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Do<00:10:38.559><c> you</c><00:10:38.620><c> know</c><00:10:38.759><c> why?</c>

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Because<00:10:39.580><c> you</c><00:10:39.720><c> see</c><00:10:39.820><c> what</c><00:10:40.059><c> lies</c><00:10:40.379><c> beyond</c><00:10:40.799><c> enough.</c>

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And<00:10:42.919><c> we</c><00:10:43.120><c> imagine</c><00:10:43.460><c> that</c><00:10:43.679><c> what</c><00:10:43.860><c> lies</c><00:10:44.200><c> beyond</c><00:10:44.580><c> enough</c><00:10:44.820><c> is</c><00:10:45.259><c> ecstasy.</c>

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But<00:10:47.000><c> the</c><00:10:47.220><c> proverb</c><00:10:47.399><c> says,</c><00:10:47.860><c> no,</c><00:10:47.960><c> it's</c><00:10:48.100><c> not.</c>

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What<00:10:48.480><c> lies</c><00:10:48.840><c> beyond</c><00:10:49.259><c> enough</c><00:10:49.480><c> is</c><00:10:49.860><c> nausea.</c>

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So<00:10:53.840><c> don't</c><00:10:54.200><c> eat</c><00:10:54.740><c> so</c><00:10:55.120><c> much</c><00:10:55.559><c> to</c><00:10:55.899><c> the</c><00:10:56.100><c> point</c><00:10:56.279><c> where</c><00:10:56.500><c> you're</c><00:10:56.940><c> filled.</c>

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Because<00:10:57.740><c> if</c><00:10:58.059><c> you're</c><00:10:58.419><c> filled</c><00:10:58.919><c> with</c><00:10:59.179><c> it,</c><00:10:59.539><c> you'll</c><00:10:59.879><c> actually</c>

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find<00:11:00.899><c> unpleasant</c><00:11:01.440><c> things</c><00:11:02.039><c> emerge.</c>

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Now,<00:11:05.720><c> now</c><00:11:06.120><c> says</c><00:11:06.340><c> verse</c><00:11:06.639><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:11:07.299><c> here's</c><00:11:07.500><c> the</c><00:11:07.679><c> taking</c><00:11:07.879><c> up,</c><00:11:08.080><c> you</c><00:11:08.259><c> see,</c><00:11:08.379><c> of</c><00:11:08.519><c> the</c><00:11:08.720><c> proverb.</c>

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Well,<00:11:09.419><c> here's</c><00:11:09.740><c> the</c><00:11:09.919><c> honey,</c><00:11:10.259><c> you</c><00:11:10.259><c> see,</c><00:11:10.539><c> verse</c><00:11:10.659><c> 17.</c>

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Withdraw<00:11:11.519><c> thy</c><00:11:11.779><c> foot</c><00:11:11.919><c> from</c><00:11:12.159><c> thy</c><00:11:12.399><c> neighbor's</c><00:11:12.919><c> house.</c>

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The<00:11:13.580><c> honey</c><00:11:13.820><c> here</c><00:11:14.220><c> is</c><00:11:14.620><c> the</c><00:11:14.899><c> friendship</c><00:11:15.360><c> that</c><00:11:15.639><c> they</c><00:11:15.899><c> enjoy.</c>

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He<00:11:16.759><c> says,</c><00:11:17.000><c> well,</c><00:11:17.019><c> be</c><00:11:17.139><c> very</c><00:11:17.460><c> careful.</c>

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Because<00:11:18.799><c> you</c><00:11:19.059><c> see,</c><00:11:19.139><c> if</c><00:11:19.279><c> you're</c><00:11:19.480><c> in</c><00:11:19.559><c> your</c><00:11:19.679><c> neighbor's</c><00:11:20.059><c> house</c>

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too<00:11:20.539><c> much,</c><00:11:20.940><c> too</c><00:11:21.080><c> often,</c><00:11:21.480><c> too</c><00:11:21.779><c> frequently,</c>

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he<00:11:22.679><c> might</c><00:11:23.059><c> just</c><00:11:23.580><c> become</c><00:11:24.539><c> filled</c><00:11:25.820><c> with</c><00:11:26.440><c> you</c><00:11:27.200><c> and</c><00:11:29.059><c> so</c><00:11:29.500><c> hate</c><00:11:29.960><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:11:31.799><c> the</c><00:11:32.039><c> friendship</c><00:11:32.399><c> will</c><00:11:32.740><c> become</c><00:11:33.100><c> nauseous.</c>

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In<00:11:34.899><c> other</c><00:11:35.080><c> words,</c><00:11:35.820><c> it's</c><00:11:36.000><c> really</c><00:11:36.240><c> saying</c><00:11:36.419><c> your</c><00:11:36.759><c> company</c><00:11:37.139><c> may</c>

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be<00:11:37.559><c> very</c><00:11:37.960><c> sweet,</c>

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but<00:11:38.860><c> you</c><00:11:39.080><c> can</c><00:11:39.580><c> have</c><00:11:40.139><c> too</c><00:11:40.379><c> much</c><00:11:40.679><c> of</c><00:11:40.820><c> a</c><00:11:40.919><c> good</c><00:11:41.139><c> thing,</c><00:11:41.379><c> you</c><00:11:41.539><c> know.</c>

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So<00:11:43.419><c> there's</c><00:11:43.600><c> a</c><00:11:43.720><c> danger</c><00:11:44.000><c> here</c><00:11:44.379><c> actually</c><00:11:44.779><c> against</c><00:11:45.500><c> friendship</c>

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that<00:11:46.159><c> is</c><00:11:46.419><c> taken</c><00:11:46.740><c> to</c><00:11:47.019><c> excess.</c>

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Friendship<00:11:48.340><c> that</c><00:11:48.600><c> becomes</c><00:11:48.940><c> smothering.</c>

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Friendship<00:11:50.399><c> that</c><00:11:50.679><c> becomes</c><00:11:51.200><c> unwanted</c><00:11:52.240><c> interference.</c>

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Now,<00:11:55.460><c> coming</c><00:11:55.639><c> back</c><00:11:55.879><c> to</c><00:11:56.039><c> Proverbs</c><00:11:56.379><c> 26</c><00:11:56.960><c> and</c><00:11:57.139><c> verse</c><00:11:57.340><c> 7,</c><00:11:57.559><c> I</c><00:11:57.639><c> think</c>

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that's<00:11:58.000><c> what</c><00:11:58.120><c> it's</c><00:11:58.340><c> saying.</c>

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You<00:11:58.720><c> see,</c><00:11:58.940><c> the</c><00:11:58.980><c> full</c><00:11:59.419><c> soul</c><00:11:59.799><c> loatheth</c><00:12:00.259><c> in</c><00:12:00.440><c> honeycomb.</c>

