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knowing<00:11:42.470><c> they</c><00:11:42.850><c> engender</c><00:11:43.529><c> strife.</c>

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sister<00:11:50.769><c> or</c><00:11:51.009><c> friend</c><00:11:51.309><c> or</c><00:11:51.370><c> whatever,</c>

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who<00:11:52.269><c> says</c><00:11:52.389><c> I</c><00:11:52.529><c> really</c><00:11:52.830><c> want</c><00:11:52.970><c> to</c><00:11:53.090><c> argue</c><00:11:53.370><c> about</c><00:11:53.629><c> this,</c><00:11:53.870><c> but</c><00:11:53.909><c> it</c>

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doesn't<00:11:54.269><c> matter.</c>

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It's<00:11:56.509><c> always</c><00:11:56.830><c> the</c><00:11:57.110><c> case</c><00:11:57.370><c> that</c><00:11:57.710><c> the</c><00:11:57.889><c> vain</c><00:11:58.049><c> and</c><00:11:58.269><c> foolish</c><00:11:58.590><c> questions</c><00:11:59.269><c> that</c>

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it's<00:12:01.009><c> because</c><00:12:01.230><c> somebody</c><00:12:01.490><c> doesn't</c><00:12:01.809><c> think</c><00:12:02.029><c> it</c><00:12:02.169><c> is</c><00:12:02.429><c> a</c><00:12:02.529><c> vain</c><00:12:02.690><c> or</c><00:12:02.889><c> a</c>

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foolish<00:12:03.289><c> question.</c>

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But<00:12:04.210><c> the</c><00:12:04.389><c> Apostle</c><00:12:04.769><c> Paul</c><00:12:05.149><c> expects</c><00:12:05.750><c> Timothy</c><00:12:06.169><c> and</c><00:12:06.450><c> he</c><00:12:06.690><c> expects</c>

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us<00:12:07.710><c> to</c><00:12:08.230><c> be</c><00:12:08.409><c> able</c><00:12:08.549><c> to</c><00:12:08.669><c> make</c><00:12:08.789><c> the</c><00:12:09.110><c> distinction.</c>

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We<00:12:13.470><c> read</c><00:12:13.649><c> the</c><00:12:13.889><c> Proverbs.</c><00:12:14.309><c> We</c><00:12:14.529><c> read</c><00:12:14.730><c> Proverbs</c><00:12:15.149><c> 1</c><00:12:15.389><c> verse</c><00:12:15.690><c> 7.</c>

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The<00:12:18.929><c> fear</c><00:12:19.149><c> of</c><00:12:19.330><c> the</c><00:12:19.470><c> Lord</c><00:12:19.610><c> is</c><00:12:19.809><c> the</c><00:12:19.970><c> beginning</c><00:12:20.190><c> of</c><00:12:20.490><c> knowledge,</c>

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but<00:12:21.289><c> fools</c><00:12:21.769><c> despise</c><00:12:22.470><c> wisdom</c><00:12:22.889><c> and</c><00:12:23.190><c> instruction.</c>

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And<00:12:24.990><c> we</c><00:12:25.110><c> say</c><00:12:25.210><c> why</c><00:12:25.470><c> bother</c><00:12:25.950><c> to</c><00:12:26.870><c> point</c><00:12:27.049><c> out</c><00:12:27.309><c> that</c><00:12:27.529><c> fools</c><00:12:27.830><c> despise</c>

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wisdom<00:12:28.730><c> and</c><00:12:29.049><c> instruction?</c>

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Isn't<00:12:29.610><c> that</c><00:12:29.809><c> the</c><00:12:30.009><c> definition</c><00:12:30.409><c> of</c><00:12:30.610><c> a</c><00:12:30.830><c> fool?</c>

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But<00:12:33.850><c> then</c><00:12:34.070><c> we</c><00:12:34.350><c> pause</c><00:12:34.970><c> and</c><00:12:35.850><c> we</c><00:12:36.110><c> think,</c><00:12:36.870><c> are</c><00:12:37.669><c> there</c><00:12:37.830><c> times</c><00:12:38.210><c> when</c>

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I<00:12:38.769><c> despise</c><00:12:39.830><c> wisdom</c><00:12:40.409><c> and</c><00:12:40.789><c> instruction?</c>

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Is<00:12:44.330><c> it</c><00:12:44.529><c> possible</c><00:12:44.990><c> that</c><00:12:45.169><c> I'm</c><00:12:45.429><c> being</c><00:12:45.830><c> foolish?</c>

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And<00:12:48.309><c> on</c><00:12:48.470><c> that</c><00:12:48.769><c> contemplation,</c><00:12:51.009><c> the</c><00:12:51.230><c> Proverb</c><00:12:51.470><c> opens</c><00:12:51.830><c> up</c><00:12:52.429><c> and</c>

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teaches<00:12:52.990><c> us.</c>

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Sometimes<00:12:56.769><c> when</c><00:12:56.990><c> we</c><00:12:57.210><c> read</c><00:12:57.370><c> the</c><00:12:57.509><c> book</c><00:12:57.690><c> of</c><00:12:57.990><c> Proverbs,</c><00:13:00.649><c> we</c><00:13:00.970><c> come</c>

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across<00:13:01.450><c> statements</c><00:13:01.789><c> that</c><00:13:01.990><c> are</c><00:13:02.169><c> so</c><00:13:02.370><c> emphatic</c><00:13:02.950><c> that</c><00:13:03.110><c> they</c><00:13:03.330><c> make</c>

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us<00:13:03.690><c> uneasy.</c>

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I'm<00:13:04.230><c> going</c><00:13:04.269><c> to</c><00:13:04.330><c> say</c><00:13:04.429><c> a</c><00:13:04.529><c> little</c><00:13:04.690><c> bit</c><00:13:04.830><c> more</c><00:13:05.029><c> about</c><00:13:05.210><c> this</c><00:13:05.570><c> later</c>

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on<00:13:06.049><c> in</c><00:13:06.210><c> this</c><00:13:06.429><c> class.</c>

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A<00:13:07.950><c> classic</c><00:13:08.210><c> example</c><00:13:08.649><c> is</c><00:13:08.909><c> Proverbs</c><00:13:09.190><c> 22</c><00:13:09.730><c> verse</c><00:13:10.029><c> 6.</c>

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Train<00:13:11.149><c> up</c><00:13:11.350><c> a</c><00:13:11.529><c> child</c><00:13:11.769><c> in</c><00:13:11.929><c> the</c><00:13:12.090><c> way</c><00:13:12.230><c> he</c><00:13:12.330><c> should</c><00:13:12.429><c> go,</c><00:13:12.750><c> and</c><00:13:12.809><c> when</c><00:13:12.889><c> he's</c><00:13:13.149><c> old</c><00:13:13.250><c> he</c>

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will<00:13:13.470><c> not</c><00:13:13.649><c> depart</c><00:13:13.929><c> from</c><00:13:14.190><c> it.</c>

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And<00:13:16.490><c> every</c><00:13:17.110><c> parent</c><00:13:17.409><c> wants</c><00:13:17.669><c> their</c><00:13:17.929><c> kids</c><00:13:18.110><c> to</c><00:13:18.330><c> do</c><00:13:18.450><c> good</c><00:13:18.669><c> things.</c>

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And<00:13:19.330><c> every</c><00:13:19.610><c> parent</c><00:13:19.990><c> at</c><00:13:20.269><c> some</c><00:13:20.529><c> point,</c><00:13:20.889><c> every</c><00:13:22.169><c> kid,</c><00:13:23.230><c> like</c><00:13:23.250><c> we</c><00:13:23.850><c> as</c>

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children<00:13:24.350><c> of</c><00:13:24.610><c> God,</c><00:13:25.629><c> at</c><00:13:25.789><c> some</c><00:13:26.029><c> point</c><00:13:26.149><c> we're</c><00:13:26.350><c> going</c><00:13:26.429><c> to</c><00:13:26.610><c> disappoint.</c>

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I<00:13:31.950><c> must</c><00:13:32.090><c> not</c><00:13:32.230><c> have</c><00:13:32.309><c> done</c><00:13:32.450><c> a</c><00:13:32.570><c> very</c><00:13:32.809><c> good</c><00:13:32.990><c> job</c><00:13:33.169><c> of</c><00:13:33.389><c> parenting.</c>

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We<00:13:36.629><c> think,</c><00:13:37.029><c> well,</c><00:13:38.629><c> if</c><00:13:38.990><c> my</c><00:13:39.629><c> training</c><00:13:39.909><c> of</c><00:13:40.129><c> my</c><00:13:40.429><c> child</c><00:13:40.870><c> makes</c><00:13:41.389><c> it</c>

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inevitable<00:13:42.509><c> that</c><00:13:44.929><c> he'll</c><00:13:45.029><c> do</c><00:13:45.309><c> good,</c><00:13:47.389><c> where's</c><00:13:47.570><c> my</c><00:13:47.809><c> child's</c>

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free<00:13:48.830><c> will?</c>

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well,<00:13:53.470><c> I'm</c><00:13:53.690><c> a</c><00:13:53.850><c> child</c><00:13:54.009><c> myself,</c><00:13:54.470><c> and</c><00:13:54.710><c> so</c><00:13:54.889><c> everything</c><00:13:55.149><c> I</c><00:13:55.370><c> do</c><00:13:55.529><c> wrong</c><00:13:55.789><c> must</c>

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be<00:13:56.850><c> Benta's</c><00:13:57.309><c> fault.</c>

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We<00:14:01.629><c> know</c><00:14:01.750><c> that's</c><00:14:02.009><c> not</c><00:14:02.250><c> true.</c>

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So<00:14:02.850><c> what</c><00:14:03.370><c> is</c><00:14:03.549><c> it</c><00:14:03.750><c> saying?</c>

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And<00:14:04.570><c> we</c><00:14:04.669><c> have</c><00:14:04.789><c> to</c><00:14:05.330><c> contemplate</c><00:14:05.889><c> it.</c>

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And<00:14:07.230><c> we</c><00:14:07.389><c> find</c><00:14:07.610><c> that</c><00:14:07.789><c> in</c><00:14:07.970><c> the</c><00:14:08.190><c> Proverbs,</c><00:14:08.870><c> it</c><00:14:09.409><c> wasn't</c><00:14:09.690><c> written</c><00:14:09.950><c> by</c><00:14:10.250><c> a</c>

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team<00:14:10.509><c> of</c><00:14:10.710><c> lawyers</c><00:14:10.990><c> with</c><00:14:11.210><c> asterisks</c><00:14:11.710><c> hung</c><00:14:11.909><c> on</c><00:14:12.049><c> everything</c><00:14:12.590><c> and</c>

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saying,<00:14:13.330><c> but</c><00:14:13.350><c> you're</c><00:14:13.529><c> accepting...</c>

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that<00:14:23.250><c> there</c><00:14:23.450><c> are</c><00:14:23.750><c> good</c><00:14:24.009><c> consequences.</c>

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We<00:14:25.409><c> feel</c><00:14:25.690><c> confident</c><00:14:26.110><c> saying</c><00:14:26.450><c> that.</c>

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The<00:14:29.330><c> point</c><00:14:29.529><c> is,</c><00:14:29.929><c> sometimes</c><00:14:30.370><c> the</c><00:14:30.649><c> Proverbs,</c><00:14:31.509><c> we</c><00:14:32.570><c> have</c><00:14:32.769><c> to</c>

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think<00:14:33.110><c> about</c><00:14:33.350><c> them.</c>

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Some<00:14:35.509><c> of</c><00:14:35.629><c> the</c><00:14:35.850><c> Proverbs</c><00:14:36.129><c> seem</c><00:14:37.070><c> overstated.</c>

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This<00:14:38.110><c> particular</c><00:14:38.590><c> one,</c><00:14:39.710><c> Proverbs</c><00:14:39.990><c> 11,</c><00:14:40.710><c> verse</c><00:14:40.970><c> 1,</c><00:14:42.269><c> I'm</c><00:14:42.470><c> going</c>

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to<00:14:42.649><c> give</c><00:14:42.750><c> a</c><00:14:42.950><c> class,</c><00:14:43.570><c> God</c><00:14:43.690><c> willing,</c><00:14:44.009><c> entitled</c><00:14:44.450><c> Things</c><00:14:45.190><c> God</c><00:14:45.509><c> Hates.</c>

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And<00:14:47.070><c> this</c><00:14:47.409><c> will</c><00:14:47.529><c> be</c><00:14:47.669><c> one</c><00:14:47.830><c> of</c><00:14:47.950><c> the</c><00:14:48.070><c> examples.</c>

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A<00:14:49.370><c> false</c><00:14:49.730><c> balance</c><00:14:50.570><c> is</c><00:14:51.750><c> an</c><00:14:52.009><c> abomination</c><00:14:52.850><c> to</c><00:14:54.690><c> the</c><00:14:54.889><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:14:56.230><c> what's</c><00:14:56.470><c> a</c><00:14:56.610><c> false</c><00:14:56.809><c> balance?</c>

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It's<00:14:57.809><c> cheating</c><00:14:58.190><c> in</c><00:14:59.009><c> merchandising.</c>

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It's<00:15:07.909><c> not</c><00:15:08.090><c> something</c><00:15:08.330><c> that's</c><00:15:08.649><c> just</c><00:15:09.049><c> really</c><00:15:09.490><c> distasteful</c><00:15:10.090><c> or</c>

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It's<00:15:11.870><c> the</c><00:15:12.049><c> same</c><00:15:12.250><c> language</c><00:15:12.730><c> as</c><00:15:13.090><c> used</c><00:15:13.309><c> to</c><00:15:13.669><c> describe</c><00:15:13.970><c> the</c><00:15:15.009><c> behaviors</c><00:15:15.370><c> of</c><00:15:15.549><c> the</c>

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people<00:15:15.870><c> who</c><00:15:16.149><c> were</c><00:15:16.149><c> driven</c><00:15:16.350><c> out</c><00:15:16.549><c> of</c><00:15:16.649><c> the</c><00:15:16.809><c> land</c><00:15:17.289><c> of</c><00:15:17.629><c> Canaan.</c>

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Things<00:15:19.610><c> we</c><00:15:19.750><c> don't</c><00:15:19.889><c> need</c><00:15:20.070><c> to</c><00:15:20.269><c> talk</c><00:15:20.429><c> about,</c><00:15:20.710><c> even</c><00:15:20.909><c> though</c><00:15:21.090><c> nowadays</c><00:15:21.529><c> they</c>

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are<00:15:22.049><c> becoming</c><00:15:22.570><c> accepted</c><00:15:23.230><c> and</c><00:15:23.590><c> standard</c><00:15:23.850><c> in</c><00:15:24.090><c> society.</c>

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Abominable<00:15:25.870><c> things.</c>

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Well,<00:15:26.750><c> a</c><00:15:26.929><c> false</c><00:15:27.110><c> balance</c><00:15:27.669><c> is</c><00:15:28.750><c> abominable.</c>

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Why<00:15:34.149><c> is</c><00:15:34.330><c> it</c><00:15:34.509><c> true?</c>

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Well,<00:15:36.850><c> I</c><00:15:37.330><c> won't</c><00:15:37.649><c> go</c><00:15:37.929><c> further</c><00:15:38.169><c> because</c><00:15:38.370><c> I</c><00:15:38.730><c> want</c><00:15:38.889><c> you</c><00:15:39.009><c> all</c><00:15:39.110><c> to</c><00:15:39.190><c> come</c><00:15:39.389><c> back</c><00:15:39.610><c> on</c><00:15:39.809><c> Friday.</c>

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You<00:15:45.129><c> know,</c><00:15:45.210><c> when</c><00:15:45.370><c> Jesus</c><00:15:45.789><c> taught</c><00:15:46.169><c> with</c><00:15:46.570><c> parables,</c>

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He<00:15:48.830><c> said</c><00:15:49.029><c> to</c><00:15:49.149><c> His</c><00:15:49.309><c> disciples,</c><00:15:50.129><c> unto</c><00:15:50.250><c> you</c><00:15:50.710><c> it</c><00:15:50.950><c> is</c><00:15:51.250><c> given</c><00:15:51.590><c> to</c><00:15:52.009><c> know</c><00:15:52.470><c> the</c>

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mysteries<00:15:53.710><c> of</c><00:15:53.929><c> the</c><00:15:54.090><c> kingdom</c><00:15:54.350><c> of</c><00:15:54.610><c> God,</c>

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but<00:15:56.029><c> to</c><00:15:56.309><c> others</c><00:15:56.570><c> in</c><00:15:56.929><c> parables</c><00:15:57.389><c> that</c><00:15:57.970><c> seeing</c><00:15:58.269><c> they</c><00:15:58.490><c> might</c><00:15:58.690><c> not</c>

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see<00:15:59.350><c> and</c><00:15:59.610><c> hearing</c><00:15:59.889><c> they</c><00:16:00.070><c> might</c><00:16:00.309><c> not</c><00:16:00.549><c> understand.</c>

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Sometimes<00:16:06.210><c> I</c><00:16:06.590><c> think</c><00:16:06.830><c> we</c><00:16:07.070><c> take</c><00:16:07.269><c> that</c><00:16:07.549><c> to</c><00:16:07.850><c> mean</c><00:16:08.269><c> that</c><00:16:09.629><c> we've</c><00:16:10.009><c> been</c><00:16:10.289><c> given</c><00:16:11.269><c> a</c>

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special<00:16:12.129><c> code</c>

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that<00:16:13.070><c> we</c><00:16:13.230><c> can</c><00:16:13.590><c> understand</c><00:16:14.570><c> things</c><00:16:15.049><c> that</c><00:16:15.429><c> are</c><00:16:16.110><c> obscure</c><00:16:16.809><c> and</c><00:16:17.529><c> cannot</c><00:16:17.750><c> be</c>

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understood<00:16:18.669><c> by</c><00:16:20.350><c> people</c><00:16:20.649><c> unless</c><00:16:20.909><c> they</c><00:16:21.129><c> are</c><00:16:21.389><c> enlightened.</c>

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And<00:16:23.370><c> yet,</c><00:16:25.389><c> the</c><00:16:25.610><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:26.250><c> on</c><00:16:26.529><c> multiple</c><00:16:27.029><c> occasions</c><00:16:27.549><c> perceived</c><00:16:28.350><c> that</c><00:16:28.649><c> He</c>

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spoke<00:16:29.250><c> this</c><00:16:29.669><c> parable</c><00:16:30.090><c> against</c><00:16:30.610><c> them.</c>

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The<00:16:32.950><c> message</c><00:16:33.250><c> of</c><00:16:33.429><c> the</c><00:16:33.649><c> parables</c><00:16:33.909><c> was</c><00:16:34.210><c> actually</c><00:16:34.629><c> very</c><00:16:35.110><c> simple</c><00:16:35.429><c> sometimes.</c>

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But<00:16:39.450><c> what's</c><00:16:39.970><c> needed</c><00:16:40.250><c> to</c><00:16:40.690><c> understand</c><00:16:41.269><c> the</c><00:16:41.669><c> parables</c><00:16:42.110><c> is</c><00:16:42.970><c> contemplation.</c>

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So,<00:16:44.990><c> for</c><00:16:45.250><c> instance,</c><00:16:46.490><c> we</c><00:16:46.710><c> think</c><00:16:46.870><c> to</c><00:16:47.129><c> ourself,</c><00:16:48.230><c> the</c><00:16:48.470><c> seed</c><00:16:48.730><c> that</c>

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fell<00:16:49.110><c> on</c><00:16:49.429><c> thorny</c><00:16:49.690><c> ground,</c>

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the<00:16:52.629><c> cares</c><00:16:52.909><c> of</c><00:16:53.169><c> this</c><00:16:53.470><c> world</c><00:16:53.750><c> and</c><00:16:54.029><c> the</c><00:16:54.330><c> deceitfulness</c><00:16:54.990><c> of</c><00:16:55.370><c> riches.</c>

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And<00:16:57.889><c> we</c><00:16:58.210><c> meditate</c><00:16:58.669><c> on</c><00:16:58.870><c> it</c><00:16:59.210><c> and</c><00:16:59.409><c> we</c><00:16:59.610><c> think</c><00:16:59.769><c> about</c><00:17:00.029><c> our</c><00:17:02.110><c> lives</c><00:17:02.649><c> and</c><00:17:02.889><c> we</c><00:17:03.129><c> say,</c>

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have<00:17:05.369><c> the</c><00:17:05.690><c> cares</c><00:17:05.990><c> of</c><00:17:06.349><c> this</c><00:17:06.650><c> life,</c><00:17:08.069><c> whatever</c><00:17:08.309><c> they</c><00:17:08.630><c> are,</c><00:17:08.950><c> even</c>

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things<00:17:09.490><c> that</c><00:17:09.670><c> we</c><00:17:09.789><c> might</c><00:17:09.950><c> consider</c><00:17:10.309><c> legitimate</c><00:17:10.869><c> concerns.</c>

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It's<00:17:13.490><c> not</c><00:17:13.750><c> worldly</c><00:17:14.089><c> cares</c><00:17:14.430><c> in</c><00:17:14.690><c> the</c><00:17:14.829><c> sense</c><00:17:14.970><c> of</c><00:17:15.529><c> the</c><00:17:15.789><c> world</c><00:17:16.089><c> out</c><00:17:16.309><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:17:16.769><c> the</c><00:17:16.950><c> cares</c><00:17:17.269><c> of</c><00:17:18.049><c> life</c><00:17:18.470><c> that</c><00:17:20.410><c> can</c><00:17:21.690><c> choke</c><00:17:22.069><c> the</c><00:17:22.349><c> word.</c>

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Do<00:17:23.309><c> we</c><00:17:23.410><c> let</c><00:17:23.549><c> them</c><00:17:23.950><c> choke</c><00:17:24.549><c> the</c><00:17:25.109><c> word</c><00:17:25.609><c> that</c><00:17:26.150><c> we</c><00:17:26.329><c> become</c><00:17:26.589><c> unfruitful?</c>

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The<00:17:28.210><c> deceitfulness</c><00:17:28.730><c> of</c><00:17:29.009><c> riches.</c>

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You<00:17:29.569><c> know,</c><00:17:30.789><c> living</c><00:17:31.009><c> in</c><00:17:31.170><c> the</c><00:17:31.309><c> Western</c><00:17:31.630><c> world,</c><00:17:33.450><c> this</c><00:17:34.309><c> is</c><00:17:34.549><c> something</c><00:17:34.789><c> we</c><00:17:35.190><c> need</c><00:17:35.470><c> to</c>

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think<00:17:35.849><c> about.</c>

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We<00:17:36.210><c> need</c><00:17:36.430><c> to</c><00:17:36.670><c> meditate</c><00:17:37.049><c> on</c><00:17:37.269><c> it.</c>

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Can<00:17:38.210><c> it</c><00:17:38.490><c> choke</c><00:17:38.829><c> the</c><00:17:39.190><c> word?</c>

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Those<00:17:41.049><c> who</c><00:17:41.289><c> have</c><00:17:41.890><c> lived</c><00:17:42.250><c> and</c><00:17:43.609><c> taught</c><00:17:43.890><c> the</c><00:17:44.210><c> truth</c><00:17:44.490><c> in</c><00:17:44.910><c> third</c>

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world<00:17:45.410><c> countries</c>

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or<00:17:47.569><c> know</c><00:17:47.769><c> people</c><00:17:48.029><c> from</c><00:17:48.309><c> third</c><00:17:48.549><c> world</c><00:17:48.730><c> countries</c><00:17:49.190><c> will</c><00:17:49.450><c> know</c><00:17:49.890><c> that</c><00:17:50.289><c> there</c><00:17:50.650><c> is</c><00:17:51.630><c> a</c>

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dulling<00:17:52.230><c> of</c><00:17:52.410><c> the</c><00:17:52.690><c> sensitivities</c><00:17:53.470><c> among</c><00:17:54.869><c> those</c><00:17:55.210><c> who</c><00:17:55.410><c> are</c><00:17:55.589><c> wealthy</c>

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and<00:17:58.750><c> a</c><00:17:59.009><c> higher</c><00:17:59.390><c> sensitivity</c><00:17:59.990><c> very</c><00:18:00.349><c> often</c><00:18:00.630><c> among</c><00:18:00.910><c> those</c><00:18:01.390><c> who</c>

