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Steve Webb: These are not just
the thoughts of a wise man, but

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they're from the mind of God
himself.

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This is the Lifespring one year
Bible coming to you from

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Riverside, California and
podcasting since 2004. I'm your

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og Godcaster. Steve Webb. This
is the daily podcast where we're

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reading through the entire Bible
in a year and it's poetry

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Thursday, we'll begin the book
of Proverbs with chapter one.

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I'm calling the episode, God's
wisdom. Before we begin, let's

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pray. Our gracious heavenly
father have We thank You for

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Your Word, and that we thank you
so much for the book of

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Proverbs. As we read through the
book this year, I pray, Lord,

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that You would teach us I pray
this in Jesus name, amen. Okay,

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you ready? Let's get started.

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Proverbs chapter one. These are
the proverbs of Solomon, the son

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of David and King of Israel.
They will help you learn to be

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wise to accept correction and to
understand why sayings. They

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will teach you to develop your
mind in the right way. You will

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learn to do what is right and to
be honest and fair. These

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proverbs will make even those
without education smart. They

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will teach young people what
they need to know and how to use

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what they have learned. Even the
wise could become wiser by

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listening to these Proverbs,
they will gain understanding and

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learn to solve difficult
problems. These sayings will

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help you understand proverbs
stories with hidden meanings,

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words of the wise and other
difficult sayings. Knowledge

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begins with fear and respect for
the Lord. But stubborn fools

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hate wisdom, refuse to learn. My
Son, listen to your father when

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he corrects you. And don't
ignore what your mother teaches

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you. What you learn from your
parents will bring you honor and

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respect like a crown or a gold
medal. My son, those who love to

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do wrong will try to trick you.
Don't listen to them, they will

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say, Come with us. Let's hide in
beat to death. Anyone who

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happens to walk by, we will
swallow them whole as the grave

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swallows the dying, we will take
everything they have and fill

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our houses with stolen goods. So
join us and you can share

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everything we get my son, don't
follow them. Don't even take the

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first step along that path. They
run to do something evil and

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they cannot wait to kill
someone. You cannot trap birds

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with a net if they see you
spreading it out. But evil

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people cannot see the trap they
set for themselves. This is what

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happens to those who are greedy,
whatever they get destroys them.

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Listen, wisdom is shouting in
the streets. She is crying out

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in the marketplace. She is
calling out where the noisy

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crowd gathers fools. How long
will you love being ignorant?

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How long will you make fun of
wisdom? How long will you hate

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knowledge? I wanted to tell you
everything I knew and give you

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all my knowledge, but you didn't
listen to my advice and

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teaching. I tried to help but
you refuse to listen. I offered

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my hand but you turned away from
me. You ignored my advice and

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refused to be corrected. So I
will laugh at your troubles and

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make fun of you when what you
fear happens. disasters will

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strike you like a storm.
Problems will pound you like a

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strong wind, trouble and misery
will weigh you down. And fools

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will call for me but I will not
answer. They will look for me

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but they will not find me. That
is because they hated knowledge.

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They refused to fear and respect
the Lord. They ignored my advice

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and refuse to be corrected. They
fill their lives with what they

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wanted. They went their own way
so they will get what they

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deserve. Fools die because they
refuse to follow wisdom, their

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content to follow their foolish
ways and that will destroy them.

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But those who listened to me
will live in safety and comfort,

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they will have nothing to fear.

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Well beloved the book of
Proverbs was written by King

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David's son, Solomon. Solomon is
commonly thought of as the

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wisest man in the richest man
who ever lived. His wisdom was a

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gift from God as a result of the
prayer he made upon His

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ascension to the throne at the
death of his father David.

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Instead of asking for wealth or
victory over his enemies or

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power, he prayed just as simple
prayer asking for wisdom to lead

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God's people. And God was so
pleased by Solomon's prayer that

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he not only granted him wisdom,
but he gave Solomon the things

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that he could have asked for,
but didn't. The book of Proverbs

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is primarily a collection of
short, often just single

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sentence, teachings or nuggets
of truth. There are thoughts and

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ideas that God revealed to
Solomon but remember, it has

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long been the belief by Orthodox
Christianity that the Bible was

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written by men as they were
inspired by the Holy Spirit. So

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these are not just the thoughts
of a wise man but they're from

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the mind of God himself. The
first chapter is introduction

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tells us that these proverbs
will benefit anyone who heeds

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their teachings. And anyone who
does not is a fool who will come

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to destruction. It tells us that
we will learn wisdom if we put

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them into practice in our own
lives. It also introduces a

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character who will be recurring
throughout the book. It's the

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personification of wisdom as a
woman. And in verse 20, we saw

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wisdom shouting in the streets
and marketplace, chiding those

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who refuse to listen to her
teaching, and encouraging those

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who will to listen. I'm looking
forward to going through this

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book with you. Do you have a
favorite verse from the book of

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Proverbs or from chapter one?
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Friday and we'll complete the

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book of Jeremiah was chapters 47
through 52.

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