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The<00:12:01.360><c> lesson</c><00:12:01.659><c> of</c><00:12:01.940><c> this</c><00:12:02.220><c> verse</c><00:12:02.480><c> is</c><00:12:03.039><c> that</c><00:12:03.720><c> too</c><00:12:04.080><c> much</c><00:12:04.480><c> leads</c><00:12:05.059><c> to</c><00:12:05.360><c> loathing.</c>

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Friendship<00:12:06.519><c> can</c><00:12:06.799><c> be</c><00:12:07.320><c> strained</c><00:12:08.179><c> by</c><00:12:08.519><c> repeated</c><00:12:09.100><c> or</c><00:12:09.539><c> excessive</c><00:12:10.159><c> contact.</c>

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Even<00:12:11.559><c> friends,</c><00:12:12.200><c> even</c><00:12:12.460><c> good</c><00:12:12.740><c> friends,</c><00:12:13.340><c> need</c><00:12:13.519><c> privacy.</c>

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They<00:12:15.799><c> need</c><00:12:15.960><c> space.</c>

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They<00:12:18.480><c> need</c><00:12:18.639><c> room.</c>

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We<00:12:21.340><c> don't</c><00:12:21.559><c> overdo</c><00:12:21.919><c> it,</c><00:12:22.600><c> you</c><00:12:22.759><c> see.</c>

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Mind<00:12:23.860><c> you,</c><00:12:24.100><c> the</c><00:12:24.159><c> verse</c><00:12:24.340><c> goes</c><00:12:24.539><c> on</c><00:12:24.720><c> to</c><00:12:24.840><c> say,</c><00:12:25.059><c> but</c><00:12:25.100><c> to</c><00:12:25.220><c> the</c><00:12:25.399><c> hungry</c>

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soul,<00:12:26.299><c> every</c><00:12:26.639><c> bitter</c><00:12:26.940><c> thing</c><00:12:27.399><c> is</c><00:12:27.759><c> sweet.</c>

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And<00:12:28.120><c> so</c><00:12:28.320><c> I</c><00:12:28.480><c> think</c><00:12:28.639><c> there's</c><00:12:28.820><c> a</c><00:12:29.000><c> warning</c><00:12:29.139><c> here</c><00:12:29.360><c> that</c><00:12:29.539><c> you</c><00:12:29.600><c> see,</c><00:12:30.279><c> loneliness</c><00:12:30.580><c> is</c><00:12:31.399><c> a</c>

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hunger<00:12:31.860><c> for</c><00:12:32.179><c> company,</c><00:12:32.620><c> isn't</c><00:12:32.940><c> it?</c>

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And<00:12:34.080><c> those</c><00:12:34.440><c> that</c><00:12:34.679><c> are</c><00:12:34.860><c> lonely</c><00:12:35.320><c> have</c><00:12:35.779><c> such</c><00:12:36.120><c> a</c><00:12:36.340><c> hunger</c><00:12:36.539><c> for</c><00:12:36.840><c> company</c><00:12:37.159><c> that</c>

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may<00:12:37.879><c> lead</c><00:12:38.279><c> them,</c><00:12:38.799><c> says</c><00:12:38.879><c> the</c><00:12:39.159><c> Proverb,</c>

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into<00:12:40.139><c> unwise</c><00:12:40.980><c> friendships</c><00:12:41.679><c> that</c><00:12:42.100><c> are</c><00:12:42.279><c> not</c><00:12:42.500><c> helpful</c><00:12:42.779><c> at</c><00:12:43.019><c> all.</c>

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They<00:12:43.720><c> grasp</c><00:12:44.580><c> at</c><00:12:44.759><c> any</c><00:12:45.080><c> friend</c><00:12:45.360><c> that</c><00:12:45.539><c> might</c><00:12:45.759><c> come</c><00:12:46.039><c> their</c><00:12:46.320><c> way</c>

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and<00:12:46.919><c> imagine</c><00:12:47.279><c> that</c><00:12:47.440><c> it's</c><00:12:47.679><c> sweet.</c>

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But<00:12:48.559><c> really,</c><00:12:49.460><c> it</c><00:12:49.620><c> was</c><00:12:49.840><c> bitter.</c>

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And<00:12:51.820><c> the</c><00:12:52.000><c> Proverb</c><00:12:52.299><c> cautions</c><00:12:52.759><c> against</c><00:12:53.279><c> the</c><00:12:53.440><c> danger</c><00:12:53.759><c> of</c><00:12:54.019><c> rushing</c><00:12:54.220><c> into</c><00:12:54.539><c> friendships</c>

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that<00:12:55.460><c> may</c><00:12:55.679><c> in</c><00:12:55.840><c> fact</c><00:12:55.960><c> not</c><00:12:56.200><c> be</c><00:12:56.399><c> helpful</c><00:12:56.700><c> at</c><00:12:56.940><c> all</c><00:12:57.240><c> to</c><00:12:57.460><c> our</c><00:12:57.639><c> development</c><00:12:57.980><c> in</c><00:12:58.139><c> the</c><00:12:58.299><c> truth,</c>

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simply<00:12:58.879><c> because</c><00:12:59.179><c> we're</c><00:12:59.399><c> lonely.</c>

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We've<00:13:00.240><c> still</c><00:13:00.419><c> got</c><00:13:00.580><c> to</c><00:13:00.679><c> be</c><00:13:00.899><c> careful,</c><00:13:01.299><c> you</c><00:13:01.620><c> see.</c>

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Friendships<00:13:02.899><c> are</c><00:13:03.279><c> special</c><00:13:03.700><c> things</c><00:13:04.720><c> and</c><00:13:05.519><c> terribly</c><00:13:05.899><c> important</c>

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whether<00:13:07.039><c> we</c><00:13:07.279><c> will</c><00:13:07.480><c> develop</c><00:13:07.759><c> in</c><00:13:07.899><c> a</c><00:13:08.120><c> spiritual</c><00:13:08.460><c> way</c><00:13:08.919><c> or</c><00:13:09.600><c> not</c><00:13:10.139><c> in</c>

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a<00:13:10.600><c> spiritual</c><00:13:10.899><c> way.</c>

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It<00:13:11.320><c> all</c><00:13:11.500><c> depends</c><00:13:12.100><c> on</c><00:13:12.580><c> the</c><00:13:12.860><c> friends</c><00:13:13.320><c> we</c><00:13:14.200><c> have.</c>

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And<00:13:16.259><c> some</c><00:13:16.460><c> friends</c><00:13:16.740><c> will</c><00:13:17.000><c> not</c><00:13:17.200><c> be</c><00:13:17.399><c> suitable,</c><00:13:17.740><c> they</c><00:13:17.879><c> will</c><00:13:18.080><c> not</c>