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are<00:18:01.809><c> the</c><00:18:02.009><c> poor</c><00:18:02.170><c> of</c><00:18:02.329><c> this</c><00:18:02.589><c> world</c><00:18:03.089><c> who</c><00:18:03.670><c> can</c><00:18:03.829><c> be</c><00:18:03.950><c> the</c><00:18:04.130><c> rich</c><00:18:04.289><c> in</c><00:18:04.549><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:18:07.349><c> so</c><00:18:07.910><c> we</c><00:18:08.890><c> need</c><00:18:09.109><c> to</c><00:18:09.410><c> meditate</c><00:18:09.890><c> on</c><00:18:10.730><c> the</c><00:18:10.950><c> parables</c><00:18:11.230><c> of</c><00:18:11.450><c> our</c><00:18:11.630><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:18:12.450><c> that's</c><00:18:12.750><c> how</c><00:18:13.029><c> our</c><00:18:13.329><c> eyes</c><00:18:13.609><c> then</c><00:18:13.869><c> can</c><00:18:14.069><c> be</c><00:18:14.349><c> opened.</c>

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That's<00:18:15.029><c> how</c><00:18:15.250><c> our</c><00:18:15.450><c> eyes</c><00:18:15.730><c> then</c><00:18:16.130><c> can</c><00:18:16.309><c> receive</c><00:18:16.750><c> the</c><00:18:17.009><c> blessings.</c>

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All<00:18:18.410><c> right.</c>

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So<00:18:18.809><c> my</c><00:18:18.970><c> first</c><00:18:19.529><c> suggestion</c><00:18:20.029><c> then</c><00:18:20.269><c> about</c><00:18:20.490><c> how</c><00:18:20.710><c> we</c><00:18:20.970><c> read</c><00:18:21.589><c> the</c><00:18:24.170><c> Proverbs</c><00:18:24.650><c> is</c>

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that<00:18:25.710><c> we</c><00:18:25.910><c> need</c><00:18:26.150><c> to</c><00:18:26.329><c> be</c><00:18:26.630><c> very,</c><00:18:26.970><c> very</c><00:18:27.289><c> careful</c><00:18:27.930><c> to</c><00:18:29.650><c> do</c><00:18:30.430><c> it</c><00:18:30.609><c> in</c><00:18:30.730><c> a</c>

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contemplative<00:18:31.490><c> spirit.</c>

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Now,<00:18:34.930><c> my</c><00:18:35.109><c> next</c><00:18:35.329><c> suggestion</c><00:18:35.769><c> and</c><00:18:37.410><c> offer</c><00:18:38.190><c> this</c><00:18:38.390><c> for</c><00:18:38.529><c> what</c><00:18:38.630><c> it's</c><00:18:38.809><c> worth.</c>

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I'm<00:18:39.109><c> not</c><00:18:39.769><c> a</c><00:18:41.089><c> literary</c><00:18:41.549><c> type</c><00:18:41.930><c> or</c><00:18:43.029><c> that</c><00:18:43.450><c> kind</c><00:18:43.609><c> of</c><00:18:43.789><c> scholar</c><00:18:44.009><c> or</c><00:18:44.170><c> whatever.</c>

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But<00:18:44.690><c> we</c><00:18:45.089><c> should</c><00:18:45.250><c> be</c><00:18:45.529><c> aware</c><00:18:45.970><c> of</c><00:18:47.109><c> that</c><00:18:47.849><c> in</c><00:18:48.730><c> the</c><00:18:49.009><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:49.329><c> Bible,</c>

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the<00:18:50.750><c> Old</c><00:18:50.930><c> Testament,</c><00:18:54.230><c> the</c><00:18:54.490><c> poetry</c><00:18:55.069><c> of</c><00:18:56.009><c> the</c><00:18:56.230><c> language</c><00:18:56.569><c> is</c><00:18:57.029><c> expressed</c><00:18:57.390><c> in</c>

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what<00:18:57.769><c> are</c><00:18:57.970><c> called</c><00:18:58.269><c> parallelisms.</c>

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In<00:19:00.730><c> English,</c><00:19:01.069><c> we</c><00:19:01.269><c> do</c><00:19:01.710><c> rhyming</c><00:19:02.210><c> words.</c>

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You<00:19:02.869><c> know,</c><00:19:03.329><c> roses</c><00:19:03.410><c> are</c><00:19:03.670><c> red,</c><00:19:04.150><c> violets</c><00:19:04.430><c> are</c><00:19:04.630><c> blue,</c><00:19:04.910><c> sugar</c><00:19:05.210><c> is</c><00:19:05.529><c> sweet.</c>

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So<00:19:06.430><c> are</c><00:19:06.630><c> you.</c>

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And<00:19:07.789><c> then</c><00:19:07.890><c> we</c><00:19:07.930><c> get</c><00:19:08.130><c> the</c><00:19:08.309><c> rhyme</c><00:19:08.450><c> and</c><00:19:08.730><c> the</c><00:19:08.990><c> words</c><00:19:09.289><c> rhyme</c><00:19:09.690><c> in</c><00:19:10.609><c> the</c><00:19:10.890><c> structure.</c>

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In<00:19:12.230><c> Hebrew,</c><00:19:13.529><c> it's</c><00:19:13.869><c> rhyming</c><00:19:14.250><c> ideas.</c>

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So<00:19:15.710><c> the</c><00:19:15.910><c> first</c><00:19:16.170><c> idea</c><00:19:16.509><c> sort</c><00:19:16.710><c> of</c><00:19:16.869><c> matches</c><00:19:17.089><c> up</c><00:19:17.309><c> with</c><00:19:17.509><c> the</c><00:19:17.690><c> second</c><00:19:17.910><c> idea.</c>

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Maybe<00:19:18.589><c> not</c><00:19:18.869><c> exactly,</c><00:19:19.609><c> but</c><00:19:20.470><c> it</c><00:19:20.690><c> matches</c><00:19:20.890><c> up</c><00:19:21.109><c> in</c><00:19:21.329><c> some</c><00:19:21.529><c> way</c><00:19:21.710><c> so</c><00:19:21.890><c> that</c><00:19:21.970><c> there's</c><00:19:22.250><c> a</c>

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building<00:19:22.710><c> of</c><00:19:23.089><c> thoughts.</c>

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It's<00:19:24.650><c> thought</c><00:19:24.890><c> poetry.</c>

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And<00:19:27.029><c> there's</c><00:19:27.710><c> four</c><00:19:27.930><c> different</c><00:19:28.190><c> kinds,</c><00:19:28.569><c> four</c><00:19:28.849><c> main</c><00:19:29.130><c> different</c>

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kinds<00:19:29.710><c> of</c><00:19:30.349><c> parallelisms</c><00:19:30.970><c> that</c><00:19:31.529><c> are</c><00:19:32.089><c> identified.</c>

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And<00:19:33.549><c> I'll</c><00:19:33.849><c> just</c><00:19:33.950><c> take</c><00:19:34.230><c> a</c><00:19:34.430><c> minute</c><00:19:34.569><c> to</c><00:19:34.730><c> go</c><00:19:34.930><c> through</c><00:19:35.170><c> these</c><00:19:35.430><c> and</c>

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show<00:19:36.029><c> you</c><00:19:36.170><c> some</c><00:19:36.369><c> examples.</c>

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Because<00:19:38.670><c> they</c><00:19:38.930><c> very</c><00:19:39.289><c> often</c><00:19:39.630><c> are</c><00:19:39.910><c> quite</c><00:19:40.250><c> helpful</c><00:19:40.609><c> in</c><00:19:41.009><c> understanding</c><00:19:41.609><c> what</c><00:19:41.890><c> the</c>

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parables<00:19:42.430><c> about</c><00:19:42.930><c> and</c><00:19:43.710><c> in</c><00:19:44.029><c> helping</c><00:19:44.230><c> us</c><00:19:44.450><c> in</c><00:19:44.589><c> our</c><00:19:44.849><c> contemplation.</c>

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So<00:19:46.690><c> the</c><00:19:46.930><c> first</c><00:19:47.230><c> and</c><00:19:47.529><c> I</c><00:19:47.730><c> believe</c><00:19:47.990><c> the</c><00:19:48.490><c> most</c><00:19:48.970><c> common</c><00:19:49.630><c> form</c><00:19:49.990><c> of</c><00:19:50.329><c> parallelism</c><00:19:50.970><c> is</c>

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what's<00:19:51.990><c> called</c><00:19:52.289><c> synonymous</c><00:19:53.269><c> parallelism.</c>

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And<00:19:54.750><c> that's</c><00:19:54.890><c> where</c><00:19:55.230><c> a</c><00:19:55.410><c> verse</c><00:19:55.589><c> has</c><00:19:55.869><c> two</c><00:19:56.089><c> clauses,</c><00:19:56.589><c> two</c><00:19:56.890><c> statements.</c>

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And<00:19:57.829><c> the</c><00:19:57.950><c> one</c><00:19:58.109><c> sort</c><00:19:58.349><c> of</c><00:19:58.490><c> is</c><00:19:58.710><c> a</c><00:19:59.369><c> mirror</c><00:19:59.710><c> image</c><00:20:00.069><c> of</c><00:20:00.269><c> the</c><00:20:00.430><c> other.</c>

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Great<00:20:01.390><c> example</c><00:20:01.789><c> of</c><00:20:02.089><c> chapter</c><00:20:02.349><c> one,</c><00:20:03.730><c> verse</c><00:20:03.950><c> 20.</c>

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Wisdom<00:20:06.829><c> cryeth</c><00:20:07.569><c> without,</c><00:20:09.049><c> she</c><00:20:09.349><c> uttereth</c><00:20:09.789><c> her</c><00:20:10.089><c> voice</c><00:20:10.549><c> in</c><00:20:10.910><c> the</c><00:20:11.109><c> streets.</c>

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Wisdom<00:20:13.109><c> outside,</c><00:20:14.589><c> she</c><00:20:14.890><c> tries</c><00:20:15.289><c> her</c><00:20:15.849><c> voice</c><00:20:16.029><c> in</c><00:20:16.250><c> the</c><00:20:16.369><c> streets.</c>

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Chapter<00:20:18.170><c> 17,</c><00:20:20.730><c> verse</c><00:20:21.009><c> four.</c>

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I<00:20:23.089><c> want</c><00:20:23.150><c> to</c><00:20:23.289><c> have</c><00:20:23.470><c> a</c><00:20:23.569><c> look</c><00:20:23.690><c> at</c><00:20:23.829><c> this</c><00:20:24.009><c> one.</c>

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An<00:20:26.970><c> evil</c><00:20:27.309><c> doer</c><00:20:27.970><c> listens</c><00:20:28.509><c> to</c><00:20:28.890><c> wicked</c><00:20:29.210><c> lips.</c>

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A<00:20:32.750><c> liar</c><00:20:33.069><c> pays</c><00:20:33.450><c> attention</c><00:20:34.150><c> to</c><00:20:34.829><c> a</c><00:20:35.029><c> destructive</c><00:20:35.630><c> tongue.</c>

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So<00:20:37.390><c> the</c><00:20:37.710><c> evil</c><00:20:37.990><c> doer</c><00:20:38.769><c> matches</c><00:20:39.170><c> up</c><00:20:39.650><c> with</c><00:20:40.609><c> the</c><00:20:41.069><c> liar,</c><00:20:42.329><c> the</c><00:20:42.589><c> wicked</c>

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lips<00:20:43.430><c> with</c><00:20:44.029><c> the</c><00:20:44.450><c> destructive</c><00:20:44.869><c> tongue.</c>

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Now<00:20:46.809><c> it's</c><00:20:47.069><c> tempting</c><00:20:47.490><c> when</c><00:20:48.089><c> we're</c><00:20:48.329><c> looking</c><00:20:48.490><c> at</c><00:20:48.690><c> these</c><00:20:49.130><c> parallels</c><00:20:49.589><c> to</c><00:20:49.849><c> sometimes</c><00:20:50.849><c> look</c>

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for<00:20:52.930><c> subtle</c><00:20:53.230><c> differences</c><00:20:53.809><c> in</c><00:20:54.109><c> the</c><00:20:54.289><c> meanings</c><00:20:54.589><c> between</c><00:20:55.490><c> two</c><00:20:55.789><c> words,</c>

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which<00:20:56.230><c> are</c><00:20:56.390><c> really</c><00:20:56.630><c> being</c><00:20:56.910><c> used</c><00:20:57.369><c> in</c><00:20:58.029><c> a</c><00:20:58.170><c> synonymous</c><00:20:58.650><c> kind</c><00:20:58.890><c> of</c><00:20:59.089><c> way.</c>

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It's<00:21:00.529><c> worth</c><00:21:01.029><c> bearing</c><00:21:02.309><c> in</c><00:21:02.630><c> mind</c><00:21:02.869><c> that</c><00:21:03.109><c> those</c><00:21:04.049><c> differences</c><00:21:04.470><c> might</c><00:21:04.710><c> not</c>

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be<00:21:05.509><c> quite</c><00:21:05.809><c> intended.</c>

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Look<00:21:07.349><c> at</c><00:21:07.509><c> the</c><00:21:07.789><c> structure</c><00:21:08.190><c> of</c><00:21:09.390><c> a</c><00:21:09.690><c> synonymous</c><00:21:10.269><c> parallel.</c>

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Another<00:21:14.250><c> very</c><00:21:14.809><c> common</c><00:21:15.170><c> one</c><00:21:15.349><c> in</c><00:21:15.630><c> the</c><00:21:15.750><c> Book</c><00:21:15.950><c> of</c><00:21:16.170><c> Proverbs</c><00:21:16.490><c> is</c>

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what's<00:21:17.390><c> called</c><00:21:17.630><c> antithetic</c><00:21:18.630><c> parallelism.</c>

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And<00:21:20.210><c> in</c><00:21:20.369><c> this</c><00:21:20.569><c> one,</c><00:21:22.450><c> this</c><00:21:22.930><c> is</c><00:21:23.190><c> the</c><00:21:23.269><c> most</c><00:21:23.569><c> common</c><00:21:23.829><c> one</c><00:21:24.009><c> in</c><00:21:24.190><c> Proverbs,</c><00:21:24.609><c> sorry,</c><00:21:24.710><c> not</c>

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the<00:21:25.089><c> synonymous.</c>

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This<00:21:25.710><c> is</c><00:21:25.930><c> the</c><00:21:25.990><c> most</c><00:21:26.250><c> common</c><00:21:26.470><c> one.</c>

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The<00:21:27.589><c> second</c><00:21:28.049><c> line</c><00:21:28.549><c> is</c><00:21:28.890><c> set</c><00:21:29.109><c> in</c><00:21:29.490><c> contrast</c><00:21:30.049><c> to</c><00:21:30.730><c> the</c><00:21:31.130><c> idea</c><00:21:31.390><c> of</c><00:21:31.549><c> the</c>

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first<00:21:31.869><c> line</c><00:21:32.309><c> and</c><00:21:33.069><c> usually</c><00:21:33.410><c> has</c><00:21:34.009><c> something</c><00:21:34.369><c> like</c><00:21:34.569><c> the</c><00:21:34.730><c> word</c><00:21:34.970><c> but</c><00:21:35.369><c> in</c><00:21:36.049><c> it.</c>

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So<00:21:38.589><c> here's</c><00:21:38.829><c> an</c><00:21:38.990><c> example,</c><00:21:39.730><c> Proverbs</c><00:21:39.990><c> 10,</c><00:21:40.349><c> verse</c><00:21:40.609><c> one.</c>

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A<00:21:42.049><c> wise</c><00:21:42.529><c> son</c><00:21:43.390><c> makes</c><00:21:44.130><c> a</c><00:21:44.369><c> father</c><00:21:44.589><c> glad,</c><00:21:46.289><c> but</c><00:21:47.069><c> a</c><00:21:47.809><c> foolish</c><00:21:48.150><c> son</c><00:21:48.950><c> is</c>

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a<00:21:50.029><c> grief</c><00:21:50.170><c> to</c><00:21:50.329><c> his</c><00:21:50.490><c> mother.</c>

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Now<00:21:51.829><c> let's</c><00:21:52.009><c> not</c><00:21:52.170><c> try</c><00:21:52.349><c> to</c><00:21:52.529><c> figure</c><00:21:52.650><c> out</c><00:21:52.849><c> the</c><00:21:53.009><c> difference</c><00:21:53.230><c> between</c><00:21:53.529><c> father</c>

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and<00:21:53.990><c> mother's</c><00:21:54.470><c> roles</c><00:21:54.670><c> in</c><00:21:54.890><c> this</c><00:21:55.130><c> verse.</c>

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What<00:21:55.809><c> it's</c><00:21:56.029><c> saying,</c><00:21:56.750><c> I</c><00:21:57.509><c> believe,</c><00:21:58.730><c> is</c><00:21:59.210><c> that</c><00:21:59.990><c> a</c><00:22:00.329><c> wise</c><00:22:00.710><c> child</c><00:22:01.890><c> brings</c><00:22:03.710><c> joy</c>

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and<00:22:06.190><c> a</c><00:22:06.490><c> foolish</c><00:22:06.690><c> child</c><00:22:07.230><c> does</c><00:22:07.569><c> the</c><00:22:07.809><c> opposite.</c>

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In<00:22:09.230><c> fact,</c><00:22:10.029><c> the</c><00:22:10.170><c> mother</c><00:22:10.410><c> and</c><00:22:10.750><c> fathers,</c><00:22:11.269><c> their</c><00:22:11.410><c> roles</c><00:22:11.750><c> there,</c>

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there<00:22:12.549><c> might</c><00:22:12.809><c> be</c><00:22:13.069><c> some</c><00:22:13.369><c> differences</c>

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sometimes<00:22:14.390><c> in</c><00:22:14.569><c> the</c><00:22:14.690><c> way</c><00:22:14.829><c> mothers</c><00:22:15.150><c> and</c><00:22:15.369><c> fathers</c><00:22:15.670><c> respond</c><00:22:16.289><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:16.750><c> challenges</c><00:22:17.130><c> of</c><00:22:17.549><c> child</c><00:22:17.890><c> rearing</c><00:22:18.269><c> and</c><00:22:18.589><c> difficulties.</c>

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But<00:22:20.789><c> it's</c><00:22:21.430><c> not</c><00:22:21.690><c> that</c><00:22:22.950><c> a</c><00:22:22.950><c> foolish</c><00:22:23.430><c> son</c><00:22:23.630><c> doesn't</c><00:22:23.930><c> bring</c><00:22:24.130><c> grief</c><00:22:24.369><c> to</c><00:22:24.549><c> his</c><00:22:25.009><c> father</c><00:22:25.529><c> or</c><00:22:26.069><c> a</c>

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wise<00:22:26.309><c> son</c><00:22:26.490><c> doesn't</c><00:22:26.750><c> bring</c><00:22:27.210><c> joy</c><00:22:27.450><c> to</c><00:22:27.630><c> his</c><00:22:27.869><c> mother.</c>

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The<00:22:30.150><c> point</c><00:22:30.450><c> is</c><00:22:30.690><c> that</c><00:22:31.089><c> the</c><00:22:31.369><c> same</c><00:22:31.690><c> idea</c><00:22:32.170><c> has</c><00:22:32.390><c> been</c><00:22:32.730><c> expressed</c><00:22:33.250><c> in</c>

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contrasting<00:22:34.410><c> ways</c><00:22:35.069><c> so</c><00:22:35.750><c> that</c><00:22:35.869><c> the</c><00:22:36.130><c> ideas</c><00:22:36.430><c> will</c><00:22:36.750><c> stick</c><00:22:36.890><c> in</c><00:22:37.069><c> our</c><00:22:37.250><c> minds.</c>

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Chapter<00:22:39.130><c> 12,</c><00:22:39.809><c> verse</c><00:22:40.109><c> five,</c><00:22:40.990><c> another</c><00:22:41.410><c> antithetic</c><00:22:42.049><c> parallel.</c>

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The<00:22:43.630><c> thoughts</c><00:22:44.109><c> of</c><00:22:44.589><c> the</c><00:22:44.849><c> righteous</c><00:22:45.390><c> are</c><00:22:46.990><c> just,</c><00:22:49.430><c> but</c><00:22:49.569><c> the</c><00:22:49.809><c> counsels</c><00:22:50.470><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:50.869><c> wicked</c><00:22:51.289><c> are</c><00:22:52.650><c> deceitful.</c>

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You<00:22:56.849><c> know,</c><00:22:57.170><c> take</c><00:22:57.309><c> it</c><00:22:57.470><c> out</c><00:22:57.630><c> and</c><00:22:57.829><c> chew</c><00:22:57.990><c> on</c><00:22:58.109><c> it.</c>

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Think<00:22:58.470><c> about</c><00:22:58.769><c> it.</c>

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The<00:23:00.549><c> thoughts</c><00:23:00.730><c> of</c><00:23:00.950><c> the</c><00:23:01.069><c> righteous</c><00:23:01.349><c> are</c><00:23:01.690><c> just,</c><00:23:02.910><c> but</c><00:23:03.049><c> the</c><00:23:03.269><c> counsels</c><00:23:03.990><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:04.369><c> wicked</c><00:23:04.809><c> are</c><00:23:05.569><c> deceitful.</c>

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Does<00:23:06.130><c> that</c><00:23:06.309><c> even</c><00:23:06.509><c> need</c><00:23:06.630><c> to</c><00:23:06.809><c> be</c><00:23:07.049><c> said?</c>

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Well,<00:23:13.690><c> what</c><00:23:13.950><c> about</c><00:23:14.170><c> us?</c>

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What<00:23:16.269><c> are</c><00:23:16.450><c> our</c><00:23:16.690><c> thoughts</c><00:23:16.930><c> like?</c>

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What<00:23:17.529><c> are</c><00:23:17.690><c> our</c><00:23:17.890><c> counsels</c><00:23:18.369><c> like?</c>

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Which<00:23:19.029><c> category</c><00:23:19.569><c> are</c><00:23:19.750><c> we</c><00:23:19.970><c> in?</c>

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Like<00:23:23.609><c> Brother</c><00:23:23.829><c> Mark</c><00:23:24.049><c> said</c><00:23:24.230><c> this</c><00:23:24.470><c> morning,</c><00:23:25.190><c> our</c><00:23:25.450><c> words,</c><00:23:26.529><c> they</c>

00:23:27.349 --> 00:23:29.309
bring<00:23:27.509><c> out</c><00:23:27.710><c> the</c><00:23:27.930><c> abundance</c><00:23:28.190><c> of</c><00:23:28.410><c> the</c><00:23:28.569><c> heart.</c>

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It's<00:23:29.990><c> because</c><00:23:30.230><c> out</c><00:23:30.529><c> of</c><00:23:30.609><c> the</c><00:23:30.789><c> abundance</c><00:23:30.970><c> of</c><00:23:31.130><c> the</c><00:23:31.230><c> heart</c><00:23:31.369><c> that</c>

00:23:31.549 --> 00:23:34.529
the<00:23:31.690><c> mouth</c><00:23:31.890><c> speaks</c><00:23:32.269><c> that</c><00:23:32.430><c> will</c><00:23:32.650><c> be</c><00:23:32.829><c> judged</c><00:23:33.150><c> by</c><00:23:33.430><c> our</c><00:23:33.690><c> words.</c>

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So<00:23:35.269><c> what's</c><00:23:35.630><c> in</c><00:23:35.809><c> there?</c>

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Are<00:23:36.970><c> we</c><00:23:37.289><c> the</c><00:23:37.529><c> just</c><00:23:37.869><c> or</c><00:23:39.109><c> are</c><00:23:39.289><c> we</c><00:23:39.390><c> the</c><00:23:39.529><c> wicked?</c>

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These<00:23:41.930><c> antithetic</c><00:23:42.509><c> parallels,</c><00:23:43.210><c> another</c><00:23:43.509><c> bar</c><00:23:43.809><c> chart.</c>

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You<00:23:44.109><c> have</c><00:23:44.250><c> to</c><00:23:44.349><c> have</c><00:23:44.450><c> a</c><00:23:44.589><c> bar</c><00:23:44.710><c> chart</c><00:23:44.869><c> now</c><00:23:45.049><c> and</c><00:23:45.150><c> again</c><00:23:45.269><c> just</c><00:23:45.509><c> to</c>

