52.819 --> 00:38:53.359
 path

00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:53.599
 is

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.599
 immortality

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:56.059
 and

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.239
 it's

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.539
 only

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:56.980
 when

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.199
 we

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:57.920
 assume

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.440
 this

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:59.239
 long

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.480
 view

00:38:59.480 --> 00:38:59.619
 of

00:38:59.619 --> 00:38:59.940
 life

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.319
 only

00:39:00.319 --> 00:39:00.679
 when

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:00.860
 we

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.239
 assume

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:01.420
 an

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:01.960
 eternal

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.619
 perspective

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:03.279
 that

00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:03.380
 we

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.559
 can

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:03.900
 humble

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.319
 ourselves

00:39:04.319 --> 00:39:04.579
 and

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:04.819
 learn

00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.059
 from

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.360
 God

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:06.559
 because

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.839
 the

00:39:06.839 --> 00:39:07.059
 humble

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.380
 life

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.699
 is

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:07.860
 the

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.139
 better

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:08.339
 and

00:39:08.339 --> 00:39:08.500
 the

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:08.699
 more

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.159
 fulfilling

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.420
 life

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.579
 but

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:09.739
 it's

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.019
 not

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.500
 an

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:10.900
 easy

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.319
 life

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:12.159
 it's

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.319
 not

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.739
 easy

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.059
 to

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.480
 love

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.099
 discipline

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.960
 it's

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.159
 not

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.500
 easy

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.739
 to

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:16.099
 listen

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.360
 to

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.940
 reproof

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:18.179
 it's

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.360
 not

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:18.779
 easy

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.039
 to

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.519
 restrain

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.699
 our

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:20.000
 tongue

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.179
 and

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.460
 speak

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.719
 in a

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:21.099
 truthful

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.400
 and

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.819
 timely

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.200
 way

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.840
 when

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.120
 we

00:39:23.120 --> 00:39:23.320
 are

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.620
 being

00:39:23.620 --> 00:39:24.140
 insulted

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:24.420
 or

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:24.620
 when

00:39:24.620 --> 00:39:24.960
 others

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.120
 are

00:39:25.120 --> 00:39:25.500
 lying

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.720
 to

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:25.880
 get

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.100
 their

00:39:26.100 --> 00:39:26.340
 way

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:27.539
 it's

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:27.700
 not

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:28.039
 easy

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:28.240
 to

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:28.519
 live

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.660
 for

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:28.800
 the

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.100
 approval

00:39:29.100 --> 00:39:29.300
 of

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.580
 God

00:39:29.580 --> 00:39:29.860
 rather

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.059
 than

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.180
 the

00:39:30.180 --> 00:39:30.500
 approval

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:30.740
 of

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.100
 people

00:39:31.100 --> 00:39:31.720
 because

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:32.160
 approval

00:39:32.160 --> 00:39:32.360
 of

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.640
 people

00:39:32.640 --> 00:39:33.019
 feels

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.260
 so

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.620
 immediate

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:35.000
 it's

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.180
 not

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:35.500
 easy

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:35.720
 to

00:39:35.720 --> 00:39:35.980
 live

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.160
 with

00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:36.780
 integrity

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.420
 diligence

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.800
 and

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:38.320
 justice

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:38.800
 when

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.000
 the

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.260
 wicked

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:39.700
 gain

00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:40.460
 prosperity

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:41.120
 power

00:39:41.120 --> 00:39:41.360
 and

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:41.940
 prominence

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.440
 all

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.800
 around

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.059
 us

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:43.300
 through

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.519
 their

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.240
 underhanded

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.700
 ways

00:39:44.700 --> 00:39:45.980
 and

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.180
 this

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:46.380
 is

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:46.780
 why

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.080
 because

00:39:47.080 --> 00:39:47.280
 it's

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.539
 not

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:47.960
 easy

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.420
 Proverbs

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:52.440
 God

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.120
 bestows

00:39:53.120 --> 00:39:53.360
 his

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.720
 favor

00:39:53.720 --> 00:39:54.000
 upon

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.200
 those

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:54.300
 who

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:54.680
 humble

00:39:54.680 --> 00:39:55.200
 themselves

00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:55.920
 and

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.240
 learn

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:56.519
 from

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:56.680
 him

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:56.840
 and

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.080
 this

00:39:57.080 --> 00:39:57.280
 is

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.539
 what

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.760
 our

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.280
 savior

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:58.720
 Jesus

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:59.200
 Christ

00:39:59.200 --> 00:39:59.580
 did

00:39:59.580 --> 00:40:00.180
 to

00:40:00.180 --> 00:40:00.640
 save

00:40:00.640 --> 00:40:01.000
 us

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:02.019
 and

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.160
 to

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:02.320
 set

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:02.460
 an

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.019
 example

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:03.800
 for

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.220
 us

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:05.680
 1

00:40:05.680 --> 00:40:05.980
 Peter

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.260
 chapter

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:06.680
 2

00:40:06.680 --> 00:40:06.980
 verses

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.340
 20

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:07.440
 to

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.900
 25

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.080
 it

00:40:08.080 --> 00:40:08.280
 says

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.880
 if

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:09.200
 when

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:09.400
 you

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:09.660
 do

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:10.160
 good

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:10.500
 and

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:11.039
 suffer

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.380
 for

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:11.500
 it

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.620
 you

00:40:11.620 --> 00:40:12.200
 endure

00:40:12.200 --> 00:40:12.800
 this

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:12.920
 is

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.059
 a

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.500
 gracious

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.920
 thing

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.039
 in

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.220
 the

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:14.500
 sight

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.640
 of

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:14.940
 God

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:16.059
 for

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.380
 to

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.800
 this

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:17.000
 you

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.380
 have

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.539
 been

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:17.940
 called

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.820
 because

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.300
 Christ

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:19.760
 also

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:20.220
 suffered

00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:20.440
 for

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.740
 you

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:21.680
 leaving

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.060
 you

00:40:22.060 --> 00:40:22.220
 an

00:40:22.220 --> 00:40:22.760
 example

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:22.980