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be<00:13:18.600><c> sweet,</c><00:13:18.860><c> they</c><00:13:18.960><c> will</c><00:13:19.220><c> not</c><00:13:19.419><c> be</c><00:13:19.679><c> honey,</c>

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they<00:13:20.580><c> will</c><00:13:20.799><c> in</c><00:13:20.980><c> fact</c><00:13:21.220><c> prove</c><00:13:21.700><c> to</c><00:13:21.980><c> be</c><00:13:22.940><c> bitter</c><00:13:23.740><c> companion.</c>

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So<00:13:27.580><c> where</c><00:13:27.820><c> do</c><00:13:27.980><c> we</c><00:13:28.100><c> find</c><00:13:28.419><c> those</c><00:13:28.860><c> good</c><00:13:29.139><c> and</c><00:13:29.539><c> right</c><00:13:29.779><c> and</c><00:13:30.259><c> wholesome</c><00:13:31.019><c> friendships</c><00:13:31.700><c> that</c><00:13:32.000><c> we</c>

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all<00:13:32.919><c> yearn</c><00:13:33.299><c> to</c><00:13:33.519><c> have?</c>

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Well,<00:13:34.539><c> the</c><00:13:34.580><c> answer</c><00:13:34.960><c> is,</c><00:13:36.240><c> says</c><00:13:36.399><c> verse</c><00:13:36.720><c> 8,</c><00:13:37.960><c> in</c><00:13:38.100><c> a</c><00:13:38.360><c> certain</c><00:13:38.580><c> place.</c>

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You<00:13:40.360><c> see,</c><00:13:40.899><c> verse</c><00:13:41.000><c> 8</c><00:13:41.240><c> says,</c>

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As<00:13:41.659><c> a</c><00:13:41.840><c> bird</c><00:13:42.019><c> that</c><00:13:42.279><c> wandereth</c><00:13:42.659><c> from</c><00:13:42.860><c> her</c><00:13:43.059><c> nest,</c><00:13:43.600><c> so</c><00:13:43.799><c> is</c><00:13:43.980><c> a</c><00:13:44.120><c> man</c>

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that<00:13:44.539><c> wandereth</c><00:13:44.899><c> from</c><00:13:45.100><c> her</c><00:13:45.320><c> place.</c>

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And<00:13:45.960><c> so</c><00:13:46.100><c> just</c><00:13:46.360><c> as</c><00:13:46.519><c> verse</c><00:13:46.779><c> 7</c><00:13:47.139><c> has</c><00:13:47.519><c> cautioned</c><00:13:48.000><c> against</c><00:13:48.360><c> the</c><00:13:48.580><c> dangers</c><00:13:48.919><c> of</c>

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too<00:13:49.500><c> much</c><00:13:50.080><c> friendship,</c><00:13:50.700><c> too</c><00:13:50.980><c> much</c><00:13:51.440><c> contact,</c>

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so<00:13:52.720><c> verse</c><00:13:53.059><c> 8</c><00:13:53.320><c> here</c><00:13:53.519><c> now</c><00:13:53.799><c> warns</c><00:13:54.299><c> against</c><00:13:54.659><c> the</c><00:13:54.879><c> dangers</c><00:13:55.179><c> of</c><00:13:55.480><c> too</c>

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little<00:13:56.139><c> contact</c><00:13:56.860><c> with</c><00:13:57.279><c> our</c><00:13:57.539><c> friends.</c>

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Now<00:13:58.460><c> you</c><00:13:58.559><c> see,</c><00:13:58.679><c> what's</c><00:13:59.019><c> the</c><00:13:59.259><c> nest</c><00:13:59.659><c> here?</c>

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Well,<00:14:00.820><c> the</c><00:14:01.000><c> nest</c><00:14:01.200><c> is</c><00:14:01.360><c> an</c><00:14:01.559><c> interesting</c><00:14:01.879><c> thing.</c>

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Let<00:14:02.860><c> me</c><00:14:03.080><c> quote</c><00:14:03.340><c> to</c><00:14:03.460><c> you</c><00:14:03.779><c> a</c><00:14:04.039><c> certain</c><00:14:04.320><c> passage</c><00:14:04.720><c> from</c><00:14:05.139><c> the</c><00:14:05.399><c> prophecy</c><00:14:05.659><c> of</c><00:14:05.899><c> Isaiah.</c>

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I'll<00:14:06.720><c> just</c><00:14:06.980><c> read</c><00:14:07.139><c> you</c><00:14:07.320><c> these</c><00:14:07.539><c> words.</c>

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This<00:14:08.779><c> is</c><00:14:08.940><c> a</c><00:14:09.080><c> lovely</c><00:14:09.460><c> expression</c><00:14:09.960><c> about</c><00:14:10.240><c> the</c><00:14:10.519><c> nest.</c>

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And<00:14:13.340><c> my</c><00:14:13.620><c> hand</c><00:14:13.919><c> hath</c><00:14:14.139><c> found</c><00:14:14.419><c> as</c><00:14:14.659><c> a</c><00:14:14.820><c> nest</c><00:14:15.120><c> the</c><00:14:15.440><c> riches</c><00:14:15.759><c> of</c><00:14:16.000><c> the</c><00:14:16.240><c> people,</c>

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and<00:14:16.960><c> as</c><00:14:17.120><c> one</c><00:14:17.360><c> gathereth</c><00:14:17.860><c> eggs</c><00:14:18.279><c> that</c><00:14:18.500><c> are</c><00:14:18.620><c> left,</c><00:14:19.200><c> have</c><00:14:19.299><c> I</c><00:14:19.539><c> gathered</c><00:14:19.759><c> all</c>

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the<00:14:20.139><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:14:20.360><c> there</c><00:14:20.460><c> was</c><00:14:20.700><c> none</c><00:14:20.980><c> that</c><00:14:21.419><c> moved</c><00:14:21.799><c> the</c><00:14:22.080><c> wing,</c><00:14:23.019><c> or</c><00:14:23.240><c> opened</c><00:14:23.679><c> the</c>

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mouth,<00:14:25.500><c> or</c><00:14:25.759><c> peeped.</c>

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See,<00:14:28.559><c> the</c><00:14:28.659><c> nest</c><00:14:29.320><c> is</c><00:14:30.419><c> the</c><00:14:30.620><c> place</c><00:14:30.779><c> in</c><00:14:31.019><c> scripture</c><00:14:31.299><c> where</c><00:14:31.539><c> the</c><00:14:31.740><c> little</c><00:14:32.019><c> ones</c><00:14:32.600><c> are</c>