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keep<00:23:46.730><c> things</c><00:23:47.170><c> really</c><00:23:47.950><c> alive.</c>

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But<00:23:48.490><c> isn't</c><00:23:48.829><c> this</c><00:23:48.970><c> interesting?</c>

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Isn't<00:23:51.109><c> statistics</c><00:23:51.589><c> great?</c>

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I<00:23:53.609><c> did</c><00:23:54.009><c> a</c><00:23:54.529><c> search</c><00:23:54.829><c> on</c><00:23:55.009><c> the</c><00:23:55.130><c> word</c><00:23:55.329><c> but</c><00:23:55.690><c> in</c><00:23:56.289><c> the</c><00:23:56.450><c> King</c><00:23:56.630><c> James</c><00:23:56.849><c> Version</c><00:23:57.170><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:57.450><c> Bible.</c>

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You<00:23:58.789><c> notice</c><00:23:59.109><c> there's</c><00:24:00.410><c> something</c><00:24:00.609><c> like</c><00:24:00.990><c> 40,</c><00:24:02.069><c> no,</c><00:24:02.349><c> 142</c><00:24:03.529><c> times</c>

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in<00:24:04.890><c> chapters</c><00:24:05.269><c> 10</c><00:24:05.609><c> to</c><00:24:05.730><c> 15</c><00:24:06.529><c> of</c><00:24:08.789><c> the</c><00:24:09.190><c> book</c><00:24:09.329><c> of</c><00:24:09.589><c> Proverbs</c><00:24:10.150><c> that</c><00:24:11.029><c> this</c><00:24:11.549><c> word</c><00:24:12.109><c> but</c>

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comes<00:24:13.690><c> in.</c>

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So<00:24:14.130><c> this</c><00:24:14.289><c> is</c><00:24:14.509><c> a</c><00:24:14.630><c> section</c><00:24:14.849><c> where</c><00:24:15.029><c> we</c><00:24:15.190><c> have</c><00:24:15.349><c> a</c><00:24:15.630><c> lot</c><00:24:15.869><c> of</c><00:24:16.069><c> these</c><00:24:16.369><c> antithetic</c><00:24:17.529><c> parallels</c><00:24:18.269><c> where</c><00:24:19.269><c> the</c>

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same<00:24:19.789><c> idea</c><00:24:20.329><c> is</c><00:24:20.970><c> repeated</c><00:24:21.509><c> in</c><00:24:22.890><c> opposite</c><00:24:23.289><c> ways</c><00:24:23.710><c> to</c><00:24:23.910><c> make</c><00:24:24.049><c> the</c><00:24:24.269><c> point.</c>

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All<00:24:24.809><c> right,</c><00:24:25.150><c> next</c><00:24:25.369><c> one.</c>

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Emblematic<00:24:28.430><c> parallelism.</c>

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In<00:24:30.390><c> these,</c><00:24:31.650><c> I</c><00:24:31.769><c> hope</c><00:24:31.829><c> this</c><00:24:32.049><c> isn't</c><00:24:32.250><c> overwhelming,</c><00:24:32.809><c> but</c><00:24:32.930><c> it</c><00:24:33.069><c> is</c>

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kind<00:24:33.410><c> of</c><00:24:33.549><c> neat</c><00:24:33.650><c> to</c><00:24:33.890><c> see</c><00:24:34.069><c> this</c><00:24:34.349><c> structure.</c>

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And<00:24:35.450><c> it</c><00:24:35.589><c> does</c><00:24:35.829><c> help</c><00:24:36.069><c> us,</c><00:24:36.789><c> I</c><00:24:37.029><c> think,</c><00:24:38.269><c> in</c><00:24:38.950><c> reading</c><00:24:39.289><c> the</c><00:24:39.630><c> Proverbs</c>

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and<00:24:40.930><c> in</c><00:24:41.730><c> saying,</c><00:24:42.049><c> well,</c><00:24:42.170><c> what</c><00:24:42.730><c> is</c><00:24:42.950><c> this</c><00:24:43.210><c> verse</c><00:24:43.569><c> getting</c><00:24:44.089><c> at?</c>

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What's<00:24:44.650><c> the</c><00:24:44.829><c> message?</c>

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So<00:24:47.509><c> emblematic</c><00:24:48.029><c> parallels</c><00:24:48.470><c> have</c><00:24:49.390><c> one</c><00:24:49.789><c> part</c><00:24:50.130><c> that</c><00:24:50.369><c> is</c><00:24:50.650><c> figurative</c><00:24:51.269><c> and</c>

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another<00:24:52.049><c> part</c><00:24:52.309><c> that's</c><00:24:52.609><c> literal.</c>

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Well,<00:24:53.049><c> here's</c><00:24:53.390><c> a</c><00:24:53.529><c> good</c><00:24:53.670><c> example.</c>

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Chapter<00:24:54.309><c> 10,</c><00:24:54.849><c> verse</c><00:24:55.009><c> 26.</c>

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This<00:24:58.549><c> is</c><00:24:58.670><c> a</c><00:24:58.750><c> good</c><00:24:58.869><c> one.</c>

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It's<00:25:00.250><c> like</c><00:25:00.490><c> the</c><00:25:00.970><c> candy's</c><00:25:01.349><c> coming</c><00:25:01.490><c> out</c><00:25:01.650><c> of</c><00:25:01.690><c> the</c><00:25:01.869><c> box.</c>

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I<00:25:02.329><c> like</c><00:25:02.490><c> this</c><00:25:02.690><c> one.</c>

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As<00:25:04.710><c> vinegar</c><00:25:05.150><c> to</c><00:25:05.309><c> the</c><00:25:05.589><c> teeth</c><00:25:05.970><c> and</c><00:25:07.589><c> as</c><00:25:07.970><c> smoke</c><00:25:08.309><c> to</c><00:25:08.490><c> the</c><00:25:08.690><c> eyes.</c>

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You<00:25:09.809><c> ever</c><00:25:09.930><c> gotten</c><00:25:10.069><c> a</c><00:25:10.230><c> mouthful</c><00:25:10.630><c> of</c><00:25:10.789><c> vinegar?</c>

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I<00:25:13.630><c> did</c><00:25:13.809><c> yesterday</c><00:25:14.230><c> with</c><00:25:14.470><c> the</c><00:25:14.630><c> teens</c><00:25:14.829><c> to</c><00:25:16.230><c> show</c><00:25:16.410><c> them</c><00:25:16.549><c> what</c><00:25:16.690><c> it</c>

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means<00:25:17.130><c> to</c><00:25:17.329><c> be</c><00:25:17.509><c> moved</c><00:25:17.650><c> by</c><00:25:17.910><c> compassion,</c><00:25:18.529><c> moved</c><00:25:18.710><c> with</c><00:25:18.930><c> compassion.</c>

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I<00:25:20.109><c> had</c><00:25:20.470><c> bit</c><00:25:20.569><c> into</c><00:25:20.849><c> a</c><00:25:21.009><c> lemon</c><00:25:21.210><c> and</c><00:25:21.710><c> they</c><00:25:21.990><c> were</c><00:25:22.210><c> all</c><00:25:22.430><c> moved</c><00:25:22.630><c> with</c><00:25:22.890><c> compassion.</c>

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They<00:25:23.490><c> could</c><00:25:23.670><c> all</c><00:25:23.849><c> feel</c><00:25:24.029><c> it</c><00:25:24.150><c> in</c><00:25:24.289><c> their</c><00:25:24.369><c> mouth.</c>

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And<00:25:25.049><c> we</c><00:25:25.130><c> can</c><00:25:25.309><c> sort</c><00:25:25.450><c> of</c><00:25:25.589><c> feel</c><00:25:25.670><c> it</c><00:25:25.789><c> in</c><00:25:25.869><c> our</c><00:25:26.009><c> mouth</c><00:25:26.250><c> here</c><00:25:27.009><c> with</c><00:25:28.430><c> the</c>

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vinegar<00:25:29.170><c> to</c><00:25:29.470><c> the</c><00:25:29.690><c> teeth</c><00:25:30.109><c> and</c><00:25:31.769><c> smoke</c><00:25:32.130><c> to</c><00:25:32.329><c> the</c><00:25:32.529><c> eyes.</c>

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You<00:25:34.490><c> know,</c><00:25:34.490><c> anybody</c><00:25:34.650><c> who's</c><00:25:34.789><c> ever</c><00:25:34.930><c> sat</c><00:25:35.130><c> around</c><00:25:35.349><c> a</c><00:25:35.569><c> campfire</c><00:25:36.069><c> and</c><00:25:37.450><c> the</c><00:25:37.569><c> wind</c><00:25:37.789><c> changes</c><00:25:38.210><c> direction</c><00:25:39.109><c> and</c><00:25:39.849><c> all</c><00:25:39.990><c> of</c>

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a<00:25:40.170><c> sudden</c><00:25:40.170><c> you</c><00:25:40.369><c> have</c><00:25:40.529><c> a</c><00:25:40.690><c> face</c><00:25:40.869><c> full</c><00:25:41.029><c> of</c><00:25:41.230><c> smoke,</c><00:25:42.730><c> you</c><00:25:42.990><c> know</c><00:25:43.470><c> your</c><00:25:43.630><c> reaction.</c>

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Vinegar<00:25:46.029><c> to</c><00:25:46.230><c> the</c><00:25:46.410><c> teeth,</c><00:25:47.349><c> the</c><00:25:47.609><c> smoke</c><00:25:47.809><c> to</c><00:25:48.009><c> the</c><00:25:48.210><c> eyes.</c>

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So<00:25:48.890><c> there's</c><00:25:49.210><c> the</c><00:25:49.470><c> figurative</c><00:25:49.990><c> part.</c>

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So<00:25:51.670><c> is</c><00:25:52.069><c> the</c><00:25:52.470><c> sluggard</c><00:25:53.690><c> to</c><00:25:54.250><c> them</c><00:25:54.710><c> that</c><00:25:55.230><c> send</c><00:25:55.430><c> him.</c>

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So<00:25:56.130><c> these</c><00:25:56.869><c> emblematic</c><00:25:57.869><c> parallels,</c><00:25:58.569><c> they</c><00:25:58.809><c> are</c><00:25:59.690><c> often</c><00:26:00.250><c> identified</c><00:26:01.269><c> by</c><00:26:01.609><c> the</c>

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use<00:26:02.089><c> of</c><00:26:02.289><c> the</c><00:26:02.329><c> word</c><00:26:02.609><c> so</c><00:26:03.269><c> or</c><00:26:03.630><c> like</c><00:26:04.109><c> or</c><00:26:04.730><c> as.</c>

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So<00:26:07.130><c> we</c><00:26:07.349><c> think</c><00:26:07.529><c> to</c><00:26:07.650><c> ourselves,</c><00:26:08.750><c> well,</c><00:26:09.210><c> how</c><00:26:09.450><c> is</c><00:26:09.710><c> it</c><00:26:10.430><c> that</c><00:26:11.589><c> a</c><00:26:11.829><c> lazy</c>

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one<00:26:13.109><c> who's</c><00:26:14.049><c> been</c><00:26:14.329><c> relied</c><00:26:14.670><c> on</c><00:26:15.670><c> is</c><00:26:16.410><c> like</c><00:26:16.930><c> vinegar</c><00:26:17.190><c> to</c><00:26:17.390><c> the</c><00:26:17.569><c> teeth</c>

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and<00:26:18.069><c> smoke</c><00:26:18.309><c> to</c><00:26:18.490><c> the</c><00:26:18.630><c> eyes?</c>

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And<00:26:21.069><c> we</c><00:26:21.430><c> realize</c><00:26:21.730><c> it's</c><00:26:22.230><c> a</c><00:26:22.329><c> pretty</c><00:26:22.869><c> apt</c><00:26:23.470><c> description.</c>

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But<00:26:24.750><c> moving</c><00:26:25.009><c> on</c><00:26:25.309><c> from</c><00:26:25.509><c> there,</c><00:26:26.029><c> we</c><00:26:26.250><c> see</c><00:26:26.450><c> this</c><00:26:26.690><c> as</c><00:26:26.950><c> a</c><00:26:27.009><c> real</c><00:26:27.329><c> indictment</c><00:26:27.910><c> of</c><00:26:28.170><c> laziness.</c>

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And<00:26:30.569><c> it's</c><00:26:30.869><c> an</c><00:26:31.029><c> exhortation</c><00:26:31.670><c> to</c><00:26:32.009><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:26:34.630><c> so</c><00:26:34.829><c> we</c><00:26:34.970><c> might</c><00:26:35.150><c> say</c><00:26:35.329><c> to</c><00:26:35.470><c> ourselves,</c><00:26:35.990><c> we</c><00:26:36.329><c> have</c><00:26:36.829><c> been</c><00:26:37.430><c> sent,</c>

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haven't<00:26:38.569><c> we?</c>

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We've<00:26:39.730><c> been</c><00:26:39.950><c> sent</c><00:26:40.069><c> with</c><00:26:40.269><c> a</c><00:26:40.490><c> message.</c>

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What<00:26:44.430><c> a</c><00:26:44.569><c> shame</c><00:26:44.750><c> it</c><00:26:44.849><c> would</c><00:26:45.049><c> be</c><00:26:45.210><c> for</c><00:26:45.369><c> us</c><00:26:45.650><c> to</c><00:26:46.630><c> be</c><00:26:47.309><c> smoke</c><00:26:47.690><c> in</c><00:26:49.309><c> the</c><00:26:49.470><c> eyes</c><00:26:49.670><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:50.049><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:26:50.609><c> uses</c><00:26:50.789><c> that</c><00:26:51.029><c> description,</c><00:26:51.490><c> doesn't</c><00:26:51.670><c> he,</c><00:26:52.329><c> else</c><00:26:52.349><c> in</c><00:26:53.289><c> the</c><00:26:53.369><c> prophets</c><00:26:53.589><c> when</c><00:26:53.750><c> he</c>

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says<00:26:54.369><c> that</c><00:26:54.829><c> they</c><00:26:55.130><c> are</c><00:26:56.390><c> holier</c><00:26:56.809><c> than</c><00:26:57.089><c> thou</c><00:26:57.609><c> about</c><00:26:58.509><c> some</c><00:26:58.730><c> of</c><00:26:58.890><c> his</c><00:26:59.089><c> servants.</c>

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We<00:27:02.009><c> don't</c><00:27:02.210><c> want</c><00:27:02.369><c> to</c><00:27:02.490><c> be</c><00:27:02.609><c> lazy.</c>

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Another<00:27:05.750><c> one,</c><00:27:06.089><c> Proverbs</c><00:27:06.329><c> 11</c><00:27:06.670><c> verse</c><00:27:06.970><c> 22.</c>

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This<00:27:08.990><c> one's</c><00:27:09.289><c> a</c><00:27:09.390><c> bit</c><00:27:09.490><c> of</c><00:27:09.670><c> a</c><00:27:09.829><c> challenging</c><00:27:10.069><c> one.</c>

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As<00:27:14.630><c> a</c><00:27:14.910><c> jewel</c><00:27:15.150><c> of</c><00:27:15.509><c> gold</c><00:27:16.250><c> in</c><00:27:16.990><c> a</c><00:27:17.289><c> swine's</c><00:27:18.230><c> snout,</c><00:27:19.069><c> who</c><00:27:19.329><c> would</c><00:27:19.450><c> ever</c>

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put<00:27:19.769><c> a</c><00:27:20.009><c> jewel</c><00:27:20.210><c> of</c><00:27:20.410><c> gold</c><00:27:20.710><c> in</c><00:27:20.890><c> a</c><00:27:21.089><c> swine's</c><00:27:21.650><c> snout?</c>

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So<00:27:23.569><c> is</c><00:27:23.950><c> a</c><00:27:24.150><c> fair</c><00:27:24.430><c> woman,</c><00:27:25.970><c> which</c><00:27:26.210><c> is</c><00:27:26.450><c> without</c><00:27:26.730><c> discretion.</c>

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So<00:27:28.349><c> you</c><00:27:28.549><c> see</c><00:27:28.849><c> the</c><00:27:32.490><c> first</c><00:27:33.029><c> is</c><00:27:33.269><c> an</c><00:27:33.509><c> emblem</c><00:27:33.750><c> of</c><00:27:33.970><c> the</c><00:27:34.170><c> second.</c>

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There's<00:27:34.650><c> a</c><00:27:34.829><c> figurative</c><00:27:35.210><c> and</c><00:27:35.529><c> literal.</c>

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You<00:27:35.849><c> would</c><00:27:36.009><c> never</c><00:27:36.230><c> put</c><00:27:36.490><c> a</c><00:27:37.109><c> gold</c><00:27:37.890><c> jewel</c><00:27:38.910><c> in</c><00:27:39.190><c> a</c><00:27:39.390><c> pig's</c><00:27:39.710><c> nose.</c>

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It<00:27:40.869><c> says,</c><00:27:41.289><c> as</c><00:27:41.309><c> a</c><00:27:41.529><c> jewel</c><00:27:41.730><c> of</c><00:27:41.890><c> gold</c><00:27:42.210><c> in</c><00:27:42.470><c> a</c><00:27:42.730><c> swine's</c><00:27:43.410><c> snout,</c><00:27:43.869><c> so</c><00:27:44.150><c> is</c>

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a<00:27:44.650><c> fair</c><00:27:44.910><c> woman</c><00:27:45.589><c> without</c><00:27:46.650><c> discretion.</c>

00:27:49.769 --> 00:27:51.990
How's<00:27:50.289><c> it</c><00:27:50.529><c> work?</c><00:27:50.730><c> What's</c><00:27:50.990><c> it</c><00:27:51.150><c> mean?</c>

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Right?

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Sort<00:27:55.069><c> of</c><00:27:55.269><c> a</c><00:27:55.509><c> beautiful</c><00:27:55.990><c> woman</c><00:27:56.410><c> who's,</c><00:27:57.849><c> and</c><00:27:58.049><c> the</c><00:27:58.170><c> word</c><00:27:58.309><c> without</c>

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discretion<00:27:58.910><c> means</c><00:27:59.250><c> tasteless.</c>

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It's<00:28:01.430><c> the</c><00:28:01.569><c> word</c><00:28:01.730><c> used</c><00:28:02.029><c> in</c><00:28:02.269><c> Job</c><00:28:02.450><c> about</c><00:28:02.730><c> the</c><00:28:02.990><c> taste</c><00:28:03.190><c> of</c><00:28:03.390><c> a</c><00:28:03.470><c> white</c>

00:28:03.569 --> 00:28:05.650
of<00:28:03.730><c> an</c><00:28:03.849><c> egg,</c><00:28:04.190><c> that</c><00:28:04.269><c> there's</c><00:28:04.529><c> no</c><00:28:04.730><c> taste</c><00:28:04.990><c> to</c><00:28:05.130><c> the</c><00:28:05.250><c> white</c><00:28:05.349><c> of</c><00:28:05.529><c> an</c>

00:28:05.650 --> 00:28:09.990
egg,<00:28:06.869><c> that</c><00:28:07.289><c> to</c><00:28:08.549><c> be</c><00:28:08.869><c> tasteless.</c>

00:28:10.430 --> 00:28:13.970
All<00:28:10.670><c> that</c><00:28:10.930><c> beauty,</c><00:28:12.950><c> later</c><00:28:13.089><c> on</c><00:28:13.269><c> in</c><00:28:13.410><c> Proverbs</c><00:28:13.589><c> it's</c><00:28:13.829><c> going</c><00:28:13.910><c> to</c>

00:28:13.970 --> 00:28:16.730
say<00:28:14.109><c> charm</c><00:28:14.470><c> is</c><00:28:14.670><c> deceitful</c><00:28:15.150><c> and</c><00:28:15.269><c> beauty</c><00:28:15.910><c> is</c><00:28:16.250><c> vain.</c>

00:28:16.730 --> 00:28:20.329
The<00:28:17.390><c> woman</c><00:28:17.630><c> who</c><00:28:17.930><c> fears</c><00:28:18.150><c> the</c><00:28:18.390><c> Lord</c><00:28:18.829><c> is</c><00:28:19.170><c> to</c><00:28:19.309><c> be</c><00:28:19.529><c> praised.</c>

00:28:21.869 --> 00:28:22.170
All<00:28:21.990><c> right.</c>

00:28:22.269 --> 00:28:23.990
Final<00:28:22.730><c> of</c><00:28:23.630><c> the</c><00:28:23.849><c> four.</c>

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And<00:28:24.130><c> I</c><00:28:24.210><c> think</c><00:28:24.390><c> there's</c><00:28:24.730><c> subcategories</c><00:28:25.609><c> and,</c><00:28:25.910><c> you</c><00:28:26.029><c> know,</c><00:28:26.289><c> the</c>

00:28:26.569 --> 00:28:30.829
scholars<00:28:26.869><c> can</c><00:28:27.690><c> do</c><00:28:29.529><c> a</c><00:28:29.650><c> much</c><00:28:29.769><c> better</c><00:28:30.029><c> job</c><00:28:30.210><c> of</c><00:28:30.309><c> that</c><00:28:30.450><c> than</c><00:28:30.690><c> me,</c>

00:28:30.849 --> 00:28:33.609
but<00:28:31.230><c> it's</c><00:28:31.950><c> called</c><00:28:32.230><c> synthetic</c><00:28:32.890><c> parallelism.</c>

00:28:34.009 --> 00:28:38.230
And<00:28:34.569><c> this</c><00:28:34.930><c> is</c><00:28:35.170><c> a</c><00:28:35.329><c> form</c><00:28:35.509><c> of</c><00:28:36.250><c> synonymous</c><00:28:36.769><c> parallelism</c><00:28:37.809><c> in</c><00:28:37.970><c> which</c>

00:28:38.230 --> 00:28:42.190
the<00:28:38.529><c> second</c><00:28:38.730><c> line</c><00:28:39.289><c> completes,</c><00:28:40.869><c> advances,</c><00:28:41.309><c> somehow</c><00:28:41.630><c> builds</c>

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on<00:28:42.789><c> the</c><00:28:43.049><c> first</c><00:28:43.410><c> line.</c>

00:28:43.789 --> 00:28:48.230
And<00:28:44.690><c> a</c><00:28:44.970><c> couple</c><00:28:45.150><c> of</c><00:28:45.470><c> examples,</c><00:28:46.170><c> Chapter</c><00:28:46.470><c> 15,</c><00:28:47.130><c> Verse</c><00:28:47.349><c> 3.</c>

00:28:48.630 --> 00:28:54.029
The<00:28:48.809><c> eyes</c><00:28:49.230><c> of</c><00:28:49.470><c> the</c><00:28:49.690><c> Lord</c><00:28:50.089><c> are</c><00:28:50.509><c> in</c><00:28:50.849><c> every</c><00:28:51.289><c> place,</c><00:28:53.369><c> beholding</c>

00:28:54.029 --> 00:28:55.730
the<00:28:54.250><c> evil</c><00:28:54.569><c> and</c><00:28:54.769><c> the</c><00:28:54.930><c> good.</c>

00:28:56.049 --> 00:29:00.009
So<00:28:56.269><c> it's</c><00:28:56.390><c> not</c><00:28:56.589><c> only</c><00:28:56.869><c> that</c><00:28:57.069><c> God's</c><00:28:57.849><c> eyes</c><00:28:58.150><c> are</c><00:28:58.430><c> there,</c><00:28:59.710><c> but</c>

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there's<00:29:00.509><c> activity.</c>

00:29:02.690 --> 00:29:05.369
He's<00:29:03.289><c> beholding</c><00:29:03.890><c> the</c><00:29:04.069><c> evil</c><00:29:04.289><c> and</c><00:29:04.430><c> the</c><00:29:04.589><c> good.</c>

00:29:07.390 --> 00:29:11.069
The<00:29:07.950><c> task</c><00:29:08.289><c> for</c><00:29:08.509><c> the</c><00:29:08.670><c> reader,</c><00:29:09.069><c> then,</c><00:29:09.150><c> is</c><00:29:09.410><c> to</c><00:29:09.670><c> determine</c><00:29:09.950><c> the</c><00:29:10.349><c> contribution</c><00:29:10.869><c> of</c>

00:29:11.069 --> 00:29:12.589
that<00:29:11.369><c> second</c><00:29:11.589><c> line.</c>