 so

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.080
 that

00:40:23.080 --> 00:40:23.180
 you

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:23.360
 might

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:23.840
 follow

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.040
 in

00:40:24.040 --> 00:40:24.220
 his

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:24.600
 steps

00:40:24.600 --> 00:40:25.340
 he

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.860
 committed

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.200
 no

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.700
 sin

00:40:26.700 --> 00:40:27.440
 neither

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:27.680
 was

00:40:27.680 --> 00:40:28.300
 deceit

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.680
 found

00:40:28.680 --> 00:40:28.820
 in

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:28.960
 his

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.300
 mouth

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:29.980
 when

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.140
 he

00:40:30.140 --> 00:40:30.300
 was

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:30.840
 reviled

00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:31.020
 he

00:40:31.020 --> 00:40:31.160
 did

00:40:31.160 --> 00:40:31.320
 not

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.860
 revile

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.040
 in

00:40:32.040 --> 00:40:32.560
 return

00:40:32.560 --> 00:40:33.200
 when

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:33.380
 he

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.920
 suffered

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.140
 he

00:40:34.140 --> 00:40:34.300
 did

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:34.540
 not

00:40:34.540 --> 00:40:35.100
 threaten

00:40:35.100 --> 00:40:35.780
 but

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.540
 continued

00:40:36.540 --> 00:40:37.440
 entrusting

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:37.940
 himself

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.560
 to

00:40:38.560 --> 00:40:39.120
 him

00:40:39.120 --> 00:40:39.380
 who

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.020
 judges

00:40:40.020 --> 00:40:40.980
 justly

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.840
 he

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.420
 himself

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:42.860
 bore

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.240
 our

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.780
 sins

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.060
 in

00:40:44.060 --> 00:40:44.520
 his

00:40:44.520 --> 00:40:45.000
 body

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.600
 on

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 the

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 tree

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 die

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 to

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 sin

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 and

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 live

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 to

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 righteousness

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 by

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 his

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 wounds

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 you

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 have

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 been

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 healed

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 for

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 you

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 are

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 straying

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 like

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 sheep

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 but

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 have

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 now

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 returned

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 to

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 the

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 shepherd

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 and

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 overseer

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 of

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 your

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 souls

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 Bolsonaro

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 reconstruction

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 were

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額

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 our

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 constraints

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 we were all railing against the standards of God's discipline

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 we were all headed toward eternal death and damnation

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 but Jesus humbled himself for our sake

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 and he died on the cross to bear our sins

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 to pay the price of our rebellion

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 and now it's by renouncing our pride

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 and humbly submitting to the lordship of Jesus

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 saying that I cannot save myself

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 I can cling to you alone for salvation

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 that is the only way we can die to our sins

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 and live to the righteousness

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 and get restored to that path

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 in which there is no death

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 have you trusted in Jesus for salvation?

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 have you given your life to him?

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 do you have a relationship with him?

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 because you can have that

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 and it's only for those of you who have already done that

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 it's only by receiving God's unmerited favor

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 his grace bestowed upon us freely

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 on account of what Jesus has done

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 it's only by receiving that we too can have the mind of Christ

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 and live with humility

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 remember what Jesus did for you

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 in order to save us

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 who like sheep had gone astray

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 Jesus was led like a lamb to the slaughter

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 he says in Isaiah 53 verse 7

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 because we had gone astray like sheep

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 he was led like a lamb to the slaughter

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 and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent

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 so he opened not his mouth

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 Jesus of all people

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 could have defended himself

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 Jesus of all people

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 should not have been the object of vitriol

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 of foul-mouthed people

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 Jesus of all people

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 had a claim

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 a legitimate claim

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 to righteousness

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 and Jesus of all people

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 deserved to live forever

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 and never experience

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 the bitterness of death

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 but he was silent

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 for our sake

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 he was submissive

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 for our sake

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 he was lowly

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 for our sake

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 he humbled himself

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 by becoming obedient

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 to the point of death

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 even death on a cross

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 he says in Philippians chapter 2

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 and therefore

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 because of that

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 for that reason

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 he says

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 God has highly exalted him

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 and bestowed on him

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 the name that is above

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 every name

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 that at the name of Jesus

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 every knee should bow

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 and every tongue confess

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 every tongue confess

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is Lord

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 to the glory of God the Father

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 God bestows his favor

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 upon those who

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 humble themselves

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 and learn from him

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 the prideful will be humbled

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 the humble will be exalted

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 so let's follow

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 in the footsteps of our Savior

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 and walk humbly

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 with our God

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 Holy right

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 Lord

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 Godard

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 morning

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 so

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 in theovich

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 and

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 all

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 good

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 morning

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 to the moon

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 to the moon

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 to the moon

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 and again

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 they declare

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 an ark

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 and oftentimes

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 in the summer

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 God

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 every one

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 day

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 and then

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 thank you

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 the people

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 now

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 we can prevent

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 you

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 everything

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 as

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 you

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 and

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 you