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reared,<00:14:33.759><c> isn't</c><00:14:33.960><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:14:35.059><c> the</c><00:14:35.200><c> place</c><00:14:35.440><c> where</c><00:14:35.679><c> the</c><00:14:35.879><c> young</c><00:14:36.080><c> ones</c><00:14:36.480><c> are,</c><00:14:36.820><c> it's</c><00:14:37.059><c> the</c><00:14:37.179><c> place</c><00:14:37.299><c> where</c><00:14:37.519><c> the</c>

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eggs<00:14:38.220><c> are</c><00:14:38.720><c> hatched</c><00:14:39.100><c> and</c><00:14:39.159><c> the</c><00:14:39.419><c> little</c><00:14:39.700><c> ones</c><00:14:40.259><c> are</c><00:14:40.840><c> reared.</c>

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That's<00:14:43.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:43.379><c> chapter</c><00:14:43.799><c> 10</c><00:14:44.539><c> and</c><00:14:44.740><c> verse</c><00:14:45.080><c> 14.</c>

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You'll<00:14:46.259><c> find</c><00:14:46.440><c> a</c><00:14:46.620><c> reference</c><00:14:46.860><c> to</c><00:14:47.000><c> that.</c><00:14:47.379><c> Remember</c><00:14:47.379><c> Psalm</c><00:14:47.639><c> 84</c><00:14:48.080><c> verse</c><00:14:48.379><c> 3,</c>

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the<00:14:48.940><c> swallow</c><00:14:49.240><c> hath</c><00:14:49.620><c> found</c><00:14:49.899><c> a</c><00:14:50.120><c> place,</c><00:14:50.820><c> a</c><00:14:50.919><c> nest</c><00:14:51.320><c> for</c><00:14:51.879><c> her</c><00:14:52.200><c> young,</c>

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a<00:14:52.919><c> nest</c><00:14:53.340><c> where</c><00:14:53.700><c> she</c><00:14:53.899><c> may</c><00:14:54.220><c> lay</c><00:14:54.820><c> her</c><00:14:55.179><c> young,</c><00:14:55.539><c> even</c><00:14:55.679><c> thine</c><00:14:55.960><c> altars,</c><00:14:56.500><c> O</c><00:14:56.679><c> Lord.</c>

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The<00:14:57.100><c> nest</c><00:14:57.399><c> was</c><00:14:57.620><c> the</c><00:14:57.820><c> place</c><00:14:58.120><c> where</c><00:14:58.659><c> the</c><00:14:58.919><c> little</c><00:14:59.179><c> ones</c><00:14:59.600><c> are</c><00:14:59.940><c> brought</c><00:15:00.100><c> up</c>

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and<00:15:00.620><c> nourished.</c>

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Now<00:15:02.879><c> what</c><00:15:03.059><c> the</c><00:15:03.320><c> bird's</c><00:15:03.580><c> done</c><00:15:03.779><c> in</c><00:15:03.980><c> verse</c><00:15:04.200><c> 8</c><00:15:04.440><c> here</c><00:15:04.600><c> is</c><00:15:04.720><c> this</c><00:15:05.000><c> bird,</c><00:15:05.240><c> which</c><00:15:05.480><c> by</c><00:15:05.679><c> the</c><00:15:05.799><c> way</c><00:15:05.899><c> is</c><00:15:06.039><c> a</c>

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mother<00:15:06.460><c> bird,</c>

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you<00:15:07.740><c> see,</c><00:15:07.919><c> she</c><00:15:08.100><c> wanders</c><00:15:08.419><c> from</c><00:15:08.700><c> her</c><00:15:09.100><c> nest,</c><00:15:09.820><c> not</c><00:15:09.980><c> his</c><00:15:10.299><c> nest.</c>

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What<00:15:11.419><c> she's</c><00:15:11.779><c> done</c><00:15:12.120><c> is</c><00:15:12.600><c> she</c><00:15:12.799><c> has</c><00:15:13.159><c> deserted</c><00:15:13.659><c> her</c><00:15:14.120><c> charge</c><00:15:14.519><c> and</c>

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endangered<00:15:15.679><c> her</c><00:15:16.000><c> offspring.</c>

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She's<00:15:17.019><c> wandered</c><00:15:17.340><c> off</c><00:15:17.620><c> from</c><00:15:17.940><c> the</c><00:15:18.179><c> nest.</c>

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And<00:15:18.960><c> I</c><00:15:19.039><c> think</c><00:15:19.179><c> the</c><00:15:19.360><c> lesson</c><00:15:19.620><c> of</c><00:15:19.820><c> the</c><00:15:19.960><c> verse</c><00:15:20.139><c> is</c><00:15:20.340><c> this.</c>

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You<00:15:20.960><c> see,</c><00:15:21.399><c> the</c><00:15:21.639><c> nest</c><00:15:22.139><c> is</c><00:15:22.559><c> the</c><00:15:22.759><c> ecclesia,</c><00:15:23.820><c> isn't</c><00:15:24.039><c> it?</c>

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And<00:15:26.120><c> the</c><00:15:26.240><c> lesson</c><00:15:26.440><c> of</c><00:15:26.659><c> the</c><00:15:26.759><c> verse</c><00:15:26.980><c> is</c><00:15:27.360><c> that</c><00:15:27.700><c> it</c><00:15:27.820><c> is</c><00:15:28.059><c> in</c><00:15:28.340><c> the</c><00:15:28.620><c> ecclesial</c><00:15:29.399><c> nest</c>

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that<00:15:30.940><c> godly</c><00:15:31.659><c> friendships</c><00:15:32.419><c> are</c><00:15:33.019><c> reared.</c>

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Not<00:15:36.259><c> only</c><00:15:36.500><c> is</c><00:15:36.659><c> it</c><00:15:36.779><c> the</c><00:15:36.940><c> place</c><00:15:37.120><c> where</c><00:15:37.360><c> our</c><00:15:37.679><c> children</c><00:15:38.139><c> should</c><00:15:38.500><c> be</c>

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brought<00:15:39.019><c> up,</c>

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but<00:15:40.679><c> it's</c><00:15:40.919><c> the</c><00:15:41.139><c> place</c><00:15:41.379><c> where</c><00:15:41.600><c> we</c><00:15:41.860><c> find</c><00:15:42.220><c> repose</c><00:15:42.720><c> with</c><00:15:42.940><c> other</c><00:15:43.159><c> members</c><00:15:43.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:43.940><c> family.</c>

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If<00:15:44.299><c> we</c><00:15:44.460><c> keep</c><00:15:44.620><c> the</c><00:15:44.840><c> metaphor</c><00:15:45.159><c> of</c><00:15:45.379><c> the</c><00:15:45.600><c> bird,</c><00:15:46.240><c> the</c><00:15:46.340><c> lesson</c><00:15:46.559><c> of</c><00:15:46.759><c> verse</c><00:15:46.980><c> 8</c>