00:29:13.789 --> 00:29:17.490
It's<00:29:13.970><c> not</c><00:29:14.170><c> just</c><00:29:14.410><c> that</c><00:29:14.549><c> God</c><00:29:14.809><c> sees</c><00:29:15.170><c> everything,</c><00:29:16.910><c> but</c><00:29:17.029><c> that</c><00:29:17.170><c> he's</c>

00:29:17.490 --> 00:29:19.369
paying<00:29:17.630><c> attention</c><00:29:18.069><c> to</c><00:29:18.289><c> these</c><00:29:18.490><c> things.</c>

00:29:19.750 --> 00:29:23.670
And<00:29:19.930><c> what</c><00:29:20.029><c> we</c><00:29:20.230><c> need</c><00:29:20.390><c> to</c><00:29:20.650><c> do</c><00:29:20.869><c> in</c><00:29:21.089><c> reading</c><00:29:21.430><c> the</c><00:29:21.769><c> Proverbs</c><00:29:22.210><c> is</c><00:29:23.329><c> to</c>

00:29:23.670 --> 00:29:28.509
determine<00:29:24.009><c> the</c><00:29:24.410><c> unstated</c><00:29:24.990><c> exhortation</c><00:29:26.430><c> implied</c><00:29:27.150><c> by</c><00:29:27.430><c> the</c><00:29:27.650><c> Proverb</c><00:29:28.009><c> by</c>

00:29:28.509 --> 00:29:29.769
wrestling<00:29:28.990><c> with</c><00:29:29.269><c> the</c><00:29:29.410><c> question,</c>

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How<00:29:30.529><c> am</c><00:29:30.730><c> I</c><00:29:30.849><c> to</c><00:29:30.950><c> live</c><00:29:31.369><c> in</c><00:29:31.809><c> light</c><00:29:32.029><c> of</c><00:29:32.349><c> this</c><00:29:33.569><c> God</c><00:29:33.970><c>-endorsed</c><00:29:34.829><c> truth?</c>

00:29:36.410 --> 00:29:40.549
And<00:29:36.809><c> if</c><00:29:36.890><c> we</c><00:29:37.049><c> fail</c><00:29:37.329><c> to</c><00:29:37.529><c> take</c><00:29:37.730><c> that</c><00:29:38.049><c> step,</c><00:29:39.450><c> we</c><00:29:39.730><c> miss</c><00:29:39.950><c> the</c><00:29:40.150><c> point</c>

00:29:40.549 --> 00:29:42.269
of<00:29:41.309><c> the</c><00:29:41.450><c> verse.</c>

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Now,<00:29:45.029><c> I</c><00:29:45.190><c> always</c><00:29:45.329><c> feel</c><00:29:45.529><c> like,</c><00:29:45.849><c> you</c><00:29:46.109><c> know,</c><00:29:46.829><c> you</c><00:29:47.170><c> do</c><00:29:47.609><c> too</c><00:29:47.930><c> much</c><00:29:48.150><c> of</c>

00:29:48.269 --> 00:29:50.450
this<00:29:48.430><c> kind</c><00:29:48.670><c> of</c><00:29:49.009><c> structural</c><00:29:49.329><c> taking</c><00:29:49.710><c> apart</c><00:29:50.089><c> and</c><00:29:50.269><c> everything,</c>

00:29:50.549 --> 00:29:52.509
and<00:29:50.670><c> you</c><00:29:51.269><c> might</c><00:29:51.490><c> even</c><00:29:51.789><c> lose</c><00:29:52.089><c> the</c><00:29:52.329><c> beauty.</c>

00:29:52.990 --> 00:29:56.710
But<00:29:52.990><c> there's</c><00:29:53.869><c> being</c><00:29:54.529><c> aware</c><00:29:54.809><c> of</c><00:29:55.029><c> these</c><00:29:55.450><c> structures</c><00:29:56.049><c> does,</c><00:29:56.490><c> I</c>

00:29:56.710 --> 00:29:59.210
think,<00:29:57.009><c> help</c><00:29:57.130><c> us</c><00:29:57.730><c> in</c><00:29:58.109><c> our</c><00:29:58.450><c> contemplation.</c>

00:29:59.210 --> 00:30:06.789
Let's<00:30:00.390><c> move</c><00:30:00.630><c> on</c><00:30:00.849><c> from</c><00:30:01.190><c> structure</c><00:30:01.710><c> to</c><00:30:02.990><c> doing</c><00:30:03.269><c> some</c><00:30:03.569><c> actual</c><00:30:04.329><c> contemplation.</c>

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Not<00:30:07.849><c> having</c><00:30:08.049><c> a</c><00:30:08.269><c> healthy</c><00:30:08.549><c> navel.</c>

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You<00:30:11.589><c> know,</c><00:30:11.630><c> there's</c><00:30:11.950><c> an</c><00:30:12.210><c> awful</c><00:30:12.490><c> lot</c><00:30:13.329><c> in</c><00:30:14.069><c> Proverbs</c><00:30:14.650><c> about</c><00:30:16.250><c> health.</c>

00:30:18.549 --> 00:30:22.589
And<00:30:19.069><c> there's</c><00:30:19.569><c> very</c><00:30:20.009><c> many</c><00:30:20.289><c> of</c><00:30:20.490><c> these</c><00:30:20.910><c> categorical</c><00:30:21.589><c> statements.</c>

00:30:24.950 --> 00:30:34.089
Just<00:30:25.470><c> take,</c><00:30:26.089><c> for</c><00:30:26.170><c> instance,</c><00:30:27.130><c> Proverbs</c><00:30:27.509><c> chapter</c><00:30:27.910><c> three,</c><00:30:33.329><c> verse</c><00:30:33.509><c> seven</c><00:30:33.769><c> and</c><00:30:33.910><c> eight.</c>

00:30:34.170 --> 00:30:37.549
Be<00:30:34.210><c> not</c><00:30:34.490><c> wise</c><00:30:34.710><c> in</c><00:30:34.930><c> thine</c><00:30:35.150><c> own</c><00:30:35.630><c> eyes,</c><00:30:35.950><c> fear</c><00:30:36.190><c> the</c><00:30:36.369><c> Lord</c><00:30:36.569><c> and</c><00:30:36.769><c> depart</c><00:30:37.009><c> from</c><00:30:37.269><c> evil.</c>

00:30:37.869 --> 00:30:43.210
It<00:30:38.049><c> shall</c><00:30:38.289><c> be</c><00:30:38.630><c> health</c><00:30:38.950><c> to</c><00:30:39.230><c> thy</c><00:30:39.470><c> navel</c><00:30:39.990><c> and</c><00:30:41.190><c> marrow</c><00:30:41.549><c> to</c><00:30:41.809><c> thy</c><00:30:42.089><c> bones.</c>

00:30:45.410 --> 00:30:47.890
Chapter<00:30:46.089><c> four,</c><00:30:46.710><c> verse</c><00:30:46.849><c> ten.</c>

00:30:48.029 --> 00:30:50.809
Hear,<00:30:48.390><c> O</c><00:30:48.390><c> my</c><00:30:48.589><c> son,</c><00:30:48.829><c> and</c><00:30:49.049><c> receive</c><00:30:49.349><c> my</c><00:30:49.650><c> sayings,</c><00:30:50.049><c> and</c><00:30:50.269><c> the</c><00:30:50.490><c> years</c>

00:30:50.809 --> 00:30:53.470
of<00:30:51.029><c> thy</c><00:30:51.250><c> life</c><00:30:52.069><c> shall</c><00:30:52.329><c> be</c><00:30:52.569><c> many.</c>

00:30:57.089 --> 00:31:05.950
Now,<00:30:57.769><c> it's</c><00:30:58.450><c> often</c><00:30:58.869><c> said</c><00:30:59.230><c> that</c><00:31:00.069><c> the</c><00:31:03.069><c> influence</c><00:31:03.710><c> of</c><00:31:04.109><c> our</c><00:31:04.470><c> thinking</c><00:31:05.029><c> does</c>

00:31:05.950 --> 00:31:10.470
have<00:31:06.250><c> consequences</c><00:31:07.329><c> for</c><00:31:08.690><c> our</c><00:31:09.750><c> state</c><00:31:09.910><c> of</c><00:31:10.170><c> mind</c>

00:31:10.470 --> 00:31:14.269
and<00:31:10.650><c> our</c><00:31:11.269><c> mental</c><00:31:11.609><c> outlook</c><00:31:11.910><c> has</c><00:31:12.190><c> effect</c><00:31:12.470><c> on</c><00:31:12.650><c> our</c><00:31:12.869><c> physical</c><00:31:13.190><c> health,</c><00:31:13.549><c> whether</c><00:31:13.750><c> for</c>

00:31:14.269 --> 00:31:15.609
good<00:31:14.450><c> or</c><00:31:14.630><c> evil.</c>

00:31:16.190 --> 00:31:19.430
Biofeedback<00:31:16.789><c> has</c><00:31:16.950><c> been</c><00:31:17.190><c> used</c><00:31:17.589><c> to</c><00:31:17.930><c> control</c><00:31:18.230><c> blood</c><00:31:18.509><c> pressure.</c>

00:31:19.670 --> 00:31:22.210
There's<00:31:19.890><c> even</c><00:31:20.170><c> some</c><00:31:20.410><c> evidence,</c><00:31:20.769><c> though</c><00:31:20.950><c> it's</c><00:31:21.190><c> debated,</c><00:31:22.029><c> that</c>

00:31:22.210 --> 00:31:26.650
a<00:31:22.430><c> fighting</c><00:31:22.730><c> spirit</c><00:31:23.130><c> can</c><00:31:23.430><c> be</c><00:31:23.670><c> associated</c><00:31:24.150><c> with</c><00:31:24.750><c> survival</c><00:31:25.509><c> prognoses</c><00:31:26.349><c> for</c>

00:31:26.650 --> 00:31:27.650
certain<00:31:26.869><c> types</c><00:31:27.109><c> of</c><00:31:27.329><c> cancers.</c>

00:31:27.970 --> 00:31:31.089
And<00:31:28.329><c> on</c><00:31:28.490><c> the</c><00:31:28.609><c> other</c><00:31:28.809><c> hand,</c><00:31:29.509><c> that</c><00:31:29.809><c> a</c><00:31:30.029><c> cynical</c><00:31:30.369><c> attitude</c><00:31:30.869><c> might</c>

00:31:31.089 --> 00:31:33.609
be<00:31:31.369><c> associated</c><00:31:31.829><c> with</c><00:31:32.049><c> things</c><00:31:32.190><c> like</c><00:31:32.450><c> heart</c><00:31:32.670><c> problems.</c>

00:31:35.890 --> 00:31:39.569
But<00:31:36.369><c> what</c><00:31:36.549><c> are</c><00:31:36.690><c> we</c><00:31:36.829><c> to</c><00:31:37.049><c> make</c><00:31:37.230><c> of</c><00:31:37.430><c> these</c><00:31:37.890><c> categorical</c><00:31:38.589><c> statements?</c>

00:31:41.809 --> 00:31:45.130
First<00:31:42.049><c> of</c><00:31:42.150><c> all,</c><00:31:42.210><c> we</c><00:31:42.349><c> can't</c><00:31:42.609><c> say</c><00:31:42.829><c> that</c><00:31:43.049><c> a</c><00:31:43.130><c> healthy</c><00:31:44.269><c> state</c><00:31:44.470><c> of</c><00:31:44.710><c> mind</c><00:31:44.890><c> is</c>

00:31:45.130 --> 00:31:47.769
the<00:31:45.329><c> answer</c><00:31:45.650><c> to</c><00:31:45.890><c> all</c><00:31:46.150><c> of</c><00:31:46.329><c> our</c><00:31:46.569><c> physical</c><00:31:47.029><c> ailments.</c>

00:31:48.470 --> 00:31:53.970
We're<00:31:48.690><c> all</c><00:31:48.950><c> mortal,</c><00:31:49.829><c> and</c><00:31:50.049><c> no</c><00:31:50.230><c> matter</c><00:31:50.410><c> how</c><00:31:50.710><c> positive</c><00:31:51.150><c> an</c><00:31:51.349><c> attitude</c><00:31:51.650><c> we</c><00:31:51.950><c> have,</c><00:31:52.829><c> our</c><00:31:52.990><c> bodies</c><00:31:53.289><c> are</c><00:31:53.670><c> going</c><00:31:53.829><c> to</c>

00:31:53.970 --> 00:31:55.049
wear<00:31:54.130><c> out.</c>

00:31:56.170 --> 00:31:59.349
The<00:31:56.470><c> second</c><00:31:56.609><c> thing</c><00:31:56.769><c> we</c><00:31:56.910><c> can't</c><00:31:57.250><c> say,</c><00:31:57.950><c> and</c><00:31:58.109><c> this</c><00:31:58.250><c> one</c><00:31:58.369><c> we're</c><00:31:58.609><c> liable</c><00:31:58.829><c> to</c><00:31:59.009><c> do,</c>

00:31:59.349 --> 00:32:02.829
we're<00:32:00.430><c> liable</c><00:32:00.470><c> to</c><00:32:00.630><c> say</c><00:32:00.769><c> that</c><00:32:00.970><c> unhealthy</c><00:32:01.329><c> people</c><00:32:01.710><c> are</c><00:32:01.930><c> sick</c><00:32:02.150><c> because</c><00:32:02.410><c> they</c><00:32:02.549><c> have</c><00:32:02.710><c> a</c>

00:32:02.829 --> 00:32:04.329
bad<00:32:02.970><c> mental</c><00:32:03.289><c> attitude.</c>

00:32:06.029 --> 00:32:09.109
We're<00:32:06.230><c> all</c><00:32:06.430><c> mortal,</c><00:32:06.950><c> and</c><00:32:07.049><c> we're</c><00:32:07.210><c> all</c><00:32:07.450><c> susceptible</c><00:32:07.990><c> to</c><00:32:08.430><c> the</c><00:32:08.589><c> frailties</c><00:32:08.970><c> of</c>

00:32:09.109 --> 00:32:10.190
the<00:32:09.289><c> flesh.</c>

00:32:13.789 --> 00:32:16.490
There<00:32:14.069><c> is</c><00:32:14.349><c> something</c><00:32:14.670><c> credible,</c><00:32:15.509><c> though,</c><00:32:15.670><c> about</c><00:32:15.890><c> the</c><00:32:16.109><c> idea</c>

00:32:16.490 --> 00:32:19.750
that<00:32:16.690><c> our</c><00:32:16.869><c> mental</c><00:32:17.190><c> health</c><00:32:17.549><c> and</c><00:32:17.789><c> our</c><00:32:17.970><c> physical</c><00:32:18.309><c> health</c><00:32:18.589><c> are</c><00:32:18.890><c> related.</c>

00:32:19.890 --> 00:32:24.049
It's<00:32:20.470><c> a</c><00:32:20.630><c> common</c><00:32:20.809><c> experience</c><00:32:21.589><c> when</c><00:32:22.549><c> we're</c><00:32:22.910><c> feeling</c><00:32:23.250><c> burdened</c>

00:32:24.049 --> 00:32:26.490
with<00:32:24.349><c> cares</c><00:32:24.789><c> and</c><00:32:25.309><c> responsibilities.</c>

00:32:26.930 --> 00:32:29.589
When<00:32:27.569><c> there's</c><00:32:27.930><c> problems</c><00:32:28.329><c> we</c><00:32:28.569><c> just</c><00:32:28.789><c> don't</c><00:32:28.990><c> know</c><00:32:29.069><c> how</c><00:32:29.269><c> to</c><00:32:29.430><c> deal</c>

00:32:29.589 --> 00:32:32.609
with,<00:32:30.690><c> we</c><00:32:30.890><c> find</c><00:32:31.150><c> ourselves</c><00:32:31.609><c> dragging.</c>

00:32:33.750 --> 00:32:38.029
It<00:32:33.950><c> can</c><00:32:34.089><c> get</c><00:32:34.170><c> us</c><00:32:34.329><c> to</c><00:32:34.470><c> the</c><00:32:34.569><c> point</c><00:32:34.730><c> where</c><00:32:34.970><c> we're</c><00:32:35.910><c> sick</c><00:32:36.269><c> with</c><00:32:36.529><c> worry,</c><00:32:37.769><c> that</c>

00:32:38.029 --> 00:32:39.609
we're<00:32:38.490><c> stressed</c><00:32:38.789><c> out.</c>

00:32:43.329 --> 00:32:51.069
The<00:32:43.970><c> truth</c><00:32:44.609><c> is</c><00:32:48.069><c> about</c><00:32:48.390><c> convictions.</c><00:32:49.230><c> It's</c><00:32:49.569><c> about</c><00:32:49.829><c> our</c><00:32:50.150><c> mind.</c>

00:32:51.450 --> 00:32:57.349
And<00:32:52.130><c> given</c><00:32:52.410><c> that,</c><00:32:54.630><c> it</c><00:32:54.789><c> ought</c><00:32:54.930><c> to</c><00:32:55.049><c> have</c><00:32:55.190><c> an</c><00:32:55.410><c> effect</c><00:32:55.970><c> on</c><00:32:56.470><c> us.</c>

00:32:57.529 --> 00:33:01.910
So<00:32:57.809><c> what's</c><00:32:58.130><c> the</c><00:32:58.349><c> implication</c><00:32:58.849><c> of</c><00:32:59.109><c> these</c><00:32:59.369><c> passages</c><00:32:59.970><c> that</c><00:33:01.569><c> make</c>

00:33:01.910 --> 00:33:05.809
such<00:33:02.210><c> emphatic</c><00:33:02.869><c> statements</c><00:33:03.490><c> about</c><00:33:04.630><c> our</c><00:33:04.910><c> health?</c>

00:33:06.250 --> 00:33:12.690
Let's<00:33:06.410><c> look</c><00:33:06.549><c> at</c><00:33:06.670><c> a</c><00:33:06.750><c> couple</c><00:33:06.950><c> of</c><00:33:07.130><c> them.</c><00:33:09.150><c> Proverbs</c><00:33:09.430><c> 12,</c><00:33:11.269><c> verse</c><00:33:11.509><c> 28.</c>

00:33:15.349 --> 00:33:19.490
In<00:33:16.109><c> the</c><00:33:16.230><c> way</c><00:33:16.390><c> of</c><00:33:16.609><c> righteousness</c><00:33:16.990><c> is</c><00:33:17.269><c> life,</c><00:33:17.650><c> and</c><00:33:17.730><c> in</c><00:33:17.829><c> the</c><00:33:18.069><c> pathway</c><00:33:18.430><c> thereof</c><00:33:19.109><c> there</c>

00:33:19.490 --> 00:33:20.910
is<00:33:19.789><c> no</c><00:33:20.029><c> death.</c>

00:33:22.089 --> 00:33:24.990
Proverbs<00:33:22.390><c> 21,</c><00:33:23.410><c> verse</c><00:33:23.609><c> 21.</c>

00:33:26.769 --> 00:33:32.710
He<00:33:26.970><c> that</c><00:33:27.269><c> followeth</c><00:33:27.750><c> after</c><00:33:28.170><c> righteousness</c><00:33:28.930><c> and</c><00:33:29.609><c> mercy</c><00:33:30.390><c> findeth</c><00:33:31.309><c> life,</c>

00:33:33.029 --> 00:33:35.769
righteousness,<00:33:34.470><c> and</c><00:33:34.630><c> honor.</c>

00:33:37.089 --> 00:33:40.130
Proverbs<00:33:37.750><c> 22,</c><00:33:38.430><c> verse</c><00:33:38.730><c> 4.</c>

00:33:40.809 --> 00:33:45.109
By<00:33:40.890><c> humility</c><00:33:41.589><c> and</c><00:33:42.109><c> the</c><00:33:42.269><c> fear</c><00:33:42.390><c> of</c><00:33:42.569><c> the</c><00:33:42.730><c> Lord</c><00:33:42.910><c> are</c><00:33:43.250><c> riches,</c><00:33:44.849><c> and</c>

00:33:45.109 --> 00:33:47.150
honor,<00:33:46.069><c> and</c><00:33:46.230><c> life.</c>

00:33:47.869 --> 00:33:53.150
According<00:33:48.210><c> to</c><00:33:48.509><c> Solomon,</c><00:33:49.329><c> the</c><00:33:49.470><c> way</c><00:33:49.730><c> of</c><00:33:49.930><c> life</c><00:33:50.089><c> we</c><00:33:50.410><c> have</c><00:33:50.589><c> embraced</c><00:33:51.230><c> will</c><00:33:51.869><c> give</c><00:33:52.009><c> us</c><00:33:52.309><c> health,</c>

00:33:53.750 --> 00:33:57.549
it<00:33:53.890><c> will</c><00:33:54.150><c> prolong</c><00:33:54.529><c> our</c><00:33:54.789><c> life,</c><00:33:56.109><c> and</c><00:33:56.289><c> will</c><00:33:56.589><c> protect</c><00:33:56.809><c> us</c><00:33:57.269><c> from</c>

00:33:57.549 --> 00:33:59.250
life<00:33:57.789><c>-threatening</c><00:33:58.250><c> dangers.</c>

00:33:59.690 --> 00:34:04.529
Just<00:34:00.410><c> like</c><00:34:00.890><c> the</c><00:34:01.490><c> train</c><00:34:02.029><c> up</c><00:34:02.210><c> a</c><00:34:02.349><c> child</c><00:34:02.569><c> passage,</c><00:34:03.750><c> this</c><00:34:04.009><c> is</c><00:34:04.210><c> one</c>

00:34:04.529 --> 00:34:08.430
we<00:34:04.849><c> may</c><00:34:05.109><c> have</c><00:34:06.690><c> wrestled</c><00:34:07.509><c> with.</c>

00:34:11.530 --> 00:34:16.610
We<00:34:12.250><c> can't</c><00:34:12.750><c> treat</c><00:34:12.949><c> these</c><00:34:13.369><c> proverbs</c><00:34:13.730><c> as</c><00:34:14.110><c> statements</c><00:34:14.590><c> of</c><00:34:15.250><c> inviolable</c><00:34:16.090><c> laws</c>

00:34:16.610 --> 00:34:17.750
of<00:34:16.889><c> nature.</c>

00:34:18.769 --> 00:34:20.929
To<00:34:19.010><c> do</c><00:34:19.190><c> so</c><00:34:19.409><c> causes</c><00:34:19.769><c> difficulties.</c>

00:34:21.090 --> 00:34:24.210
We<00:34:21.250><c> might</c><00:34:21.449><c> look</c><00:34:21.670><c> at</c><00:34:21.789><c> a</c><00:34:21.889><c> brother</c><00:34:22.130><c> or</c><00:34:22.250><c> sister,</c><00:34:22.949><c> not</c><00:34:23.190><c> ourselves,</c>

00:34:25.210 --> 00:34:26.989
someone<00:34:25.449><c> who's</c><00:34:25.650><c> not</c><00:34:25.889><c> so</c><00:34:26.130><c> well</c><00:34:26.389><c> off,</c>

00:34:26.989 --> 00:34:31.750
who's<00:34:27.530><c> suffering</c><00:34:27.929><c> health</c><00:34:28.309><c> problems,</c><00:34:29.730><c> and</c><00:34:30.010><c> conclude,</c><00:34:31.050><c> this</c><00:34:31.170><c> must</c><00:34:31.429><c> not</c><00:34:31.570><c> be</c><00:34:31.710><c> a</c>

00:34:31.750 --> 00:34:33.110
very<00:34:31.949><c> good</c><00:34:32.110><c> person.</c>

00:34:34.190 --> 00:34:41.110
If<00:34:34.710><c> we</c><00:34:34.869><c> do</c><00:34:35.090><c> that,</c><00:34:35.389><c> we've</c><00:34:35.889><c> made</c><00:34:36.130><c> the</c><00:34:36.349><c> mistake</c><00:34:36.889><c> of</c><00:34:37.630><c> Job's</c><00:34:38.090><c> friends,</c><00:34:39.309><c> who</c><00:34:39.469><c> were</c><00:34:39.690><c> convinced</c><00:34:40.329><c> because</c><00:34:40.969><c> of</c>

00:34:41.110 --> 00:34:41.590
his<00:34:41.289><c> suffering</c>

00:34:41.590 --> 00:34:44.489
that<00:34:41.809><c> he</c><00:34:41.969><c> must</c><00:34:42.230><c> have</c><00:34:42.389><c> done</c><00:34:42.550><c> something</c><00:34:42.909><c> very,</c><00:34:43.389><c> very</c><00:34:43.630><c> bad.</c>