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is<00:15:47.259><c> that</c><00:15:47.460><c> the</c><00:15:47.700><c> ecclesial</c><00:15:48.139><c> nest</c>

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is<00:15:48.860><c> where</c><00:15:49.080><c> others</c><00:15:49.379><c> of</c><00:15:49.580><c> the</c><00:15:49.899><c> same</c><00:15:50.259><c> brood</c><00:15:50.960><c> are</c><00:15:51.259><c> to</c><00:15:51.399><c> be</c><00:15:51.620><c> found.</c>

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Now<00:15:56.000><c> what</c><00:15:56.159><c> verse</c><00:15:56.440><c> 8</c><00:15:56.700><c> says</c><00:15:57.340><c> is</c><00:15:59.340><c> if</c><00:15:59.539><c> you're</c><00:15:59.940><c> always</c><00:16:00.500><c> wandering</c>

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from<00:16:01.840><c> the</c><00:16:02.039><c> nest,</c>

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you'll<00:16:05.159><c> never</c><00:16:05.799><c> develop</c><00:16:07.200><c> lasting</c><00:16:08.139><c> and</c><00:16:09.059><c> true</c><00:16:09.259><c> friendships.</c>

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Those<00:16:12.700><c> friendships</c><00:16:13.139><c> are</c><00:16:13.360><c> to</c><00:16:13.500><c> be</c><00:16:13.720><c> found</c><00:16:14.200><c> and</c><00:16:15.100><c> nurtured</c><00:16:16.019><c> in</c><00:16:16.659><c> the</c>

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ecclesial<00:16:17.240><c> nest</c><00:16:17.720><c> and</c><00:16:17.919><c> not</c><00:16:18.120><c> outside.</c>

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So<00:16:20.279><c> don't</c><00:16:20.500><c> ever</c><00:16:20.720><c> imagine</c><00:16:21.059><c> that</c><00:16:21.379><c> friendship</c><00:16:21.779><c> in</c><00:16:22.000><c> the</c><00:16:22.240><c> world</c><00:16:22.539><c> is</c>

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You'll<00:16:25.019><c> only</c><00:16:25.179><c> find</c><00:16:25.440><c> these</c><00:16:25.779><c> friendships</c><00:16:26.139><c> in</c><00:16:26.360><c> the</c><00:16:26.600><c> ecclesia.</c>

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They're<00:16:29.500><c> the</c><00:16:29.620><c> true</c><00:16:29.779><c> friendships.</c>

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They're<00:16:30.460><c> the</c><00:16:30.659><c> only</c><00:16:30.899><c> friendships</c><00:16:31.340><c> that</c><00:16:31.620><c> can</c><00:16:32.120><c> lead</c><00:16:32.820><c> us</c><00:16:33.139><c> to</c><00:16:33.740><c> proper</c><00:16:33.980><c> spiritual</c><00:16:34.840><c> growth</c><00:16:35.220><c> and</c>

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how<00:16:35.659><c> wonderful</c><00:16:36.139><c> they</c><00:16:36.500><c> are.</c>

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And<00:16:36.879><c> you</c><00:16:37.019><c> see</c><00:16:37.360><c> how</c><00:16:37.679><c> wonderful</c><00:16:38.000><c> they</c><00:16:38.200><c> are</c><00:16:38.320><c> because</c><00:16:38.539><c> of</c><00:16:38.679><c> what</c><00:16:38.840><c> verse</c><00:16:39.100><c> 9</c><00:16:39.480><c> says.</c>

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Because<00:16:40.360><c> verse</c><00:16:40.639><c> 9</c><00:16:40.919><c> says,</c><00:16:41.460><c> ointment</c><00:16:41.779><c> and</c><00:16:42.059><c> perfume</c><00:16:42.379><c> rejoice</c>

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the<00:16:43.240><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:16:44.120><c> so</c><00:16:44.320><c> does</c><00:16:44.480><c> the</c><00:16:44.840><c> sweetness</c><00:16:45.279><c> of</c><00:16:45.740><c> a</c><00:16:45.879><c> man's</c><00:16:46.360><c> friend</c><00:16:46.659><c> by</c><00:16:47.080><c> hearty</c><00:16:47.539><c> counsel.</c>

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think<00:16:52.679><c> that</c><00:16:53.019><c> the</c><00:16:53.720><c> authorized</c><00:16:54.220><c> version</c><00:16:54.580><c> is</c><00:16:54.980><c> basically</c><00:16:55.419><c> correct.</c>

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It<00:16:56.039><c> suggests</c><00:16:56.460><c> a</c><00:16:56.899><c> parallel</c><00:16:57.220><c> here,</c><00:16:57.679><c> doesn't</c><00:16:57.879><c> it?</c>

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Well,<00:16:59.220><c> the</c><00:16:59.340><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:59.700><c> Bible</c><00:17:00.059><c> says,</c><00:17:01.419><c> fragrant</c><00:17:01.919><c> oil</c><00:17:03.019><c> gladdens</c>

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the<00:17:05.000><c> heart.</c>

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Friendships'<00:17:09.200><c> sweetness</c><00:17:09.799><c> comforts</c><00:17:11.339><c> the</c><00:17:11.559><c> soul.</c>

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So<00:17:13.400><c> there's</c><00:17:13.619><c> a</c><00:17:13.859><c> parallel,</c><00:17:14.160><c> you</c><00:17:14.359><c> see,</c><00:17:14.880><c> of</c><00:17:15.140><c> ideas</c><00:17:15.640><c> here,</c><00:17:16.140><c> isn't</c><00:17:16.500><c> there?</c>

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And<00:17:18.180><c> you</c><00:17:18.299><c> see,</c><00:17:19.059><c> verse</c><00:17:19.279><c> 9</c><00:17:19.519><c> is</c><00:17:19.680><c> really</c><00:17:19.920><c> a</c><00:17:20.059><c> lovely</c><00:17:20.359><c> counterbalance</c><00:17:21.039><c> to</c><00:17:21.200><c> verse</c><00:17:21.480><c> 6,</c>

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isn't<00:17:22.019><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:17:22.539><c> you</c><00:17:22.839><c> see,</c><00:17:23.200><c> in</c><00:17:23.460><c> verse</c><00:17:23.680><c> 6,</c><00:17:24.059><c> we</c><00:17:24.079><c> have</c><00:17:24.299><c> those</c><00:17:24.940><c> wounds</c><00:17:25.500><c> from</c><00:17:25.880><c> the</c>

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friend<00:17:26.480><c> that</c><00:17:26.960><c> bite</c><00:17:27.380><c> and</c><00:17:28.279><c> that</c><00:17:28.799><c> sting.</c>

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But<00:17:31.220><c> in</c><00:17:31.519><c> verse</c><00:17:31.759><c> 9,</c><00:17:32.319><c> we</c><00:17:32.420><c> have</c><00:17:32.640><c> the</c><00:17:32.900><c> sweetness</c><00:17:33.180><c> of</c><00:17:33.539><c> counsel</c><00:17:33.900><c> as</c><00:17:34.160><c> a</c>

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balm<00:17:34.660><c> that</c><00:17:35.200><c> soothes</c><00:17:35.980><c> and</c><00:17:36.359><c> that</c><00:17:36.680><c> heals.</c>

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And<00:17:37.500><c> you</c><00:17:37.599><c> see,</c><00:17:37.720><c> both</c><00:17:37.980><c> of</c><00:17:38.180><c> these</c><00:17:38.400><c> things</c><00:17:38.839><c> are</c><00:17:39.279><c> necessary</c><00:17:39.720><c> in</c><00:17:39.900><c> the</c><00:17:40.140><c> development</c><00:17:40.460><c> of</c><00:17:40.759><c> friendships.</c>

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There<00:17:41.740><c> may</c><00:17:42.000><c> be</c><00:17:42.240><c> times</c><00:17:42.500><c> for</c><00:17:42.779><c> rebuke,</c><00:17:43.240><c> says</c><00:17:43.339><c> verse</c><00:17:43.619><c> 6,</c><00:17:44.160><c> but</c><00:17:44.299><c> there's</c><00:17:44.559><c> also</c>

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a<00:17:45.200><c> time</c><00:17:45.420><c> for</c><00:17:45.819><c> sympathetic</c><00:17:46.680><c> care</c><00:17:47.519><c> of</c><00:17:47.859><c> one</c><00:17:48.079><c> another,</c><00:17:48.980><c> says</c><00:17:49.200><c> verse</c><00:17:49.660><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:17:50.720><c> we</c><00:17:50.880><c> all</c><00:17:51.240><c> need</c><00:17:51.559><c> the</c><00:17:51.880><c> counsel</c><00:17:52.240><c> of</c><00:17:52.460><c> the</c><00:17:52.720><c> soul</c><00:17:53.140><c> and</c><00:17:54.059><c> the</c><00:17:54.200><c> wonderful</c><00:17:54.539><c> benefits</c><00:17:54.980><c> that</c>

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friendships<00:17:55.880><c> bring.</c>

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Remember<00:17:56.799><c> these</c><00:17:57.079><c> words?</c><00:17:57.740><c> Again,</c><00:17:57.960><c> I'll</c><00:17:58.119><c> just</c><00:17:58.740><c> quote</c><00:17:58.980><c> them</c><00:17:59.220><c> to</c><00:17:59.420><c> you.</c>

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We,<00:18:01.000><c> it</c><00:18:01.279><c> was</c><00:18:01.579><c> thou,</c><00:18:02.059><c> a</c><00:18:02.279><c> man</c><00:18:02.559><c> mine</c><00:18:02.799><c> equal,</c><00:18:03.440><c> my</c><00:18:03.700><c> guide,</c><00:18:04.400><c> mine</c><00:18:04.579><c> acquaintance.</c>

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We<00:18:06.460><c> took</c><00:18:06.720><c> sweet</c><00:18:07.180><c> counsel</c><00:18:07.920><c> together</c><00:18:09.000><c> and</c><00:18:10.539><c> walked</c><00:18:10.700><c> unto</c><00:18:10.960><c> the</c><00:18:11.140><c> house</c><00:18:11.279><c> of</c>

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God<00:18:11.859><c> in</c><00:18:12.200><c> company.</c>

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That's<00:18:15.180><c> the</c><00:18:15.319><c> lament</c><00:18:15.539><c> of</c><00:18:15.759><c> David</c><00:18:16.220><c> concerning</c><00:18:16.900><c> his</c><00:18:18.240><c> friendship.</c>

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With<00:18:20.180><c> the</c><00:18:20.400><c> hither</c><00:18:20.660><c> fell</c><00:18:21.259><c> in</c><00:18:23.279><c> Psalm</c><00:18:23.599><c> 55,</c><00:18:24.519><c> verses</c><00:18:24.880><c> 13</c><00:18:25.279><c> and</c><00:18:25.480><c> 14.</c>

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We<00:18:25.880><c> took</c><00:18:26.180><c> sweet</c><00:18:26.660><c> counsel</c><00:18:27.460><c> together.</c>

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You<00:18:28.460><c> see,</c><00:18:28.640><c> that's</c><00:18:28.759><c> what</c><00:18:28.980><c> true</c><00:18:29.220><c> friendship</c><00:18:29.640><c> is</c><00:18:29.819><c> all</c><00:18:30.059><c> about,</c>

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isn't<00:18:30.420><c> it?</c>

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Taking<00:18:31.220><c> counsel,</c><00:18:32.180><c> the</c><00:18:32.339><c> one</c><00:18:32.539><c> with</c><00:18:32.759><c> the</c><00:18:32.960><c> other.</c>

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And<00:18:33.599><c> we</c><00:18:33.720><c> all</c><00:18:34.019><c> need</c><00:18:34.259><c> those</c><00:18:34.619><c> opportunities.</c>

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And<00:18:35.339><c> you</c><00:18:35.460><c> know</c><00:18:35.660><c> what</c><00:18:35.819><c> friendship's</c><00:18:36.339><c> really</c><00:18:36.519><c> all</c><00:18:36.720><c> about,</c><00:18:37.019><c> brothers</c><00:18:37.160><c> and</c><00:18:37.400><c> sisters?</c>

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The<00:18:38.220><c> true</c><00:18:38.740><c> value</c><00:18:39.079><c> of</c><00:18:39.359><c> friendship</c><00:18:39.640><c> here.</c>

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Friendship<00:18:41.000><c> is</c><00:18:41.220><c> all</c><00:18:41.500><c> about</c><00:18:41.779><c> the</c><00:18:42.240><c> joy</c><00:18:42.680><c> of</c><00:18:43.220><c> being</c><00:18:43.559><c> able</c><00:18:43.960><c> to</c><00:18:44.339><c> speak</c><00:18:44.559><c> to</c>

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another<00:18:45.059><c> person</c><00:18:45.680><c> from</c><00:18:46.500><c> our</c><00:18:47.220><c> hearts.</c>

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To<00:18:48.380><c> uncover</c><00:18:48.900><c> our</c><00:18:49.500><c> souls</c><00:18:50.319><c> and</c><00:18:51.839><c> to</c><00:18:51.980><c> do</c><00:18:52.140><c> so</c><00:18:52.319><c> with</c><00:18:52.519><c> absolute</c><00:18:52.920><c> confidence</c><00:18:53.420><c> that</c>