00:34:45.389 --> 00:34:49.010
Job<00:34:45.650><c> himself</c><00:34:46.329><c> made</c><00:34:46.809><c> the</c><00:34:47.090><c> same</c><00:34:47.289><c> mistake,</c><00:34:47.909><c> saying,</c><00:34:48.269><c> I</c><00:34:48.610><c> haven't</c>

00:34:49.010 --> 00:34:50.429
done<00:34:49.250><c> anything</c><00:34:49.630><c> very,</c><00:34:49.989><c> very</c><00:34:50.190><c> bad.</c>

00:34:50.730 --> 00:34:52.150
Where's<00:34:51.130><c> the</c><00:34:51.349><c> justice</c><00:34:51.690><c> here?</c>

00:34:52.150 --> 00:34:58.170
He<00:34:52.969><c> didn't</c><00:34:53.210><c> recognize</c><00:34:54.010><c> that</c><00:34:55.329><c> the</c><00:34:55.750><c> illness</c><00:34:56.030><c> and</c><00:34:56.369><c> adversity</c><00:34:56.849><c> that</c><00:34:58.030><c> he</c>

00:34:58.170 --> 00:34:58.949
was<00:34:58.349><c> going</c><00:34:58.510><c> through</c>

00:34:58.949 --> 00:35:04.829
were<00:34:59.269><c> part</c><00:34:59.650><c> of</c><00:35:00.130><c> a</c><00:35:00.269><c> divinely</c><00:35:01.070><c> mandated</c><00:35:01.829><c> test,</c><00:35:03.949><c> and</c><00:35:04.150><c> were</c><00:35:04.409><c> for</c>

00:35:04.829 --> 00:35:06.489
his<00:35:05.269><c> enlightenment,</c><00:35:05.829><c> ultimately,</c>

00:35:06.989 --> 00:35:09.329
that<00:35:07.130><c> he</c><00:35:07.269><c> could</c><00:35:07.429><c> say</c><00:35:07.590><c> at</c><00:35:07.769><c> the</c><00:35:07.849><c> end</c><00:35:07.989><c> of</c><00:35:08.150><c> the</c><00:35:08.289><c> book,</c><00:35:08.650><c> I</c><00:35:08.769><c> had</c><00:35:09.110><c> heard</c>

00:35:09.329 --> 00:35:10.309
of<00:35:09.489><c> thee</c><00:35:09.570><c> with</c><00:35:09.789><c> the</c><00:35:09.889><c> hearing</c><00:35:10.010><c> of</c><00:35:10.170><c> the</c><00:35:10.210><c> ear,</c>

00:35:10.329 --> 00:35:12.349
but<00:35:10.469><c> now</c><00:35:10.730><c> might</c><00:35:10.829><c> I</c><00:35:11.110><c> see</c><00:35:11.369><c> it</c><00:35:11.570><c> thee.</c>

00:35:15.389 --> 00:35:20.489
Another<00:35:16.030><c> bad</c><00:35:16.369><c> consequence</c><00:35:16.969><c> is</c><00:35:17.489><c> when</c><00:35:17.730><c> we're</c><00:35:18.150><c> doing</c><00:35:18.429><c> well,</c><00:35:19.590><c> to</c>

00:35:20.489 --> 00:35:21.929
see<00:35:20.750><c> our</c><00:35:21.030><c> own</c><00:35:21.289><c> prosperity</c>

00:35:21.929 --> 00:35:27.090
as<00:35:22.969><c> an</c><00:35:23.210><c> indication</c><00:35:23.650><c> of</c><00:35:23.869><c> God's</c><00:35:24.329><c> favor,</c><00:35:25.809><c> and</c><00:35:26.130><c> so</c><00:35:26.309><c> become</c><00:35:26.670><c> smug</c>

00:35:27.090 --> 00:35:28.630
and<00:35:27.309><c> self</c><00:35:27.530><c>-assured.</c>

00:35:28.750 --> 00:35:33.070
Got<00:35:28.949><c> a</c><00:35:29.130><c> good</c><00:35:29.269><c> job,</c><00:35:29.690><c> good</c><00:35:29.929><c> life,</c><00:35:30.369><c> good</c><00:35:30.530><c> health,</c><00:35:31.329><c> everything's</c><00:35:32.210><c> roses,</c>

00:35:33.550 --> 00:35:37.789
must<00:35:33.750><c> be</c><00:35:33.989><c> the</c><00:35:34.150><c> Lord's</c><00:35:35.530><c> is</c><00:35:35.670><c> content</c><00:35:35.949><c> with</c><00:35:36.150><c> me</c><00:35:36.269><c> as</c><00:35:36.489><c> I</c><00:35:36.670><c> am.</c>

00:35:39.849 --> 00:35:44.429
Another<00:35:40.409><c> possibility,</c><00:35:41.949><c> I've</c><00:35:42.789><c> seen</c><00:35:42.949><c> this</c><00:35:43.210><c> one</c><00:35:43.409><c> happen,</c><00:35:43.849><c> and</c><00:35:43.929><c> I</c>

00:35:44.429 --> 00:35:46.050
imagine<00:35:44.670><c> maybe</c><00:35:44.929><c> you</c><00:35:45.090><c> have</c><00:35:45.269><c> too,</c>

00:35:46.130 --> 00:35:49.730
is<00:35:46.250><c> that</c><00:35:46.389><c> some</c><00:35:46.530><c> people</c><00:35:46.849><c> will</c><00:35:47.230><c> read</c><00:35:47.329><c> these</c><00:35:47.650><c> as</c><00:35:47.929><c> inviolable</c><00:35:48.650><c> laws,</c><00:35:49.590><c> and</c>

00:35:49.730 --> 00:35:50.230
they'll<00:35:50.010><c> say,</c>

00:35:50.349 --> 00:35:53.070
how<00:35:50.570><c> can</c><00:35:50.849><c> this</c><00:35:51.429><c> then</c><00:35:51.750><c> be</c><00:35:52.130><c> truth?</c>

00:35:53.510 --> 00:35:55.730
So<00:35:53.769><c> we</c><00:35:53.929><c> have</c><00:35:54.130><c> to</c><00:35:54.329><c> reject</c><00:35:54.670><c> the</c><00:35:54.929><c> Bible.</c>

00:35:56.550 --> 00:36:00.170
Adversity,<00:35:57.389><c> terrible</c><00:35:57.670><c> adversity</c><00:35:58.170><c> in</c><00:35:58.369><c> my</c><00:35:58.590><c> life,</c><00:35:58.769><c> I</c><00:35:58.949><c> can't</c><00:35:59.369><c> understand</c><00:35:59.849><c> it.</c>

00:36:00.409 --> 00:36:04.070
God<00:36:00.750><c> promises</c><00:36:01.210><c> blessings,</c><00:36:02.449><c> I</c><00:36:02.670><c> haven't</c><00:36:02.809><c> seen</c><00:36:02.969><c> the</c><00:36:03.210><c> blessings.</c>

00:36:05.929 --> 00:36:08.369
So<00:36:06.550><c> there</c><00:36:06.789><c> must</c><00:36:07.030><c> be</c><00:36:07.230><c> no</c><00:36:07.449><c> God.</c>

00:36:09.889 --> 00:36:11.889
These<00:36:10.170><c> aren't</c><00:36:10.409><c> easy</c><00:36:10.769><c> questions</c><00:36:11.210><c> to</c><00:36:11.429><c> deal</c><00:36:11.590><c> with.</c>

00:36:12.090 --> 00:36:16.250
Some<00:36:12.269><c> of</c><00:36:12.409><c> the</c><00:36:12.630><c> greatest</c><00:36:13.469><c> biblical</c><00:36:14.090><c> men</c><00:36:14.369><c> of</c><00:36:14.670><c> faith</c><00:36:15.369><c> struggled</c>

00:36:16.250 --> 00:36:19.349
hard<00:36:16.929><c> with</c><00:36:17.369><c> the</c><00:36:17.610><c> problem</c><00:36:18.110><c> of</c><00:36:18.449><c> suffering.</c>

00:36:20.110 --> 00:36:23.309
Job<00:36:20.309><c> is</c><00:36:20.670><c> a</c><00:36:21.429><c> wonderful</c><00:36:21.809><c> book</c><00:36:22.070><c> about</c><00:36:22.269><c> the</c><00:36:22.530><c> topic.</c>

00:36:23.369 --> 00:36:28.230
David's<00:36:23.889><c> writing</c><00:36:24.190><c> in</c><00:36:24.650><c> Psalm</c><00:36:24.969><c> 37</c><00:36:25.710><c> and</c><00:36:26.050><c> 73</c><00:36:26.690><c> about</c><00:36:26.969><c> the</c><00:36:27.230><c> prosperity</c><00:36:27.690><c> of</c><00:36:27.869><c> the</c><00:36:27.989><c> wicked,</c>

00:36:28.230 --> 00:36:32.210
that<00:36:28.610><c> he</c><00:36:28.769><c> says,</c><00:36:29.469><c> my</c><00:36:29.469><c> feet</c><00:36:29.730><c> had</c><00:36:30.030><c> well</c><00:36:30.230><c> and</c><00:36:30.309><c> I</c><00:36:30.570><c> slipped</c><00:36:31.050><c> because</c>

00:36:32.210 --> 00:36:34.710
I<00:36:32.590><c> envied</c><00:36:32.849><c> the</c><00:36:33.090><c> prosperity</c><00:36:33.610><c> of</c><00:36:33.789><c> the</c><00:36:33.909><c> wicked.</c>

00:36:35.650 --> 00:36:40.210
For<00:36:35.909><c> some</c><00:36:36.170><c> people,</c><00:36:36.969><c> their</c><00:36:37.130><c> inability</c><00:36:37.550><c> to</c><00:36:37.809><c> resolve</c><00:36:38.150><c> these</c><00:36:38.510><c> issues</c><00:36:39.289><c> becomes</c><00:36:39.929><c> an</c>

00:36:40.210 --> 00:36:42.130
absolute<00:36:40.469><c> barrier</c><00:36:40.929><c> to</c><00:36:41.190><c> faith.</c>

00:36:43.289 --> 00:36:47.550
Maybe<00:36:43.650><c> in</c><00:36:43.929><c> some</c><00:36:44.090><c> it</c><00:36:44.389><c> becomes</c><00:36:44.789><c> an</c><00:36:45.329><c> excuse</c><00:36:45.730><c> for</c><00:36:46.150><c> unbelief.</c>

00:36:49.670 --> 00:36:53.170
I<00:36:49.909><c> guess</c><00:36:50.110><c> the</c><00:36:50.349><c> problem</c><00:36:50.530><c> has</c><00:36:50.730><c> to</c><00:36:50.889><c> be</c><00:36:51.010><c> with</c><00:36:51.230><c> our</c><00:36:51.469><c> inability</c><00:36:51.809><c> to</c><00:36:52.150><c> understand.</c>

00:36:53.650 --> 00:36:59.809
If<00:36:54.210><c> God</c><00:36:54.630><c> created</c><00:36:55.110><c> all</c><00:36:55.429><c> things,</c><00:36:56.550><c> if</c><00:36:56.690><c> he's</c><00:36:56.929><c> eternal</c><00:36:57.389><c> and</c><00:36:57.809><c> all</c><00:36:58.110><c> wise,</c><00:36:59.190><c> certainly</c><00:36:59.590><c> he</c>

00:36:59.809 --> 00:37:01.329
knows<00:37:00.090><c> what</c><00:37:00.250><c> he's</c><00:37:00.550><c> doing.</c>

00:37:01.750 --> 00:37:03.289
So<00:37:01.989><c> how</c><00:37:02.130><c> do</c><00:37:02.250><c> we</c><00:37:02.409><c> deal</c><00:37:02.570><c> with</c><00:37:02.730><c> these</c><00:37:02.949><c> passages?</c>

00:37:03.389 --> 00:37:06.070
How<00:37:03.510><c> do</c><00:37:03.670><c> we</c><00:37:03.829><c> deal</c><00:37:03.949><c> with</c><00:37:04.130><c> these</c><00:37:04.349><c> emphatic</c><00:37:05.070><c> statements?</c>

00:37:07.829 --> 00:37:10.170
One<00:37:08.050><c> way</c><00:37:08.309><c> is</c><00:37:08.469><c> to</c><00:37:08.809><c> explain</c><00:37:09.070><c> them</c><00:37:09.349><c> away.</c>

00:37:12.150 --> 00:37:14.889
Sometimes<00:37:12.550><c> the</c><00:37:12.829><c> way</c><00:37:13.030><c> we</c><00:37:13.210><c> deal</c><00:37:13.550><c> with</c><00:37:13.710><c> these</c><00:37:13.969><c> passages</c><00:37:14.369><c> strikes</c>

00:37:14.889 --> 00:37:17.690
me<00:37:15.210><c> as</c><00:37:16.309><c> kind</c><00:37:16.730><c> of</c><00:37:16.909><c> tortured.</c>

00:37:18.110 --> 00:37:23.750
For<00:37:18.630><c> instance,</c><00:37:19.070><c> the</c><00:37:19.130><c> one</c><00:37:19.210><c> about</c><00:37:19.869><c> the</c><00:37:20.309><c> child,</c><00:37:20.610><c> when</c><00:37:20.750><c> he</c><00:37:20.909><c> is</c><00:37:21.130><c> old,</c><00:37:23.530><c> he</c>

00:37:23.750 --> 00:37:28.329
won't<00:37:25.570><c> depart</c><00:37:25.989><c> from</c><00:37:26.289><c> the</c><00:37:26.409><c> way</c><00:37:27.289><c> that</c><00:37:27.630><c> he</c><00:37:27.730><c> was</c><00:37:27.849><c> sent</c><00:37:28.010><c> into.</c>

00:37:28.769 --> 00:37:31.849
We<00:37:28.989><c> say</c><00:37:29.130><c> then,</c><00:37:30.010><c> eventually</c><00:37:30.590><c> he'll</c><00:37:30.969><c> straighten</c><00:37:31.210><c> out</c><00:37:31.429><c> even</c><00:37:31.670><c> if</c>

00:37:31.849 --> 00:37:33.949
he<00:37:31.929><c> sows</c><00:37:32.110><c> his</c><00:37:32.369><c> wild</c><00:37:32.590><c> oats</c><00:37:32.769><c> for</c><00:37:33.050><c> a</c><00:37:33.170><c> while.</c>

00:37:34.469 --> 00:37:38.489
Well,<00:37:34.610><c> that</c><00:37:34.809><c> sentiment</c><00:37:35.070><c> might</c><00:37:35.429><c> be</c><00:37:35.929><c> true,</c><00:37:36.170><c> but</c><00:37:36.349><c> it</c><00:37:36.670><c> misrepresents</c><00:37:37.289><c> the</c><00:37:37.590><c> passage.</c>

00:37:39.650 --> 00:37:44.710
Similarly<00:37:40.329><c> to,</c><00:37:41.469><c> as</c><00:37:41.690><c> sometimes</c><00:37:41.949><c> we</c><00:37:42.409><c> misuse</c><00:37:42.730><c> the</c><00:37:42.949><c> word,</c><00:37:43.909><c> spiritualize</c><00:37:44.409><c> these</c>

00:37:44.710 --> 00:37:47.849
passages,<00:37:46.030><c> can</c><00:37:46.170><c> lead</c><00:37:46.429><c> to</c><00:37:46.690><c> tautology.</c>

00:37:48.170 --> 00:37:51.530
If<00:37:48.489><c> health</c><00:37:48.769><c> and</c><00:37:49.090><c> wealth</c><00:37:49.389><c> mean</c><00:37:49.929><c> spiritual</c><00:37:50.690><c> wealth</c><00:37:51.130><c> and</c>

00:37:51.530 --> 00:37:52.510
spiritual<00:37:52.110><c> health,</c>

00:37:52.849 --> 00:37:55.530
then<00:37:53.010><c> the</c><00:37:53.250><c> passages</c><00:37:53.570><c> say,</c><00:37:54.349><c> if</c><00:37:54.369><c> you're</c><00:37:54.849><c> spiritually</c><00:37:55.110><c> healthy</c>

00:37:55.530 --> 00:37:56.650
and<00:37:55.849><c> spiritually</c><00:37:56.329><c> wealthy,</c>

00:37:56.949 --> 00:37:59.449
then<00:37:57.090><c> you'll</c><00:37:57.389><c> be</c><00:37:57.590><c> spiritually</c><00:37:58.030><c> healthy</c><00:37:58.409><c> and</c><00:37:58.690><c> spiritually</c><00:37:59.110><c> wealthy.</c>

00:37:59.670 --> 00:38:01.829
It<00:37:59.849><c> doesn't</c><00:38:00.010><c> say</c><00:38:00.309><c> anything</c><00:38:00.670><c> at</c><00:38:00.889><c> all.</c>

00:38:02.690 --> 00:38:06.670
I<00:38:03.369><c> believe</c><00:38:03.750><c> the</c><00:38:03.989><c> correct</c><00:38:04.849><c> way</c><00:38:05.489><c> of</c><00:38:05.769><c> understanding</c><00:38:06.289><c> these</c>

00:38:06.670 --> 00:38:07.710
emphatic<00:38:07.190><c> statements</c>

00:38:07.710 --> 00:38:13.050
is<00:38:08.349><c> to</c><00:38:08.650><c> recognize</c><00:38:09.070><c> that</c><00:38:09.349><c> they're</c><00:38:09.550><c> statements</c><00:38:09.969><c> of</c><00:38:10.289><c> general</c><00:38:10.670><c> truth,</c><00:38:12.309><c> not</c><00:38:12.469><c> laws</c><00:38:12.769><c> of</c>

00:38:13.050 --> 00:38:14.789
nature,<00:38:13.769><c> not</c><00:38:13.929><c> laws</c><00:38:14.230><c> of</c><00:38:14.510><c> God.</c>

00:38:15.130 --> 00:38:17.909
It<00:38:15.349><c> doesn't</c><00:38:15.489><c> make</c><00:38:15.750><c> sense</c><00:38:16.010><c> to</c><00:38:16.250><c> think</c><00:38:16.650><c> that</c><00:38:17.090><c> Solomon</c><00:38:17.429><c> intended</c>

00:38:17.909 --> 00:38:22.690
these<00:38:18.349><c> as</c><00:38:18.949><c> binding</c><00:38:19.409><c> guarantees</c><00:38:20.210><c> on</c><00:38:21.250><c> God's</c><00:38:21.730><c> behavior.</c>

00:38:23.130 --> 00:38:27.309
In<00:38:23.309><c> some</c><00:38:23.530><c> cases,</c><00:38:24.050><c> good</c><00:38:24.110><c> men</c><00:38:24.329><c> do</c><00:38:24.630><c> suffer,</c><00:38:26.190><c> but</c><00:38:26.590><c> only</c><00:38:26.929><c> so</c><00:38:27.150><c> that</c>

00:38:27.309 --> 00:38:29.989
they<00:38:27.409><c> will</c><00:38:27.630><c> go</c><00:38:27.849><c> from</c><00:38:28.150><c> good</c><00:38:28.630><c> to</c><00:38:29.090><c> better.</c>

00:38:30.409 --> 00:38:33.710
Solomon<00:38:31.010><c> knew</c><00:38:31.309><c> that</c><00:38:31.530><c> the</c><00:38:31.710><c> righteous</c><00:38:32.110><c> sometimes</c><00:38:32.829><c> suffer.</c>

00:38:33.869 --> 00:38:38.849
He'd<00:38:34.269><c> certainly</c><00:38:34.550><c> heard</c><00:38:34.869><c> his</c><00:38:35.130><c> father's</c><00:38:35.909><c> instruction</c><00:38:36.409><c> and</c><00:38:37.869><c> probably</c><00:38:38.349><c> knew</c><00:38:38.570><c> the</c>

00:38:38.849 --> 00:38:39.710
34th<00:38:39.489><c> Psalm,</c>

00:38:39.750 --> 00:38:44.349
where<00:38:39.929><c> David</c><00:38:40.190><c> says,</c><00:38:41.110><c> many</c><00:38:41.329><c> are</c><00:38:41.550><c> the</c><00:38:41.809><c> afflictions</c><00:38:42.289><c> of</c><00:38:42.489><c> the</c><00:38:42.610><c> righteous,</c><00:38:44.309><c> but</c>

00:38:44.349 --> 00:38:46.650
the<00:38:44.630><c> Lord</c><00:38:44.869><c> delivereth</c><00:38:45.329><c> them</c><00:38:45.510><c> out</c><00:38:45.670><c> of</c><00:38:45.789><c> the</c><00:38:45.909><c> all.</c>

00:38:47.590 --> 00:38:52.010
But<00:38:47.969><c> David</c><00:38:48.289><c> himself</c><00:38:48.889><c> could</c><00:38:49.230><c> also</c><00:38:49.590><c> make</c><00:38:49.809><c> the</c><00:38:50.130><c> categorical</c><00:38:50.670><c> statement,</c><00:38:51.590><c> I</c>

00:38:52.010 --> 00:38:54.369
have<00:38:52.170><c> been</c><00:38:52.389><c> young</c><00:38:52.750><c> and</c><00:38:53.010><c> now</c><00:38:53.269><c> I'm</c><00:38:53.469><c> old,</c>

00:38:54.449 --> 00:38:57.070
yet<00:38:54.550><c> have</c><00:38:54.710><c> I</c><00:38:54.829><c> not</c><00:38:55.070><c> seen</c><00:38:55.230><c> the</c><00:38:55.449><c> righteous</c><00:38:55.769><c> forsaken,</c><00:38:56.650><c> nor</c><00:38:56.710><c> his</c>

00:38:57.070 --> 00:38:58.989
seed<00:38:57.449><c> begging</c><00:38:57.989><c> bread.</c>

00:38:59.909 --> 00:39:02.989
Too<00:39:00.590><c> often</c><00:39:00.869><c> we</c><00:39:01.030><c> wind</c><00:39:01.230><c> up</c><00:39:01.489><c> struggling</c><00:39:01.909><c> with</c><00:39:02.230><c> these</c><00:39:02.510><c> difficulties,</c>

00:39:03.150 --> 00:39:06.869
trying<00:39:03.389><c> to</c><00:39:03.750><c> explain</c><00:39:03.949><c> away</c><00:39:04.230><c> the</c><00:39:04.469><c> passages</c><00:39:04.809><c> about</c><00:39:05.190><c> righteousness</c><00:39:05.650><c> and</c><00:39:05.969><c> health,</c>

00:39:07.010 --> 00:39:09.469
and<00:39:07.150><c> feeling</c><00:39:07.429><c> uncomfortable</c><00:39:08.050><c> about</c><00:39:08.349><c> them.</c>

00:39:10.610 --> 00:39:14.230
What<00:39:10.789><c> I</c><00:39:10.909><c> want</c><00:39:11.050><c> us</c><00:39:11.250><c> to</c><00:39:11.389><c> do</c><00:39:11.530><c> is</c><00:39:11.750><c> to</c><00:39:11.969><c> recognize</c><00:39:12.510><c> the</c><00:39:12.849><c> general</c><00:39:13.190><c> truths.</c>

00:39:14.650 --> 00:39:19.690
We'll<00:39:14.989><c> see</c><00:39:15.429><c> that</c><00:39:16.010><c> a</c><00:39:16.710><c> righteous</c><00:39:17.030><c> life</c><00:39:17.449><c> means</c><00:39:18.030><c> avoidance</c><00:39:18.969><c> of</c>

00:39:19.690 --> 00:39:21.489
self<00:39:19.949><c>-destructive</c><00:39:20.429><c> behavior.</c>

00:39:22.389 --> 00:39:26.889
A<00:39:22.590><c> righteous</c><00:39:22.909><c> life</c><00:39:23.610><c> means</c><00:39:24.170><c> avoidance</c><00:39:24.889><c> of</c><00:39:25.130><c> self</c><00:39:25.349><c>-destructive</c><00:39:25.909><c> thinking.</c>

00:39:27.389 --> 00:39:31.730
And<00:39:28.130><c> it</c><00:39:28.269><c> means</c><00:39:28.510><c> strength</c><00:39:29.050><c> and</c><00:39:29.489><c> peace</c><00:39:29.929><c> in</c><00:39:30.530><c> godly</c><00:39:30.909><c> living.</c>