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what<00:18:53.759><c> we</c><00:18:54.059><c> say</c><00:18:54.720><c> will</c><00:18:56.099><c> be</c><00:18:56.299><c> kept</c><00:18:56.559><c> prior</c><00:18:57.019><c> and</c><00:18:58.880><c> will</c><00:18:59.039><c> be</c><00:18:59.220><c> understood.</c>

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Think<00:19:01.660><c> of</c><00:19:01.819><c> these</c><00:19:02.039><c> passages.</c>

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You<00:19:02.880><c> know,</c><00:19:03.339><c> in</c><00:19:03.519><c> the</c><00:19:03.680><c> second</c><00:19:03.859><c> of</c><00:19:04.059><c> Chronicles</c><00:19:04.359><c> 20</c><00:19:04.700><c> and</c><00:19:04.839><c> verse</c><00:19:05.079><c> 7,</c>

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it<00:19:06.220><c> says</c><00:19:06.420><c> that</c><00:19:06.640><c> Abraham</c><00:19:06.920><c> was</c><00:19:07.180><c> called</c><00:19:07.299><c> the</c><00:19:07.539><c> friend</c><00:19:07.759><c> of</c><00:19:08.000><c> God.</c>

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You<00:19:10.140><c> know</c><00:19:10.240><c> why</c><00:19:10.440><c> he</c><00:19:10.559><c> was</c><00:19:10.740><c> called</c><00:19:10.880><c> the</c><00:19:11.059><c> friend</c><00:19:11.180><c> of</c><00:19:11.400><c> God?</c>

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I<00:19:12.480><c> think</c><00:19:12.599><c> he</c><00:19:12.700><c> was</c><00:19:12.920><c> called</c><00:19:13.039><c> the</c><00:19:13.240><c> friend</c><00:19:13.440><c> of</c><00:19:13.640><c> God</c><00:19:13.799><c> because</c><00:19:14.059><c> of</c><00:19:14.220><c> a</c>

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verse<00:19:14.579><c> in</c><00:19:14.759><c> Genesis</c><00:19:15.059><c> 18,</c><00:19:15.619><c> verse</c><00:19:15.839><c> 17,</c>

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where<00:19:16.859><c> God</c><00:19:17.160><c> says,</c><00:19:19.039><c> shall</c><00:19:19.119><c> I</c><00:19:19.759><c> hide</c><00:19:20.180><c> from</c><00:19:20.599><c> Abraham</c><00:19:21.099><c> that</c><00:19:21.480><c> thing</c>

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which<00:19:21.900><c> I</c><00:19:22.099><c> shall</c><00:19:22.240><c> do?</c>

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I<00:19:23.700><c> think</c><00:19:23.839><c> that's</c><00:19:24.059><c> where</c><00:19:24.240><c> the</c><00:19:24.400><c> notion</c><00:19:24.680><c> came</c><00:19:24.940><c> from,</c><00:19:25.160><c> that</c><00:19:25.240><c> he</c><00:19:25.339><c> was</c><00:19:25.460><c> the</c><00:19:25.599><c> friend</c><00:19:25.740><c> of</c>

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God,<00:19:26.059><c> you</c><00:19:26.200><c> see.</c>

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Because<00:19:26.680><c> you</c><00:19:26.759><c> know</c><00:19:26.859><c> what</c><00:19:27.019><c> friends</c><00:19:27.259><c> are?</c>

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Friends<00:19:28.299><c> are</c><00:19:28.660><c> those</c><00:19:29.240><c> who</c><00:19:30.720><c> take</c><00:19:31.000><c> counsel</c><00:19:31.420><c> with</c><00:19:31.640><c> each</c><00:19:31.920><c> other,</c>

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you<00:19:32.519><c> see.</c>

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And<00:19:33.700><c> God</c><00:19:33.920><c> says,</c><00:19:34.200><c> shall</c><00:19:34.380><c> I</c><00:19:34.640><c> hide</c><00:19:34.920><c> from</c><00:19:35.440><c> Abraham</c><00:19:35.980><c> that</c><00:19:36.420><c> thing</c><00:19:36.619><c> which</c><00:19:36.859><c> I</c>

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shall<00:19:37.259><c> do?</c>

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And<00:19:37.539><c> the</c><00:19:37.680><c> answer,</c><00:19:38.019><c> of</c><00:19:38.299><c> course,</c><00:19:38.680><c> is</c><00:19:38.759><c> no,</c><00:19:39.099><c> because</c><00:19:39.339><c> he's</c><00:19:39.599><c> my</c><00:19:39.839><c> friend.</c>

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And<00:19:40.900><c> one</c><00:19:41.059><c> takes</c><00:19:41.359><c> counsel</c><00:19:41.799><c> with</c><00:19:42.079><c> friends.</c>

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Remember<00:19:43.440><c> these</c><00:19:43.680><c> words</c><00:19:43.980><c> in</c><00:19:44.359><c> Exodus</c><00:19:44.740><c> 33,</c><00:19:45.460><c> verse</c><00:19:45.680><c> 11.</c>

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It<00:19:46.099><c> says</c><00:19:46.420><c> that</c><00:19:46.559><c> God</c><00:19:46.920><c> spoke</c><00:19:47.339><c> to</c><00:19:47.579><c> Moses</c><00:19:48.019><c> face</c><00:19:48.660><c> to</c><00:19:48.980><c> face</c><00:19:49.500><c> as</c><00:19:50.019><c> a</c><00:19:50.220><c> man</c>

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speaketh<00:19:51.299><c> unto</c><00:19:51.559><c> his</c><00:19:51.940><c> friend,</c><00:19:53.140><c> says</c><00:19:53.440><c> Exodus</c><00:19:54.039><c> 33,</c><00:19:54.720><c> verse</c><00:19:54.920><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:19:55.619><c> John</c><00:19:55.859><c> 15,</c><00:19:56.500><c> verse</c><00:19:56.619><c> 15</c><00:19:57.119><c> says,</c><00:19:57.759><c> the</c><00:19:57.819><c> Lord</c><00:19:58.119><c> says</c><00:19:58.359><c> to</c><00:19:58.539><c> his</c><00:19:58.720><c> disciples,</c><00:19:59.440><c> I</c><00:19:59.559><c> call</c><00:19:59.819><c> you</c><00:19:59.980><c> not</c><00:20:00.220><c> servants,</c><00:20:00.640><c> but</c><00:20:00.799><c> I</c>

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call<00:20:01.099><c> you</c><00:20:01.319><c> friends.</c>

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For<00:20:02.359><c> whatsoever</c><00:20:02.720><c> things</c><00:20:03.039><c> I</c><00:20:03.460><c> have</c><00:20:03.799><c> heard,</c><00:20:04.500><c> these</c><00:20:04.839><c> have</c><00:20:05.099><c> I</c><00:20:05.619><c> made</c>