00:39:32.010 --> 00:39:37.269
Now<00:39:32.150><c> some</c><00:39:32.369><c> clear</c><00:39:32.630><c> examples</c><00:39:33.210><c> from</c><00:39:33.789><c> Proverbs,</c><00:39:34.210><c> Proverbs</c><00:39:34.630><c> chapter</c><00:39:34.969><c> 23</c><00:39:35.929><c> verses</c><00:39:36.550><c> 29</c>

00:39:37.269 --> 00:39:39.349
to<00:39:38.909><c> 35</c>

00:39:39.349 --> 00:39:46.969
has<00:39:39.690><c> a</c><00:39:39.969><c> description</c><00:39:40.409><c> that</c><00:39:41.130><c> is</c><00:39:41.769><c> so</c><00:39:42.050><c> utterly</c><00:39:42.389><c> pathetic</c><00:39:43.010><c> of</c><00:39:44.590><c> a</c><00:39:45.329><c> person</c><00:39:45.690><c> who</c><00:39:46.130><c> is</c>

00:39:46.969 --> 00:39:49.730
given<00:39:47.429><c> to</c><00:39:48.769><c> alcohol.</c>

00:39:50.929 --> 00:39:56.929
Who<00:39:51.530><c> has</c><00:39:51.929><c> woe?</c><00:39:53.050><c> Who</c><00:39:53.289><c> has</c><00:39:53.610><c> sorrow?</c><00:39:55.070><c> Who</c><00:39:55.309><c> has</c><00:39:55.650><c> contentions?</c>

00:39:57.809 --> 00:40:02.469
Who<00:39:57.989><c> has</c><00:39:58.389><c> babbling?</c><00:39:59.989><c> Who</c><00:40:00.230><c> has</c><00:40:00.590><c> wounds</c><00:40:00.969><c> without</c><00:40:01.429><c> cause?</c>

00:40:03.130 --> 00:40:05.250
Who<00:40:03.409><c> has</c><00:40:03.730><c> redness</c><00:40:04.150><c> of</c><00:40:04.389><c> eyes?</c>

00:40:05.730 --> 00:40:09.170
They<00:40:06.110><c> that</c><00:40:06.409><c> tarry</c><00:40:06.849><c> long</c><00:40:07.210><c> at</c><00:40:07.409><c> the</c><00:40:07.690><c> wine,</c><00:40:08.389><c> they</c><00:40:08.610><c> that</c><00:40:08.809><c> go</c><00:40:08.909><c> to</c>

00:40:09.170 --> 00:40:11.190
seek<00:40:09.409><c> mixed</c><00:40:09.849><c> wine.</c>

00:40:11.510 --> 00:40:13.929
Look<00:40:11.630><c> not</c><00:40:11.909><c> thou</c><00:40:12.150><c> upon</c><00:40:12.449><c> the</c><00:40:12.690><c> wine</c><00:40:12.849><c> when</c><00:40:13.030><c> it</c><00:40:13.150><c> is</c><00:40:13.329><c> red,</c><00:40:13.590><c> when</c><00:40:13.750><c> it</c>

00:40:13.929 --> 00:40:15.269
giveth<00:40:14.130><c> its</c><00:40:14.389><c> color</c><00:40:14.710><c> in</c><00:40:14.909><c> the</c><00:40:15.050><c> cup,</c>

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when<00:40:15.750><c> it</c><00:40:15.989><c> moveth</c><00:40:16.250><c> itself</c><00:40:16.710><c> aright,</c><00:40:17.829><c> at</c><00:40:17.969><c> the</c><00:40:18.170><c> last</c><00:40:18.409><c> it</c><00:40:18.710><c> biteth</c><00:40:18.989><c> like</c><00:40:19.250><c> a</c>

00:40:19.449 --> 00:40:21.389
serpent<00:40:19.730><c> and</c><00:40:20.110><c> stingeth</c><00:40:20.449><c> like</c><00:40:20.650><c> an</c><00:40:20.789><c> adder.</c>

00:40:21.869 --> 00:40:25.530
Thine<00:40:22.090><c> eyes</c><00:40:22.429><c> shall</c><00:40:22.610><c> behold</c><00:40:23.010><c> strange</c><00:40:23.670><c> women,</c><00:40:24.349><c> foreign</c><00:40:24.570><c> women.</c>

00:40:26.090 --> 00:40:28.030
Solomon<00:40:26.610><c> knew</c><00:40:26.829><c> about</c><00:40:27.010><c> that</c><00:40:27.230><c> one.</c>

00:40:28.710 --> 00:40:31.829
And<00:40:28.949><c> thine</c><00:40:29.170><c> heart</c><00:40:29.389><c> shall</c><00:40:29.650><c> utter</c><00:40:29.929><c> perverse</c><00:40:30.449><c> things.</c>

00:40:32.849 --> 00:40:35.849
Yea,<00:40:33.190><c> thou</c><00:40:33.349><c> shalt</c><00:40:33.550><c> be</c><00:40:33.809><c> as</c><00:40:34.010><c> he</c><00:40:34.210><c> that</c><00:40:34.550><c> lieth</c><00:40:34.869><c> down</c><00:40:35.230><c> in</c><00:40:35.469><c> the</c><00:40:35.590><c> midst</c>

00:40:35.849 --> 00:40:36.789
of<00:40:36.110><c> the</c><00:40:36.349><c> sea,</c>

00:40:37.110 --> 00:40:40.690
or<00:40:37.269><c> as</c><00:40:37.429><c> he</c><00:40:37.610><c> that</c><00:40:37.949><c> lieth</c><00:40:38.250><c> upon</c><00:40:38.510><c> a</c><00:40:38.750><c> top</c><00:40:38.929><c> of</c><00:40:39.210><c> a</c><00:40:39.329><c> mast,</c><00:40:40.190><c> not</c><00:40:40.409><c> very</c>

00:40:40.690 --> 00:40:41.449
pleasant<00:40:41.010><c> things.</c>

00:40:41.449 --> 00:40:47.110
They<00:40:42.650><c> have</c><00:40:43.050><c> stricken</c><00:40:43.369><c> me,</c><00:40:43.809><c> shalt</c><00:40:43.949><c> thou</c><00:40:44.170><c> say,</c><00:40:45.469><c> and</c><00:40:45.710><c> I</c><00:40:45.809><c> was</c><00:40:45.929><c> not</c><00:40:46.190><c> sick.</c>

00:40:47.429 --> 00:40:50.530
They<00:40:47.789><c> have</c><00:40:48.190><c> beaten</c><00:40:48.489><c> me,</c><00:40:48.949><c> and</c><00:40:49.170><c> I</c><00:40:49.369><c> felt</c><00:40:49.510><c> it</c><00:40:49.750><c> not.</c>

00:40:50.789 --> 00:40:54.969
When<00:40:51.150><c> shall</c><00:40:51.449><c> I</c><00:40:51.750><c> awake?</c><00:40:52.929><c> I</c><00:40:53.250><c> will</c><00:40:53.489><c> seek</c><00:40:53.590><c> it</c><00:40:53.769><c> yet</c><00:40:53.909><c> again.</c>

00:40:56.030 --> 00:41:01.230
And<00:40:56.409><c> that</c><00:40:56.590><c> last</c><00:40:56.989><c> line</c><00:40:57.449><c> is</c><00:40:58.190><c> so</c><00:40:59.150><c> tragic</c><00:40:59.630><c> to</c><00:41:00.250><c> see</c><00:41:00.530><c> someone</c><00:41:00.829><c> who</c><00:41:01.070><c> is</c>

00:41:01.230 --> 00:41:04.989
in<00:41:01.409><c> the</c><00:41:01.789><c> grip</c><00:41:02.349><c> of</c><00:41:04.090><c> addiction.</c>

00:41:05.070 --> 00:41:07.650
I<00:41:05.710><c> will</c><00:41:05.969><c> seek</c><00:41:06.190><c> it</c><00:41:06.389><c> yet</c><00:41:06.570><c> again.</c>

00:41:13.789 --> 00:41:17.110
Proverbs<00:41:14.710><c> chapter</c><00:41:15.170><c> 5.</c>

00:41:27.449 --> 00:41:34.250
In<00:41:28.309><c> a</c><00:41:28.449><c> statement</c><00:41:28.750><c> to</c><00:41:29.630><c> his</c><00:41:29.909><c> son</c><00:41:30.150><c> about</c><00:41:30.550><c> sexual</c><00:41:31.010><c> immorality,</c><00:41:33.869><c> starting</c><00:41:34.030><c> at</c>

00:41:34.250 --> 00:41:36.389
verse<00:41:34.489><c> 8,</c><00:41:35.769><c> we</c><00:41:35.909><c> read,</c>

00:41:36.389 --> 00:41:43.250
Remove<00:41:37.210><c> thy</c><00:41:37.469><c> way</c><00:41:37.750><c> far</c><00:41:38.130><c> from</c><00:41:38.469><c> her,</c><00:41:41.489><c> and</c><00:41:41.670><c> come</c><00:41:41.889><c> not</c><00:41:42.170><c> nigh</c><00:41:42.389><c> the</c><00:41:42.550><c> door</c><00:41:43.110><c> of</c>

00:41:43.250 --> 00:41:43.750
her<00:41:43.489><c> house,</c>

00:41:43.869 --> 00:41:46.670
lest<00:41:44.010><c> thou</c><00:41:44.150><c> give</c><00:41:44.429><c> thine</c><00:41:44.670><c> honor</c><00:41:44.969><c> unto</c><00:41:45.210><c> others,</c><00:41:45.789><c> and</c><00:41:46.030><c> thy</c><00:41:46.210><c> years</c>

00:41:46.670 --> 00:41:47.550
unto<00:41:46.929><c> the</c><00:41:47.250><c> pool.</c>

00:41:48.010 --> 00:41:51.849
Lest<00:41:48.349><c> strangers</c><00:41:48.869><c> be</c><00:41:49.190><c> filled</c><00:41:49.429><c> with</c><00:41:49.670><c> thy</c><00:41:49.869><c> wealth,</c><00:41:50.750><c> and</c><00:41:50.989><c> thy</c><00:41:51.190><c> labors</c><00:41:51.630><c> be</c>

00:41:51.849 --> 00:41:52.989
in<00:41:51.989><c> the</c><00:41:52.150><c> house</c><00:41:52.329><c> of</c><00:41:52.530><c> a</c><00:41:52.710><c> stranger.</c>

00:41:53.429 --> 00:41:56.690
And<00:41:53.650><c> thou</c><00:41:53.849><c> mourn</c><00:41:54.289><c> at</c><00:41:54.449><c> the</c><00:41:54.650><c> last</c><00:41:55.050><c> when</c><00:41:55.329><c> thy</c><00:41:55.570><c> flesh</c><00:41:55.889><c> and</c><00:41:56.030><c> thy</c><00:41:56.190><c> body</c><00:41:56.449><c> are</c>

00:41:56.690 --> 00:41:57.769
consumed,<00:41:57.130><c> and</c><00:41:57.369><c> say,</c>

00:41:57.989 --> 00:42:01.690
How<00:41:58.210><c> have</c><00:41:58.409><c> I</c><00:41:58.630><c> hated</c><00:41:58.949><c> instruction,</c><00:42:00.369><c> and</c><00:42:00.510><c> my</c><00:42:00.710><c> heart</c><00:42:00.989><c> despised</c>

00:42:01.690 --> 00:42:02.690
for<00:42:01.969><c> proof.</c>

00:42:03.650 --> 00:42:10.010
So<00:42:04.409><c> there's</c><00:42:05.170><c> fluid</c><00:42:05.449><c> ways</c><00:42:05.869><c> where</c><00:42:06.309><c> we</c><00:42:07.050><c> say</c><00:42:07.190><c> I'm</c><00:42:07.389><c> not</c><00:42:07.530><c> going</c><00:42:07.769><c> to</c>

00:42:10.010 --> 00:42:11.230
do<00:42:10.329><c> such</c><00:42:10.710><c> behaviors</c>

00:42:11.230 --> 00:42:14.449
because<00:42:11.750><c> they</c><00:42:12.130><c> are</c><00:42:12.889><c> not</c><00:42:13.250><c> godly</c><00:42:13.630><c> living.</c>

00:42:15.070 --> 00:42:18.309
And<00:42:15.369><c> we</c><00:42:15.690><c> benefit</c><00:42:16.090><c> by</c><00:42:16.329><c> the</c><00:42:16.530><c> avoidance</c><00:42:16.889><c> of</c><00:42:17.110><c> those</c><00:42:17.369><c> things.</c>

00:42:20.030 --> 00:42:22.150
There's<00:42:20.289><c> also</c><00:42:20.469><c> more</c><00:42:20.710><c> subtle</c><00:42:20.989><c> things.</c>

00:42:23.010 --> 00:42:29.110
Envy.<00:42:24.769><c> Proverbs</c><00:42:25.230><c> tells</c><00:42:25.530><c> us</c><00:42:25.809><c> about</c><00:42:26.030><c> the</c><00:42:26.349><c> corrosive</c><00:42:26.929><c> effect</c><00:42:27.369><c> of</c><00:42:28.309><c> envy.</c>

00:42:29.510 --> 00:42:34.130
How<00:42:30.030><c> many</c><00:42:30.230><c> of</c><00:42:30.309><c> us</c><00:42:30.489><c> haven't</c><00:42:30.710><c> felt</c><00:42:30.969><c> envy</c><00:42:31.389><c> at</c><00:42:32.250><c> some</c><00:42:32.510><c> time</c><00:42:32.750><c> in</c><00:42:33.489><c> the</c><00:42:33.670><c> workplace</c>

00:42:34.130 --> 00:42:37.010
where<00:42:34.409><c> we</c><00:42:34.650><c> say</c><00:42:34.809><c> how</c><00:42:35.070><c> come</c><00:42:35.389><c> this</c><00:42:35.750><c> person</c><00:42:36.090><c> is</c><00:42:36.349><c> my</c><00:42:36.570><c> boss?</c>

00:42:37.409 --> 00:42:38.769
This<00:42:37.710><c> person's</c><00:42:38.250><c> my</c><00:42:38.429><c> boss.</c>

00:42:39.190 --> 00:42:40.389
This<00:42:39.429><c> person</c><00:42:39.690><c> is</c><00:42:39.869><c> a</c><00:42:40.010><c> knucklehead.</c>

00:42:40.449 --> 00:42:42.530
This<00:42:40.630><c> person</c><00:42:40.889><c> knows</c><00:42:41.210><c> nothing,</c><00:42:41.570><c> and</c><00:42:41.730><c> they're</c><00:42:41.909><c> my</c><00:42:42.070><c> boss.</c>

00:42:42.650 --> 00:42:44.570
They're<00:42:42.929><c> paid</c><00:42:43.110><c> more</c><00:42:43.389><c> than</c><00:42:43.530><c> me.</c>

00:42:44.789 --> 00:42:47.489
They<00:42:45.309><c> get</c><00:42:45.429><c> to</c><00:42:45.650><c> tell</c><00:42:45.750><c> me</c><00:42:45.949><c> what</c><00:42:46.130><c> to</c><00:42:46.329><c> do.</c>

00:42:50.530 --> 00:42:52.389
Proverbs<00:42:51.050><c> 14</c><00:42:51.570><c> verse</c><00:42:51.869><c> 30.</c>

00:42:52.389 --> 00:42:58.110
A<00:42:53.429><c> sound</c><00:42:53.909><c> heart</c><00:42:54.190><c> is</c><00:42:54.429><c> the</c><00:42:54.630><c> life</c><00:42:54.909><c> of</c><00:42:55.130><c> the</c><00:42:55.389><c> flesh,</c><00:42:56.829><c> but</c><00:42:57.070><c> envy</c><00:42:57.489><c> the</c>

00:42:58.110 --> 00:43:00.070
rottenness<00:42:58.710><c> of</c><00:42:58.909><c> the</c><00:42:59.090><c> bones.</c>

00:43:00.849 --> 00:43:02.949
And<00:43:01.369><c> you</c><00:43:01.570><c> see</c><00:43:01.730><c> the</c><00:43:01.989><c> parallelism?</c>

00:43:03.230 --> 00:43:06.409
The<00:43:03.750><c> first</c><00:43:04.010><c> part</c><00:43:04.250><c> of</c><00:43:04.389><c> the</c><00:43:04.510><c> verse</c><00:43:04.670><c> we</c><00:43:04.849><c> might</c><00:43:05.030><c> say</c><00:43:05.309><c> a</c><00:43:05.690><c> sound</c><00:43:06.010><c> heart</c><00:43:06.210><c> is</c>

00:43:06.409 --> 00:43:07.010
the<00:43:06.510><c> life</c><00:43:06.630><c> of</c><00:43:06.809><c> the</c><00:43:06.889><c> flesh,</c>

00:43:07.130 --> 00:43:09.949
and<00:43:07.170><c> we</c><00:43:07.250><c> might</c><00:43:07.449><c> think</c><00:43:07.809><c> I</c><00:43:08.449><c> wonder</c><00:43:08.630><c> what</c><00:43:08.769><c> that's</c><00:43:09.110><c> about.</c>

00:43:10.690 --> 00:43:12.769
And<00:43:10.909><c> the</c><00:43:11.170><c> parallelism</c><00:43:11.650><c> explains</c><00:43:12.070><c> it</c><00:43:12.289><c> to</c><00:43:12.409><c> us.</c>

00:43:13.130 --> 00:43:17.289
Envy,<00:43:13.989><c> the</c><00:43:14.210><c> opposite,</c><00:43:15.230><c> so</c><00:43:15.349><c> it's</c><00:43:15.590><c> an</c><00:43:15.750><c> antithetic</c><00:43:16.349><c> parallel.</c>

00:43:18.050 --> 00:43:21.929
Envy<00:43:18.570><c> is</c><00:43:19.090><c> a</c><00:43:19.449><c> rottenness</c><00:43:20.289><c> of</c><00:43:20.570><c> the</c><00:43:20.789><c> bones.</c>

00:43:22.929 --> 00:43:26.110
And<00:43:23.570><c> we</c><00:43:23.789><c> say</c><00:43:23.989><c> how</c><00:43:24.250><c> true</c><00:43:24.530><c> that</c><00:43:24.809><c> is.</c>

00:43:26.829 --> 00:43:28.510
The<00:43:27.070><c> blessings</c><00:43:27.570><c> of</c><00:43:27.849><c> the</c><00:43:28.130><c> truth.</c>

00:43:28.969 --> 00:43:32.110
Look<00:43:29.110><c> at</c><00:43:29.469><c> chapter</c><00:43:29.730><c> 12</c><00:43:30.170><c> verse</c><00:43:30.530><c> 4.</c>

00:43:33.170 --> 00:43:36.670
A<00:43:33.210><c> virtuous</c><00:43:33.710><c> woman</c><00:43:34.190><c> is</c><00:43:34.510><c> a</c><00:43:34.789><c> crown</c><00:43:35.110><c> to</c><00:43:35.349><c> her</c><00:43:35.510><c> husband,</c>

00:43:38.170 --> 00:43:43.710
but<00:43:38.489><c> she</c><00:43:38.750><c> that</c><00:43:38.969><c> maketh</c><00:43:39.289><c> ashamed</c><00:43:40.150><c> is</c><00:43:41.289><c> as</c><00:43:41.530><c> rottenness</c><00:43:42.130><c> to</c><00:43:42.329><c> his</c><00:43:42.590><c> bones.</c>

00:43:47.610 --> 00:43:52.630
Things<00:43:48.230><c> about</c><00:43:48.550><c> contentment</c><00:43:49.570><c> that</c><00:43:50.590><c> the</c><00:43:50.849><c> Proverbs</c><00:43:51.110><c> teach</c><00:43:51.409><c> us.</c>

00:43:53.909 --> 00:43:55.869
By<00:43:54.030><c> the</c><00:43:54.090><c> way,</c><00:43:54.190><c> before</c><00:43:54.369><c> I</c><00:43:54.489><c> leave</c><00:43:54.610><c> that</c><00:43:54.750><c> one</c><00:43:54.849><c> about</c><00:43:54.989><c> marriage,</c>

00:43:56.030 --> 00:43:59.030
you<00:43:56.030><c> know</c><00:43:56.269><c> Solomon,</c><00:43:56.989><c> here's</c><00:43:57.389><c> Solomon</c><00:43:57.650><c> talking</c><00:43:57.989><c> about</c><00:43:58.210><c> marriage,</c>

00:43:59.449 --> 00:44:03.210
and<00:43:59.449><c> I</c><00:44:00.349><c> guess</c><00:44:00.510><c> a</c><00:44:00.670><c> lot</c><00:44:00.769><c> of</c><00:44:00.909><c> us</c><00:44:01.110><c> have</c><00:44:01.449><c> read</c><00:44:01.690><c> the</c><00:44:01.929><c> King</c><00:44:02.170><c> James</c><00:44:02.570><c> version,</c>

00:44:03.349 --> 00:44:07.269
Proverbs<00:44:03.630><c> 21</c><00:44:04.130><c> verse</c><00:44:04.429><c> 9</c><00:44:04.769><c> where</c><00:44:05.309><c> there's</c><00:44:05.969><c> that</c><00:44:06.150><c> familiar</c><00:44:06.510><c> proverb</c><00:44:06.909><c> about</c>

00:44:07.269 --> 00:44:10.070
the<00:44:08.730><c> brawling</c><00:44:09.250><c> wife.</c>

00:44:10.070 --> 00:44:15.989
It's<00:44:10.989><c> a</c><00:44:11.789><c> good</c><00:44:11.929><c> old</c><00:44:12.409><c> King</c><00:44:12.750><c> James,</c><00:44:14.110><c> Proverbs</c><00:44:14.329><c> 21</c><00:44:14.710><c> verse</c><00:44:14.989><c> 9.</c>

00:44:17.429 --> 00:44:19.610
It's<00:44:17.750><c> better</c><00:44:17.949><c> to</c><00:44:18.190><c> dwell</c><00:44:18.329><c> in</c><00:44:18.570><c> the</c><00:44:18.610><c> corner</c><00:44:18.809><c> of</c><00:44:19.010><c> a</c><00:44:19.170><c> housetop.</c>

00:44:19.769 --> 00:44:22.789
In<00:44:19.849><c> the</c><00:44:20.010><c> corner</c><00:44:20.170><c> of</c><00:44:20.349><c> a</c><00:44:20.510><c> housetop,</c><00:44:21.710><c> you</c><00:44:21.710><c> know</c><00:44:22.110><c> Solomon's</c><00:44:22.670><c> big</c>

00:44:22.789 --> 00:44:23.409
old<00:44:22.989><c> house,</c>

00:44:23.690 --> 00:44:26.750
it'd<00:44:24.070><c> be</c><00:44:24.190><c> better</c><00:44:24.429><c> off</c><00:44:24.889><c> up</c><00:44:25.090><c> there</c><00:44:25.289><c> in</c><00:44:25.469><c> the</c><00:44:25.550><c> corner</c><00:44:25.730><c> of</c><00:44:25.869><c> the</c><00:44:26.050><c> housetop</c>

00:44:26.750 --> 00:44:33.190
than<00:44:27.630><c> in</c><00:44:28.590><c> a</c><00:44:28.809><c> broad</c><00:44:29.090><c> house,</c><00:44:30.750><c> what</c><00:44:30.869><c> he</c><00:44:31.170><c> calls</c><00:44:31.590><c> a</c><00:44:32.389><c> brawling</c><00:44:32.809><c> woman</c>

00:44:33.190 --> 00:44:34.869
in<00:44:33.449><c> a</c><00:44:33.630><c> wide</c><00:44:33.829><c> house.</c>

00:44:35.710 --> 00:44:37.809
Some<00:44:35.889><c> of</c><00:44:36.010><c> the</c><00:44:36.090><c> other</c><00:44:36.289><c> versions,</c><00:44:36.929><c> more</c><00:44:37.090><c> modern</c><00:44:37.369><c> versions,</c>

00:44:37.809 --> 00:44:42.750
is<00:44:38.070><c> rendered</c><00:44:38.170><c> as</c><00:44:38.489><c> a</c><00:44:38.670><c> nagging</c><00:44:39.130><c> wife,</c><00:44:40.710><c> and</c><00:44:40.909><c> Rotherham</c><00:44:41.429><c> in</c><00:44:41.889><c> the</c>

00:44:42.750 --> 00:44:44.630
Jewish<00:44:43.050><c> Publication</c><00:44:43.590><c> Society</c><00:44:43.989><c> of</c><00:44:44.150><c> America,</c>

00:44:44.789 --> 00:44:47.559
a<00:44:44.829><c> leaser</c><00:44:45.070><c> translation,</c><00:44:46.329><c> rendered</c><00:44:46.409><c> as</c><00:44:46.750><c> quarrelsome.</c>

00:44:47.889 --> 00:44:50.969
It<00:44:48.170><c> almost</c><00:44:48.329><c> seems</c><00:44:48.570><c> to</c><00:44:48.730><c> me</c><00:44:48.789><c> to</c><00:44:49.010><c> move</c><00:44:49.289><c> to</c><00:44:49.829><c> lose</c><00:44:50.030><c> some</c><00:44:50.230><c> of</c><00:44:50.710><c> the</c><00:44:50.750><c> force.</c>

00:44:51.230 --> 00:44:54.389
You<00:44:51.329><c> get</c><00:44:51.510><c> this</c><00:44:51.730><c> sort</c><00:44:52.050><c> of</c><00:44:52.150><c> comical</c><00:44:52.469><c> picture</c><00:44:52.889><c> of</c><00:44:53.150><c> Solomon</c><00:44:53.590><c> in</c>

00:44:54.389 --> 00:44:54.969
the<00:44:54.590><c> house</c>

00:44:54.969 --> 00:44:57.849
that<00:44:55.190><c> he</c><00:44:55.369><c> spent</c><00:44:55.610><c> 14</c><00:44:56.230><c> years</c><00:44:56.690><c> building</c><00:44:57.110><c> for</c><00:44:57.429><c> himself,</c>

00:44:58.250 --> 00:45:02.050
looking<00:44:58.550><c> for</c><00:44:58.929><c> a</c><00:44:59.070><c> quiet</c><00:44:59.389><c> spot</c><00:44:59.829><c> away</c><00:45:00.369><c> from</c><00:45:01.150><c> six</c><00:45:01.630><c> or</c><00:45:01.750><c> seven</c>

00:45:02.050 --> 00:45:03.809
hundred<00:45:02.429><c> brawling</c><00:45:02.989><c> women.</c>

00:45:03.909 --> 00:45:05.590
It<00:45:04.190><c> just</c><00:45:04.489><c> makes</c><00:45:05.210><c> you</c><00:45:05.429><c> laugh.</c>

00:45:05.590 --> 00:45:07.869
And<00:45:06.010><c> the</c><00:45:06.130><c> funny</c><00:45:06.289><c> thing</c><00:45:06.489><c> is,</c><00:45:06.670><c> you</c><00:45:06.769><c> go</c><00:45:06.929><c> down</c><00:45:07.030><c> a</c><00:45:07.110><c> few</c><00:45:07.269><c> more</c><00:45:07.449><c> verses</c>

00:45:07.869 --> 00:45:08.849
to<00:45:08.150><c> verse</c><00:45:08.409><c> 19,</c>

00:45:08.949 --> 00:45:10.969
and<00:45:09.150><c> it</c><00:45:09.449><c> looks</c><00:45:09.650><c> like</c><00:45:09.789><c> he's</c><00:45:10.090><c> thought</c><00:45:10.210><c> about</c><00:45:10.429><c> it</c><00:45:10.550><c> for</c><00:45:10.710><c> a</c><00:45:10.789><c> while,</c>

00:45:10.969 --> 00:45:13.789
and<00:45:11.090><c> he</c><00:45:11.210><c> says,</c><00:45:11.550><c> it's</c><00:45:11.809><c> better</c><00:45:12.030><c> to</c><00:45:12.269><c> dwell</c><00:45:12.409><c> in</c><00:45:12.550><c> the</c><00:45:12.769><c> wilderness</c>

00:45:14.510 --> 00:45:18.590
than<00:45:14.949><c> with</c><00:45:15.190><c> a</c><00:45:15.389><c> contentious</c><00:45:16.269><c> and</c><00:45:16.750><c> an</c><00:45:17.070><c> angry</c><00:45:17.670><c> woman.</c>

00:45:19.070 --> 00:45:21.829
Now<00:45:19.510><c> let's</c><00:45:19.949><c> lift</c><00:45:20.210><c> it</c><00:45:20.389><c> up</c><00:45:20.610><c> a</c><00:45:20.989><c> level,</c>

00:45:24.170 --> 00:45:27.590
and<00:45:24.409><c> think</c><00:45:24.610><c> about</c><00:45:24.829><c> ourselves</c><00:45:25.230><c> as</c><00:45:25.389><c> the</c><00:45:25.590><c> bride</c><00:45:25.829><c> of</c><00:45:26.030><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:31.309 --> 00:45:35.150
And<00:45:32.150><c> think</c><00:45:32.389><c> about</c><00:45:32.630><c> when</c><00:45:32.789><c> we</c><00:45:32.989><c> get</c><00:45:33.130><c> to</c><00:45:33.289><c> be</c><00:45:33.550><c> contentious,</c>

00:45:35.610 --> 00:45:38.969
nagging<00:45:36.070><c> and</c><00:45:36.329><c> brawling</c><00:45:37.130><c> amongst</c><00:45:37.730><c> ourselves.</c>

00:45:39.489 --> 00:45:41.909
Imagine<00:45:39.829><c> how</c><00:45:40.010><c> it</c><00:45:40.150><c> makes</c><00:45:40.329><c> the</c><00:45:40.550><c> Lord</c><00:45:40.730><c> feel.</c>

00:45:45.929 --> 00:45:50.309
These<00:45:46.769><c> are</c><00:45:47.610><c> beautiful</c><00:45:49.469><c> thoughts.</c>

00:45:50.309 --> 00:45:55.010
There<00:45:50.650><c> are</c><00:45:50.909><c> beautiful</c><00:45:51.949><c> lessons</c><00:45:52.769><c> about</c><00:45:53.530><c> the</c><00:45:54.010><c> benefits</c>

00:45:55.250 --> 00:45:58.949
of<00:45:55.769><c> life</c><00:45:56.110><c> lived</c><00:45:56.530><c> the</c><00:45:57.070><c> right</c><00:45:57.329><c> way.</c>

00:46:00.309 --> 00:46:04.210
Contentment,<00:46:00.889><c> chapter</c><00:46:01.170><c> 15.</c>

00:46:08.429 --> 00:46:10.570
Reading<00:46:08.750><c> from</c><00:46:09.150><c> verse</c><00:46:09.409><c> 13.</c>

00:46:12.670 --> 00:46:16.630
A<00:46:12.769><c> merry</c><00:46:13.150><c> heart</c><00:46:14.070><c> maketh</c><00:46:14.650><c> a</c><00:46:14.869><c> cheerful</c><00:46:15.230><c> countenance,</c>

00:46:16.769 --> 00:46:21.809
but<00:46:17.329><c> by</c><00:46:17.789><c> sorrow</c><00:46:18.269><c> of</c><00:46:18.530><c> the</c><00:46:18.730><c> heart</c><00:46:19.269><c> the</c><00:46:20.110><c> spirit</c><00:46:20.570><c> is</c><00:46:20.929><c> broken.</c>

00:46:22.909 --> 00:46:24.369
What<00:46:23.110><c> kind</c><00:46:23.250><c> of</c><00:46:23.409><c> parallel</c><00:46:23.610><c> is</c><00:46:23.789><c> it?</c>

00:46:24.869 --> 00:46:28.289
A<00:46:25.130><c> merry</c><00:46:25.429><c> heart</c><00:46:25.869><c> maketh</c><00:46:26.309><c> a</c><00:46:26.469><c> cheerful</c><00:46:26.829><c> countenance,</c>

00:46:28.349 --> 00:46:31.269
but<00:46:28.550><c> by</c><00:46:28.969><c> sorrow</c><00:46:29.210><c> of</c><00:46:29.389><c> the</c><00:46:29.570><c> heart</c><00:46:29.769><c> is</c><00:46:30.010><c> the</c><00:46:30.190><c> spirit</c><00:46:30.389><c> broken.</c>

00:46:31.349 --> 00:46:33.610
You<00:46:31.510><c> see</c><00:46:31.710><c> it</c><00:46:31.849><c> as</c><00:46:31.969><c> the</c><00:46:32.409><c> antithetic,</c>

00:46:33.909 --> 00:46:36.969
where<00:46:33.989><c> it's</c><00:46:34.269><c> using</c><00:46:34.550><c> opposites</c><00:46:35.269><c> to</c><00:46:35.550><c> make</c><00:46:35.710><c> the</c><00:46:35.889><c> same</c><00:46:36.170><c> point,</c>

00:46:37.630 --> 00:46:39.329
to<00:46:37.849><c> drive</c><00:46:38.070><c> the</c><00:46:38.309><c> point</c><00:46:38.469><c> home.</c>

00:46:39.469 --> 00:46:41.349
The<00:46:39.750><c> heart</c><00:46:40.030><c> of</c><00:46:40.190><c> him</c><00:46:40.309><c> that</c><00:46:40.530><c> hath</c><00:46:40.690><c> understanding,</c>

00:46:41.409 --> 00:46:43.010
verse<00:46:41.610><c> 14,</c><00:46:42.329><c> seeketh</c><00:46:42.510><c> knowledge,</c>

00:46:43.010 --> 00:46:48.070
but<00:46:43.570><c> the</c><00:46:43.789><c> mouth</c><00:46:44.130><c> of</c><00:46:44.530><c> fools</c><00:46:45.570><c> feedeth</c><00:46:46.409><c> on</c><00:46:46.710><c> foolishness.</c>

00:46:48.130 --> 00:46:51.409
All<00:46:48.429><c> the</c><00:46:48.690><c> days</c><00:46:49.010><c> of</c><00:46:49.250><c> the</c><00:46:49.469><c> afflicted</c><00:46:50.230><c> are</c><00:46:50.510><c> evil,</c>

00:46:51.630 --> 00:46:56.670
but<00:46:51.769><c> he</c><00:46:51.949><c> that</c><00:46:52.090><c> is</c><00:46:52.269><c> of</c><00:46:52.429><c> a</c><00:46:52.610><c> merry</c><00:46:52.909><c> heart</c><00:46:54.090><c> hath</c><00:46:54.690><c> a</c><00:46:55.170><c> continual</c><00:46:55.650><c> feast.</c>

00:46:59.869 --> 00:47:01.369
What's<00:47:00.429><c> he</c><00:47:00.630><c> saying?</c>

00:47:02.150 --> 00:47:04.949
Is<00:47:02.369><c> this</c><00:47:02.570><c> just</c><00:47:03.130><c> empty</c><00:47:03.429><c> statements</c><00:47:03.889><c> about</c><00:47:04.309><c> people</c><00:47:04.670><c> who</c><00:47:04.849><c> have</c>

00:47:04.949 --> 00:47:05.230
it<00:47:05.130><c> good</c>

00:47:05.230 --> 00:47:07.750
or<00:47:05.449><c> happy</c><00:47:05.690><c> and</c><00:47:05.889><c> people</c><00:47:06.170><c> who</c><00:47:06.309><c> have</c><00:47:06.409><c> it</c><00:47:06.610><c> bad</c><00:47:06.730><c> or</c><00:47:06.929><c> unhappy?</c>

00:47:07.969 --> 00:47:10.969
Or<00:47:08.190><c> is</c><00:47:08.429><c> there</c><00:47:08.570><c> rather</c><00:47:08.889><c> in</c><00:47:09.090><c> it</c>

00:47:11.789 --> 00:47:16.309
an<00:47:12.269><c> exhortation</c><00:47:12.750><c> for</c><00:47:12.969><c> us</c><00:47:13.429><c> to</c><00:47:13.769><c> have</c><00:47:14.429><c> the</c><00:47:14.929><c> merry</c><00:47:15.210><c> heart?</c>

00:47:17.389 --> 00:47:19.750
Not<00:47:17.670><c> that</c><00:47:17.829><c> we</c><00:47:17.989><c> go</c><00:47:18.170><c> around</c><00:47:18.429><c> being</c><00:47:18.829><c> giddy</c><00:47:19.190><c> and</c><00:47:19.429><c> silly</c>

00:47:19.750 --> 00:47:21.309
and<00:47:20.190><c> all</c><00:47:20.369><c> that</c><00:47:20.590><c> sort</c><00:47:20.750><c> of</c><00:47:20.929><c> thing,</c>

00:47:21.690 --> 00:47:24.570
but<00:47:21.829><c> that</c><00:47:22.010><c> we</c><00:47:22.210><c> have</c><00:47:22.369><c> the</c><00:47:22.650><c> joy</c><00:47:22.869><c> that</c><00:47:23.130><c> is</c><00:47:23.610><c> fruit</c><00:47:23.829><c> of</c><00:47:24.050><c> the</c><00:47:24.289><c> spirit,</c>

00:47:24.889 --> 00:47:27.130
an<00:47:25.050><c> aspect</c><00:47:25.409><c> of</c><00:47:25.630><c> the</c><00:47:25.769><c> fruit</c><00:47:25.869><c> of</c><00:47:26.010><c> the</c><00:47:26.230><c> spirit,</c>

00:47:27.610 --> 00:47:29.590
because<00:47:28.070><c> our</c><00:47:28.429><c> outlook</c><00:47:28.690><c> is</c><00:47:29.090><c> changed.</c>

00:47:30.090 --> 00:47:33.289
We<00:47:30.309><c> don't</c><00:47:30.469><c> go</c><00:47:30.690><c> around</c><00:47:30.929><c> with</c><00:47:31.090><c> a</c><00:47:31.329><c> miserable</c><00:47:31.849><c> attitude.</c>

00:47:36.590 --> 00:47:37.909
Verse<00:47:36.809><c> 16,</c><00:47:37.230><c> I</c><00:47:37.369><c> like</c><00:47:37.530><c> this</c><00:47:37.730><c> one.</c>

00:47:37.909 --> 00:47:41.110
Better<00:47:38.309><c> is</c><00:47:38.650><c> little</c><00:47:39.090><c> with</c><00:47:39.489><c> the</c><00:47:39.690><c> fear</c><00:47:39.789><c> of</c><00:47:39.989><c> the</c><00:47:40.130><c> Lord</c>

00:47:41.130 --> 00:47:44.329
than<00:47:41.610><c> great</c><00:47:41.969><c> treasure</c><00:47:42.489><c> and</c><00:47:43.630><c> trouble</c><00:47:43.969><c> therewith.</c>

00:47:44.389 --> 00:47:49.510
Better<00:47:44.650><c> is</c><00:47:44.889><c> a</c><00:47:44.989><c> dinner</c><00:47:45.150><c> of</c><00:47:45.550><c> herbs</c><00:47:46.170><c> where</c><00:47:47.610><c> love</c><00:47:48.030><c> is</c>

00:47:49.630 --> 00:47:53.989
than<00:47:50.110><c> a</c><00:47:50.469><c> stalled</c><00:47:50.929><c> ox</c><00:47:51.510><c> and</c><00:47:52.349><c> hatred</c><00:47:52.750><c> therewith.</c>

00:47:54.909 --> 00:47:57.750
I<00:47:55.150><c> can't</c><00:47:55.329><c> help</c><00:47:55.489><c> but</c><00:47:55.630><c> think</c><00:47:55.750><c> of</c><00:47:55.909><c> my</c><00:47:56.309><c> one</c><00:47:56.550><c> son</c><00:47:56.750><c> when</c><00:47:56.889><c> he</c><00:47:56.969><c> was</c><00:47:57.070><c> about</c><00:47:57.489><c> five</c>

00:47:57.750 --> 00:47:58.070
years<00:47:57.949><c> old.</c>

00:47:58.130 --> 00:48:00.050
I<00:47:58.230><c> don't</c><00:47:58.250><c> know</c><00:47:58.289><c> how</c><00:47:58.449><c> he</c><00:47:58.590><c> came</c><00:47:58.789><c> up</c><00:47:58.989><c> with</c><00:47:59.150><c> this.</c>

00:48:01.309 --> 00:48:03.289
You<00:48:01.409><c> often</c><00:48:01.530><c> wonder</c><00:48:01.789><c> about</c><00:48:02.030><c> parents</c><00:48:02.309><c> getting</c><00:48:02.750><c> up</c><00:48:02.949><c> and</c><00:48:03.170><c> saying</c>

00:48:03.289 --> 00:48:05.730
how<00:48:03.530><c> cute</c><00:48:03.690><c> their</c><00:48:03.849><c> little</c><00:48:04.389><c> kid</c><00:48:04.590><c> is</c><00:48:04.769><c> when</c><00:48:04.889><c> they</c><00:48:05.070><c> did</c><00:48:05.170><c> something</c><00:48:05.469><c> bad,</c>

00:48:05.730 --> 00:48:07.769
but<00:48:06.110><c> this</c><00:48:06.389><c> would</c><00:48:06.550><c> always</c><00:48:06.809><c> amuse</c><00:48:07.110><c> me.</c>

00:48:07.849 --> 00:48:11.070
Carol<00:48:08.030><c> had</c><00:48:08.230><c> made</c><00:48:08.349><c> some</c><00:48:08.570><c> kind</c><00:48:08.750><c> of</c><00:48:08.869><c> concoction</c><00:48:09.349><c> that</c><00:48:09.969><c> had</c><00:48:10.250><c> turmeric</c><00:48:10.750><c> in</c><00:48:10.909><c> it,</c>

00:48:11.070 --> 00:48:13.190
which<00:48:11.210><c> is</c><00:48:11.429><c> a</c><00:48:11.610><c> yellow</c><00:48:11.949><c> kind</c><00:48:12.210><c> of</c><00:48:12.429><c> seasoning,</c>

00:48:13.809 --> 00:48:15.829
and<00:48:14.250><c> little</c><00:48:14.690><c> five</c><00:48:14.889><c>-year</c><00:48:15.010><c>-old</c><00:48:15.090><c> Benjamin,</c><00:48:15.690><c> he</c><00:48:15.690><c> said,</c>

00:48:16.170 --> 00:48:17.849
he<00:48:16.349><c> looked</c><00:48:16.530><c> at</c><00:48:16.650><c> it</c><00:48:16.710><c> when</c><00:48:16.849><c> Carol</c><00:48:17.070><c> brought</c><00:48:17.289><c> it</c><00:48:17.429><c> out</c><00:48:17.489><c> and</c><00:48:17.590><c> he</c><00:48:17.710><c> said,</c>

00:48:18.170 --> 00:48:20.269
I<00:48:18.349><c> think</c><00:48:18.590><c> I'll</c><00:48:18.769><c> have</c><00:48:18.889><c> the</c><00:48:19.190><c> salad</c><00:48:19.489><c> bar.</c>

00:48:23.130 --> 00:48:24.250
I'll<00:48:23.429><c> have</c><00:48:23.510><c> the</c><00:48:23.750><c> salad</c><00:48:24.050><c> bar.</c>

00:48:24.409 --> 00:48:27.710
He<00:48:24.849><c> thought</c><00:48:25.070><c> that</c><00:48:25.289><c> just</c><00:48:25.610><c> a</c><00:48:25.909><c> dinner</c><00:48:26.110><c> of</c><00:48:26.389><c> herbs</c><00:48:26.530><c> would</c><00:48:26.730><c> be</c><00:48:26.929><c> better.</c>

00:48:28.449 --> 00:48:33.610
But<00:48:28.590><c> look,</c><00:48:29.090><c> better</c><00:48:29.309><c> is</c><00:48:30.210><c> the</c><00:48:30.849><c> salad</c><00:48:31.210><c> bar,</c><00:48:32.949><c> you</c><00:48:33.070><c> know,</c>

00:48:33.610 --> 00:48:38.909
where<00:48:34.550><c> love</c><00:48:34.969><c> is</c><00:48:35.849><c> than</c><00:48:37.650><c> a</c><00:48:38.210><c> stalled</c><00:48:38.610><c> ox.</c>

00:48:38.949 --> 00:48:42.110
You've<00:48:39.210><c> got</c><00:48:39.329><c> your</c><00:48:39.750><c> ox</c><00:48:39.969><c> in</c><00:48:40.250><c> the</c><00:48:40.489><c> stall</c><00:48:40.690><c> there</c><00:48:40.969><c> and</c><00:48:41.110><c> he's</c><00:48:41.809><c> fed</c>

00:48:42.110 --> 00:48:42.889
and<00:48:42.670><c> fat</c>

00:48:42.889 --> 00:48:45.590
and<00:48:43.070><c> you're</c><00:48:43.329><c> going</c><00:48:43.469><c> to</c><00:48:43.650><c> have</c><00:48:43.769><c> the</c><00:48:44.030><c> biggest</c><00:48:44.269><c> old</c><00:48:44.570><c> feast.</c>

00:48:46.710 --> 00:48:49.610
But<00:48:47.070><c> you're</c><00:48:47.389><c> quarrelsome</c><00:48:47.849><c> and</c><00:48:48.010><c> you're</c><00:48:48.269><c> contentious.</c>

00:48:50.269 --> 00:48:54.369
My<00:48:50.369><c> mom</c><00:48:50.489><c> and</c><00:48:50.670><c> I</c><00:48:51.289><c> worked</c><00:48:51.610><c> years</c><00:48:51.929><c> ago</c><00:48:52.489><c> at</c><00:48:53.110><c> a</c><00:48:53.469><c> wallpaper</c><00:48:53.889><c> store</c>

00:48:54.369 --> 00:48:58.690
that<00:48:55.309><c> was</c><00:48:55.530><c> owned</c><00:48:55.809><c> by</c><00:48:56.130><c> some</c><00:48:56.630><c> incredibly</c><00:48:57.329><c> wealthy</c><00:48:57.710><c> people.</c>

00:48:59.050 --> 00:49:02.730
They<00:48:59.130><c> had</c><00:49:00.210><c> so</c><00:49:00.550><c> much</c><00:49:00.710><c> money,</c><00:49:01.010><c> it</c><00:49:01.230><c> was</c><00:49:01.630><c> unbelievable.</c>

00:49:03.409 --> 00:49:07.210
And<00:49:03.809><c> we</c><00:49:04.210><c> got</c><00:49:04.409><c> involved</c><00:49:04.769><c> in</c><00:49:04.969><c> things</c><00:49:05.150><c> where</c><00:49:05.610><c> we</c><00:49:06.530><c> even</c><00:49:06.969><c> went</c><00:49:07.110><c> to</c>

00:49:07.210 --> 00:49:07.710
their<00:49:07.409><c> house</c>

00:49:07.710 --> 00:49:11.469
at<00:49:07.969><c> times</c><00:49:08.170><c> and</c><00:49:08.530><c> saw</c><00:49:08.789><c> just</c><00:49:09.989><c> walking</c><00:49:10.570><c> into</c><00:49:10.889><c> a</c><00:49:10.969><c> museum.</c>

00:49:11.949 --> 00:49:13.190
People<00:49:12.190><c> have</c><00:49:12.409><c> so</c><00:49:12.730><c> much</c><00:49:12.929><c> money.</c>

00:49:13.369 --> 00:49:15.650
And<00:49:13.590><c> they</c><00:49:13.710><c> were</c><00:49:13.829><c> the</c><00:49:13.989><c> most</c><00:49:14.329><c> miserable</c><00:49:14.789><c> people</c><00:49:15.210><c> you'd</c><00:49:15.469><c> ever</c>

00:49:15.650 --> 00:49:16.889
come<00:49:15.909><c> across.</c>

00:49:18.809 --> 00:49:20.849
In<00:49:18.989><c> fact,</c><00:49:19.070><c> they</c><00:49:19.210><c> were</c><00:49:19.269><c> going</c><00:49:19.429><c> through</c><00:49:19.610><c> a</c><00:49:19.789><c> divorce,</c><00:49:20.210><c> the</c><00:49:20.369><c> husband</c><00:49:20.550><c> and</c><00:49:20.670><c> wife,</c>

00:49:20.849 --> 00:49:22.530
and<00:49:20.969><c> it</c><00:49:21.030><c> was</c><00:49:21.150><c> one</c><00:49:21.289><c> of</c><00:49:21.369><c> these</c><00:49:21.690><c> things</c><00:49:21.949><c> that,</c>

00:49:22.550 --> 00:49:26.070
with<00:49:22.690><c> the</c><00:49:22.869><c> laws</c><00:49:23.050><c> changing</c><00:49:23.429><c> about</c><00:49:24.010><c> men</c><00:49:24.469><c> and</c><00:49:24.610><c> women's</c><00:49:25.090><c> relationships,</c>

00:49:26.130 --> 00:49:27.750
that<00:49:26.389><c> it</c><00:49:26.449><c> was</c><00:49:26.550><c> one</c><00:49:26.650><c> of</c><00:49:26.710><c> the</c><00:49:26.829><c> first</c><00:49:27.010><c> times</c><00:49:27.210><c> in</c><00:49:27.409><c> Maryland</c>

00:49:27.750 --> 00:49:31.010
that<00:49:28.389><c> the</c><00:49:28.590><c> husband</c><00:49:28.929><c> was</c><00:49:29.150><c> saying,</c><00:49:29.429><c> yeah,</c><00:49:29.750><c> I</c><00:49:29.889><c> want</c><00:49:29.969><c> some</c><00:49:30.190><c> of</c><00:49:30.369><c> her</c><00:49:30.530><c> money.</c>

00:49:31.010 --> 00:49:33.610
And<00:49:31.789><c> it</c><00:49:31.909><c> was</c><00:49:32.130><c> sort</c><00:49:32.570><c> of</c><00:49:32.710><c> a</c><00:49:32.829><c> big</c><00:49:33.170><c> case.</c>

00:49:33.829 --> 00:49:37.289
And<00:49:33.829><c> I</c><00:49:33.949><c> remember</c><00:49:34.929><c> that</c><00:49:35.170><c> the</c><00:49:35.329><c> lady</c><00:49:35.630><c> we</c><00:49:36.070><c> worked</c><00:49:36.230><c> for</c><00:49:36.550><c> used</c><00:49:36.889><c> to</c><00:49:37.050><c> say</c><00:49:37.150><c> to</c>

00:49:37.289 --> 00:49:38.170
my<00:49:37.449><c> mom,</c>

00:49:38.710 --> 00:49:40.309
how<00:49:38.750><c> come</c><00:49:38.929><c> you're</c><00:49:39.110><c> so</c><00:49:39.329><c> happy?</c>

00:49:40.429 --> 00:49:42.710
Implication<00:49:40.949><c> being,</c><00:49:41.769><c> you're</c><00:49:42.010><c> poor.</c>

00:49:43.130 --> 00:49:44.730
You're<00:49:43.389><c> not</c><00:49:43.570><c> as</c><00:49:43.789><c> wealthy</c><00:49:44.250><c> as</c><00:49:44.409><c> we</c><00:49:44.610><c> are.</c>

00:49:44.750 --> 00:49:46.429
How<00:49:44.929><c> come</c><00:49:45.090><c> you're</c><00:49:45.269><c> so</c><00:49:45.530><c> happy?</c>

00:49:47.530 --> 00:49:50.630
Unfortunately,<00:49:48.130><c> she</c><00:49:48.329><c> was</c><00:49:48.710><c> a</c><00:49:48.869><c> woman</c><00:49:49.030><c> from</c><00:49:49.389><c> a</c><00:49:49.829><c> Jewish</c><00:49:50.150><c> background</c>

00:49:50.630 --> 00:49:54.210
who<00:49:51.050><c> should</c><00:49:51.429><c> have</c><00:49:51.750><c> known</c><00:49:52.349><c> some</c><00:49:52.929><c> of</c><00:49:53.110><c> these</c><00:49:53.329><c> things.</c>

00:49:54.789 --> 00:49:56.570
It's<00:49:55.309><c> really</c><00:49:55.590><c> true.</c>

00:49:57.289 --> 00:49:58.949
Now,<00:49:57.449><c> when</c><00:49:57.570><c> I'm</c><00:49:57.849><c> teaching</c><00:49:58.150><c> the</c><00:49:58.369><c> young</c><00:49:58.530><c> people,</c>

00:49:58.949 --> 00:50:01.409
particularly<00:49:59.570><c> when</c><00:49:59.710><c> I'm</c><00:50:00.130><c> preparing</c><00:50:00.409><c> young</c><00:50:00.630><c> people</c><00:50:00.869><c> for</c><00:50:01.070><c> baptism,</c>

00:50:01.449 --> 00:50:08.170
I<00:50:01.610><c> like</c><00:50:01.829><c> to</c><00:50:02.070><c> give</c><00:50:02.230><c> them</c><00:50:03.590><c> a</c><00:50:04.449><c> key</c><00:50:04.809><c> for</c><00:50:05.550><c> Bible</c><00:50:05.909><c> marking</c><00:50:06.269><c> that</c><00:50:06.710><c> works</c><00:50:07.050><c> for</c><00:50:07.269><c> me.</c>

00:50:09.230 --> 00:50:10.050
Everybody's<00:50:09.590><c> got</c><00:50:09.710><c> their</c><00:50:09.849><c> own</c><00:50:09.969><c> way.</c>

00:50:10.150 --> 00:50:13.010
But<00:50:10.250><c> my</c><00:50:10.469><c> way</c><00:50:10.690><c> is</c><00:50:10.909><c> I</c><00:50:11.030><c> have</c><00:50:11.150><c> what</c><00:50:11.289><c> I</c><00:50:11.409><c> call</c><00:50:11.510><c> my</c><00:50:11.690><c> go</c><00:50:12.010><c>-to</c><00:50:12.070><c> verse.</c>

00:50:13.670 --> 00:50:17.389
And<00:50:13.909><c> so</c><00:50:14.329><c> if</c><00:50:14.650><c> it's</c><00:50:14.969><c> about</c><00:50:16.010><c> resurrection,</c>

00:50:18.190 --> 00:50:21.429
1<00:50:18.269><c> Corinthians</c><00:50:18.570><c> 15,</c><00:50:19.650><c> the</c><00:50:19.829><c> go</c><00:50:20.030><c>-to</c><00:50:20.130><c> chapter</c><00:50:20.449><c> for</c><00:50:20.690><c> faith,</c><00:50:21.210><c> that's</c>

00:50:21.429 --> 00:50:22.050
Hebrews<00:50:21.590><c> 11,</c>

00:50:22.309 --> 00:50:24.969
go<00:50:22.530><c>-to</c><00:50:22.690><c> chapter</c><00:50:22.909><c> for</c><00:50:23.130><c> baptism,</c><00:50:24.050><c> etc.,</c><00:50:24.510><c> Romans</c><00:50:24.769><c> 6.</c>

00:50:24.969 --> 00:50:29.269
And<00:50:25.710><c> so</c><00:50:26.210><c> I</c><00:50:26.550><c> teach</c><00:50:26.969><c> them</c><00:50:27.469><c> to</c><00:50:28.170><c> have</c><00:50:28.329><c> your</c><00:50:28.530><c> go</c><00:50:28.750><c>-to</c><00:50:28.829><c> passage</c>

00:50:29.269 --> 00:50:31.570
and<00:50:29.590><c> then</c><00:50:29.869><c> there</c><00:50:30.170><c> make</c><00:50:30.429><c> your</c><00:50:30.630><c> notes</c><00:50:30.809><c> about</c><00:50:31.090><c> where</c><00:50:31.289><c> they're</c>

00:50:31.570 --> 00:50:32.530
supporting<00:50:32.090><c> scriptures.</c>

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It's<00:50:32.789><c> a</c><00:50:32.889><c> good</c><00:50:33.690><c> trick</c><00:50:33.989><c> for</c><00:50:34.769><c> Bible</c><00:50:35.210><c> marking.</c>

00:50:36.550 --> 00:50:40.429
Well,<00:50:36.650><c> the</c><00:50:36.849><c> go</c><00:50:37.130><c>-to</c><00:50:37.250><c> passage</c><00:50:37.690><c> that</c><00:50:37.889><c> I</c><00:50:38.090><c> have</c><00:50:38.909><c> for</c><00:50:39.829><c> our</c><00:50:40.110><c> attitude</c>

00:50:40.429 --> 00:50:44.869
about<00:50:40.710><c> money</c><00:50:41.389><c> is</c><00:50:44.650><c> what?</c>

00:50:44.969 --> 00:50:47.289
What's<00:50:45.230><c> a</c><00:50:45.309><c> good</c><00:50:45.510><c> go</c><00:50:45.730><c>-to</c><00:50:45.829><c> passage</c><00:50:46.230><c> on</c><00:50:46.489><c> that?</c>

00:50:47.610 --> 00:50:48.989
Anybody<00:50:47.849><c> have</c><00:50:48.050><c> one?</c>

00:50:49.889 --> 00:50:52.849
Anybody<00:50:50.130><c> think</c><00:50:50.670><c> right</c><00:50:50.849><c> away</c><00:50:51.010><c> of</c><00:50:51.269><c> 1</c><00:50:51.510><c> Timothy</c><00:50:51.889><c> chapter</c><00:50:52.289><c> 6?</c>

00:50:52.849 --> 00:50:55.409
It's<00:50:53.809><c> a</c><00:50:53.869><c> good</c><00:50:54.090><c> go</c><00:50:54.369><c>-to</c><00:50:54.449><c> chapter.</c>

00:50:55.889 --> 00:50:57.969
Have<00:50:56.050><c> a</c><00:50:56.150><c> look</c><00:50:56.250><c> at</c><00:50:56.369><c> it.</c>

00:50:59.309 --> 00:51:02.510
Funny<00:50:59.489><c> that</c><00:50:59.650><c> we</c><00:51:00.130><c> might</c><00:51:00.369><c> be</c><00:51:00.590><c> more</c><00:51:01.010><c> quick</c><00:51:01.190><c> to</c><00:51:01.389><c> remember</c><00:51:01.650><c> a</c><00:51:01.809><c> go</c><00:51:01.989><c>-to</c><00:51:02.110><c> passage</c>

00:51:02.510 --> 00:51:06.829
about<00:51:03.210><c> resurrection</c><00:51:03.989><c> or</c><00:51:05.050><c> faith</c><00:51:05.570><c> or</c><00:51:06.449><c> love.</c>

00:51:06.849 --> 00:51:08.269
That<00:51:06.989><c> would</c><00:51:07.130><c> be</c><00:51:07.230><c> 1</c><00:51:07.349><c> Corinthians</c><00:51:07.690><c> 13.</c>

00:51:08.510 --> 00:51:15.349
But<00:51:08.650><c> a</c><00:51:08.789><c> good</c><00:51:09.030><c> go</c><00:51:09.309><c>-to</c><00:51:09.449><c> passage</c><00:51:10.050><c> about</c><00:51:11.170><c> our</c><00:51:12.650><c> attitude</c><00:51:13.010><c> towards</c><00:51:13.329><c> money</c><00:51:13.949><c> is</c><00:51:15.110><c> 1</c>

00:51:15.349 --> 00:51:16.969
Timothy<00:51:15.750><c> chapter</c><00:51:16.289><c> 6.</c>

00:51:16.969 --> 00:51:22.269
This<00:51:17.989><c> is</c><00:51:18.210><c> where</c><00:51:18.349><c> we</c><00:51:19.889><c> hear</c><00:51:20.369><c> about</c><00:51:20.670><c> people</c><00:51:21.050><c> who</c><00:51:21.329><c> suppose</c><00:51:21.889><c> that</c>

00:51:22.269 --> 00:51:24.349
gain<00:51:22.590><c> is</c><00:51:23.010><c> godliness.</c>

00:51:25.230 --> 00:51:25.869
Verse<00:51:25.369><c> 5.</c>

00:51:26.050 --> 00:51:30.789
But,<00:51:26.389><c> verse</c><00:51:26.789><c> 6,</c><00:51:27.630><c> godliness</c><00:51:28.050><c> with</c><00:51:28.349><c> contentment</c><00:51:29.289><c> is</c><00:51:29.670><c> great</c><00:51:29.929><c> gain.</c>

00:51:31.449 --> 00:51:33.909
We<00:51:31.769><c> brought</c><00:51:32.010><c> nothing</c><00:51:32.309><c> into</c><00:51:32.550><c> this</c><00:51:32.849><c> world</c><00:51:33.090><c> and</c><00:51:33.250><c> it's</c><00:51:33.530><c> certain.</c>

00:51:34.409 --> 00:51:36.429
We<00:51:34.530><c> can</c><00:51:34.730><c> carry</c><00:51:34.929><c> nothing</c><00:51:35.230><c> out.</c>

00:51:36.530 --> 00:51:40.030
Having<00:51:36.869><c> food</c><00:51:37.329><c> and</c><00:51:37.590><c> raiment</c><00:51:37.849><c> let</c><00:51:38.050><c> us</c><00:51:38.230><c> be</c><00:51:38.469><c> there</c><00:51:38.710><c> with</c><00:51:39.050><c> content.</c>

00:51:40.469 --> 00:51:43.349
But<00:51:40.650><c> those</c><00:51:41.070><c> who</c><00:51:41.329><c> desire</c><00:51:41.630><c> to</c><00:51:41.769><c> be</c><00:51:41.969><c> rich</c><00:51:42.210><c> fall</c><00:51:42.510><c> into</c><00:51:42.730><c> temptation</c>

00:51:43.349 --> 00:51:44.070
and<00:51:43.610><c> a</c><00:51:43.849><c> snare</c>

00:51:44.070 --> 00:51:48.510
and<00:51:44.289><c> into</c><00:51:44.550><c> many</c><00:51:45.030><c> foolish</c><00:51:45.590><c> and</c><00:51:46.329><c> hurtful</c><00:51:46.750><c> lusts</c><00:51:47.730><c> which</c><00:51:47.989><c> drown</c>

00:51:48.510 --> 00:51:50.730
men<00:51:48.829><c> in</c><00:51:49.110><c> destruction</c><00:51:49.710><c> and</c><00:51:49.969><c> perdition</c>

00:51:50.809 --> 00:51:53.010
for<00:51:51.150><c> the</c><00:51:51.469><c> love</c><00:51:51.789><c> of</c><00:51:52.110><c> money.</c>

00:51:54.309 --> 00:51:58.050
Probably<00:51:54.730><c> the</c><00:51:55.030><c> most</c><00:51:55.269><c> misquoted</c><00:51:55.929><c> scripture,</c><00:51:57.090><c> right?</c>

00:51:58.409 --> 00:52:00.849
People<00:51:58.929><c> say</c><00:51:59.449><c> it's</c><00:51:59.690><c> money</c><00:51:59.909><c> is</c><00:52:00.110><c> the</c><00:52:00.210><c> root</c><00:52:00.309><c> of</c><00:52:00.449><c> all</c><00:52:00.550><c> evil,</c><00:52:00.690><c> but</c>

00:52:00.849 --> 00:52:01.230
it's<00:52:01.070><c> not.</c>

00:52:01.369 --> 00:52:04.309
It's<00:52:01.469><c> the</c><00:52:01.690><c> love</c><00:52:01.909><c> of</c><00:52:02.150><c> money</c><00:52:02.269><c> is</c><00:52:02.510><c> the</c><00:52:02.670><c> root</c><00:52:02.849><c> of</c><00:52:03.110><c> all</c><00:52:03.349><c> evil.</c>

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Well,<00:52:05.570><c> some</c><00:52:05.789><c> have</c><00:52:06.050><c> coveted</c><00:52:06.469><c> after</c><00:52:06.730><c> they</c><00:52:06.989><c> have</c><00:52:07.250><c> erred</c><00:52:07.550><c> from</c>

00:52:07.789 --> 00:52:08.329
the<00:52:08.030><c> faith</c>

00:52:08.329 --> 00:52:13.269
and<00:52:08.989><c> pierced</c><00:52:09.369><c> themselves</c><00:52:09.889><c> through</c><00:52:10.690><c> with</c><00:52:11.809><c> many</c><00:52:12.130><c> sorrows.</c>

00:52:15.469 --> 00:52:18.250
So<00:52:16.289><c> what's</c><00:52:16.550><c> the</c><00:52:16.670><c> point</c><00:52:16.809><c> of</c><00:52:16.929><c> all</c><00:52:17.070><c> this?</c>

00:52:21.710 --> 00:52:24.150
The<00:52:22.110><c> few</c><00:52:22.250><c> examples</c><00:52:22.630><c> we've</c><00:52:22.969><c> looked</c><00:52:23.130><c> at</c><00:52:23.329><c> here</c><00:52:23.510><c> from</c><00:52:23.730><c> problems</c>

00:52:24.150 --> 00:52:28.269
about<00:52:25.489><c> alcohol,</c><00:52:27.429><c> sexual</c><00:52:27.670><c> immorality,</c>

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envy,<00:52:30.050><c> peaceful</c><00:52:30.349><c> marriages,</c><00:52:31.469><c> contentment,</c><00:52:32.909><c> they</c><00:52:33.429><c> all</c><00:52:33.769><c> illustrate</c><00:52:34.250><c> that</c>

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living<00:52:34.789><c> by</c><00:52:35.110><c> Christ's</c><00:52:35.869><c> standards</c>

00:52:36.250 --> 00:52:40.909
benefits<00:52:37.050><c> us</c><00:52:37.489><c> now</c><00:52:38.289><c> with</c><00:52:39.570><c> mental</c><00:52:39.889><c> health.</c>

00:52:42.150 --> 00:52:46.289
It<00:52:42.230><c> is</c><00:52:42.610><c> certainly</c><00:52:43.190><c> unequivocally</c><00:52:44.389><c> true</c><00:52:44.869><c> that</c><00:52:45.309><c> some</c><00:52:45.650><c> kinds</c><00:52:45.989><c> of</c>

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immoral<00:52:46.710><c> actions</c><00:52:47.349><c> destroy</c><00:52:48.150><c> our</c><00:52:48.469><c> health.</c>

00:52:50.489 --> 00:52:55.090
And<00:52:50.630><c> it's</c><00:52:51.190><c> true</c><00:52:51.489><c> that</c><00:52:51.690><c> the</c><00:52:51.869><c> mind</c><00:52:52.070><c> of</c><00:52:52.230><c> the</c><00:52:52.469><c> flesh,</c><00:52:54.550><c> our</c><00:52:54.670><c> natural</c>

00:52:55.090 --> 00:52:55.829
thought<00:52:55.389><c> patterns,</c>

00:52:56.050 --> 00:52:59.030
the<00:52:56.190><c> things</c><00:52:56.409><c> we</c><00:52:56.969><c> think</c><00:52:57.150><c> if</c><00:52:57.329><c> we</c><00:52:57.550><c> forget</c><00:52:57.750><c> about</c><00:52:58.010><c> Jesus,</c>

00:52:59.289 --> 00:53:02.429
that<00:52:59.590><c> whole</c><00:52:59.809><c> way</c><00:53:00.050><c> of</c><00:53:00.329><c> thinking</c><00:53:00.550><c> destroys</c><00:53:01.210><c> our</c><00:53:01.630><c> mental</c><00:53:01.949><c> health.</c>

00:53:02.429 --> 00:53:06.829
Moses<00:53:03.809><c> told</c><00:53:04.190><c> the</c><00:53:04.369><c> children</c><00:53:04.630><c> of</c><00:53:04.809><c> Israel</c><00:53:05.130><c> that</c><00:53:05.409><c> God's</c><00:53:05.889><c> commandments</c><00:53:06.309><c> were</c><00:53:06.710><c> for</c>

00:53:06.829 --> 00:53:08.670
their<00:53:07.090><c> good</c><00:53:07.369><c> always.</c>

00:53:10.210 --> 00:53:13.269
Jesus<00:53:10.969><c> was</c><00:53:11.730><c> asked</c><00:53:12.030><c> by</c><00:53:12.389><c> Peter.</c>

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Remember,<00:53:14.429><c> it</c><00:53:14.949><c> was</c><00:53:15.110><c> the</c><00:53:15.230><c> occasion</c><00:53:15.670><c> when</c><00:53:17.190><c> there</c><00:53:17.869><c> was</c><00:53:18.070><c> a</c><00:53:18.190><c> rich</c>

00:53:18.389 --> 00:53:21.409
young<00:53:18.610><c> man</c><00:53:19.170><c> had</c><00:53:19.969><c> come</c><00:53:20.190><c> to</c><00:53:20.309><c> him.</c>

00:53:23.349 --> 00:53:24.769
Am<00:53:23.570><c> I</c><00:53:23.630><c> running</c><00:53:23.789><c> out</c><00:53:23.949><c> of</c><00:53:24.070><c> time?</c>

00:53:25.630 --> 00:53:28.190
This<00:53:26.389><c> clock</c><00:53:26.989><c> is</c><00:53:27.570><c> responsible.</c>

00:53:28.190 --> 00:53:30.190
I<00:53:28.570><c> thought,</c><00:53:29.070><c> man,</c><00:53:29.210><c> that's</c><00:53:29.449><c> going</c><00:53:29.630><c> awful</c><00:53:29.909><c> slow.</c>

00:53:30.230 --> 00:53:31.369
I'm<00:53:30.429><c> enjoying</c><00:53:30.690><c> myself</c><00:53:31.090><c> here.</c>

00:53:31.849 --> 00:53:34.070
And<00:53:32.090><c> time</c><00:53:32.349><c> seems</c><00:53:32.630><c> to</c><00:53:32.809><c> have</c><00:53:32.949><c> stood</c><00:53:33.110><c> still.</c>

00:53:34.329 --> 00:53:35.909
How<00:53:34.510><c> much</c><00:53:34.750><c> over</c><00:53:34.929><c> am</c><00:53:35.050><c> I?</c>

00:53:36.570 --> 00:53:38.469
I<00:53:37.050><c> am</c><00:53:37.289><c> so</c><00:53:37.650><c> sorry.</c>

00:53:39.110 --> 00:53:41.409
I<00:53:39.409><c> was</c><00:53:39.570><c> wondering</c><00:53:39.690><c> what's</c><00:53:40.010><c> Mark</c><00:53:40.190><c> doing</c><00:53:40.309><c> back</c><00:53:40.630><c> here.</c>

00:53:41.650 --> 00:53:42.869
I<00:53:41.929><c> am</c><00:53:42.170><c> really,</c><00:53:42.469><c> really</c><00:53:42.670><c> sorry.</c>

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Let<00:53:43.070><c> me</c><00:53:43.170><c> wrap</c><00:53:43.309><c> up</c><00:53:43.510><c> real</c><00:53:43.750><c> quick.</c>

00:53:46.190 --> 00:53:48.250
And<00:53:46.289><c> my</c><00:53:46.550><c> wife's</c><00:53:46.829><c> gone</c><00:53:46.929><c> like</c><00:53:47.250><c> this.</c>

00:53:51.070 --> 00:53:51.909
This<00:53:51.449><c> clock</c><00:53:51.630><c> stopped.</c>

00:53:51.909 --> 00:53:53.670
I<00:53:52.010><c> could</c><00:53:52.170><c> have</c><00:53:52.289><c> been</c><00:53:52.369><c> here</c><00:53:52.530><c> all</c><00:53:52.710><c> afternoon.</c>

00:53:54.650 --> 00:53:57.969
There's<00:53:55.130><c> several</c><00:53:55.429><c> references</c><00:53:55.909><c> to</c><00:53:56.110><c> the</c><00:53:56.269><c> tree</c><00:53:56.389><c> of</c><00:53:56.590><c> life</c><00:53:56.750><c> after</c><00:53:57.050><c> Genesis.</c>

00:53:58.210 --> 00:54:01.409
Four<00:53:58.210><c> of</c><00:53:58.429><c> them</c><00:53:58.590><c> are</c><00:54:00.730><c> in</c><00:54:00.829><c> the</c><00:54:01.070><c> Proverbs.</c>

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Here's<00:54:01.829><c> your</c><00:54:02.010><c> memory</c><00:54:02.230><c> verse.</c>

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If<00:54:03.969><c> you're</c><00:54:04.309><c> wise,</c><00:54:04.949><c> you're</c><00:54:05.210><c> wise</c><00:54:05.429><c> for</c><00:54:05.670><c> yourself.</c>

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If<00:54:07.789><c> you</c><00:54:08.130><c> scoff,</c><00:54:08.969><c> you'll</c><00:54:09.150><c> bury</c><00:54:09.369><c> the</c><00:54:09.610><c> lamb.</c>