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known<00:20:06.579><c> unto</c><00:20:07.039><c> you.</c>

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Friends<00:20:07.740><c> are</c><00:20:07.980><c> those</c><00:20:08.319><c> who</c><00:20:08.660><c> talk</c><00:20:09.039><c> to</c><00:20:09.240><c> one</c><00:20:09.420><c> another</c><00:20:09.720><c> and</c><00:20:10.119><c> give</c><00:20:10.400><c> counsel</c><00:20:10.839><c> to</c>

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each<00:20:11.299><c> other</c>

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in<00:20:12.019><c> the</c><00:20:12.200><c> knowledge</c><00:20:12.480><c> that</c><00:20:12.700><c> those</c><00:20:13.039><c> counsels</c><00:20:13.599><c> will</c><00:20:13.759><c> be</c><00:20:13.980><c> respected</c><00:20:15.059><c> and</c><00:20:16.180><c> kept</c>

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private<00:20:16.759><c> between</c><00:20:17.259><c> the</c><00:20:17.920><c> friends.</c>

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Now<00:20:21.319><c> which</c><00:20:21.500><c> of</c><00:20:21.559><c> us</c><00:20:21.880><c> doesn't</c><00:20:22.160><c> need</c><00:20:22.460><c> the</c><00:20:22.740><c> sweetness</c><00:20:23.000><c> of</c><00:20:23.240><c> that</c><00:20:23.519><c> counsel</c><00:20:24.119><c> in</c>

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ecclesial<00:20:26.259><c> life</c><00:20:26.519><c> from</c><00:20:26.759><c> our</c><00:20:26.980><c> dearest</c><00:20:27.279><c> friends?</c>

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You<00:20:31.059><c> know,</c><00:20:31.160><c> one</c><00:20:31.279><c> of</c><00:20:31.380><c> the</c><00:20:31.380><c> things</c><00:20:31.559><c> I</c><00:20:31.880><c> like</c><00:20:32.359><c> concerning</c><00:20:32.839><c> that</c><00:20:33.160><c> ninth</c><00:20:33.480><c> verse</c><00:20:33.759><c> of</c>

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Proverbs<00:20:34.480><c> is,</c>

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you<00:20:35.299><c> see,</c><00:20:35.599><c> although</c><00:20:35.940><c> ointment</c><00:20:36.460><c> and</c><00:20:36.740><c> perfume</c><00:20:37.220><c> rejoice</c><00:20:37.799><c> the</c><00:20:38.160><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:20:39.240><c> they're</c><00:20:39.460><c> similar</c><00:20:39.779><c> to</c><00:20:39.980><c> the</c><00:20:40.240><c> sweetness</c><00:20:40.519><c> of</c><00:20:40.920><c> counsel</c><00:20:41.480><c> from</c><00:20:42.259><c> friends,</c>

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the<00:20:43.480><c> sweetness</c><00:20:43.859><c> of</c><00:20:44.200><c> a</c><00:20:44.480><c> friend's</c><00:20:45.140><c> counsel</c><00:20:45.680><c> is</c><00:20:46.299><c> infinitely</c><00:20:46.799><c> superior</c><00:20:47.920><c> to</c>

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ointment<00:20:48.579><c> and</c><00:20:48.839><c> perfume,</c><00:20:49.240><c> isn't</c><00:20:49.339><c> it?</c>

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You<00:20:50.519><c> know</c><00:20:50.619><c> why?</c>

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Because,<00:20:53.680><c> you</c><00:20:53.680><c> see,</c><00:20:53.960><c> ointment</c><00:20:54.339><c> and</c><00:20:54.599><c> perfume,</c><00:20:55.339><c> brothers</c><00:20:55.460><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:20:57.740><c> can</c><00:20:57.839><c> only</c><00:20:58.119><c> beautify</c><00:20:58.599><c> the</c><00:20:58.839><c> upward</c><00:20:59.079><c> man.</c>

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But<00:21:02.740><c> the</c><00:21:03.000><c> sweetness</c><00:21:03.680><c> of</c><00:21:04.440><c> friendship</c><00:21:05.339><c> enriches</c><00:21:07.140><c> the</c><00:21:07.339><c> inner</c><00:21:07.559><c> man.</c>

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That's<00:21:11.660><c> far</c><00:21:11.920><c> more</c><00:21:12.160><c> valuable,</c><00:21:12.960><c> isn't</c><00:21:13.039><c> it?</c>

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How<00:21:15.259><c> we</c><00:21:15.519><c> need</c><00:21:16.059><c> the</c><00:21:16.859><c> sweetness</c><00:21:17.240><c> of</c><00:21:17.559><c> our</c><00:21:17.819><c> friend's</c><00:21:18.420><c> counsel.</c>

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Verse<00:21:19.660><c> 10</c><00:21:20.039><c> goes</c><00:21:20.299><c> on</c><00:21:20.500><c> to</c><00:21:20.660><c> say</c><00:21:20.740><c> in</c><00:21:20.980><c> Proverbs</c><00:21:21.279><c> 27,</c>

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Thine<00:21:22.019><c> own</c><00:21:22.420><c> friend</c><00:21:22.779><c> and</c><00:21:22.960><c> thy</c><00:21:23.240><c> father's</c><00:21:23.819><c> friend</c><00:21:24.059><c> forsake</c><00:21:24.599><c> not,</c>

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neither<00:21:25.359><c> go</c><00:21:25.640><c> into</c><00:21:25.839><c> thy</c><00:21:26.059><c> brother's</c><00:21:26.500><c> house</c><00:21:26.779><c> in</c><00:21:27.039><c> the</c><00:21:27.160><c> day</c><00:21:27.299><c> of</c><00:21:27.480><c> thy</c><00:21:27.660><c> calamity,</c>

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the<00:21:28.619><c> better</c><00:21:28.819><c> is</c><00:21:29.079><c> a</c><00:21:29.220><c> neighbour</c><00:21:29.420><c> that</c><00:21:29.619><c> is</c><00:21:29.799><c> nearer</c><00:21:30.460><c> than</c><00:21:30.460><c> a</c><00:21:30.579><c> brother</c><00:21:30.740><c> far</c><00:21:31.099><c> off.</c>

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Now,<00:21:31.700><c> by</c><00:21:31.839><c> the</c><00:21:31.940><c> way,</c><00:21:32.059><c> I</c><00:21:32.119><c> don't</c><00:21:32.299><c> think</c><00:21:32.440><c> this</c><00:21:32.660><c> is</c><00:21:32.720><c> suggesting</c><00:21:33.200><c> that</c><00:21:33.420><c> the</c>

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brother<00:21:33.759><c> is</c><00:21:34.019><c> evil</c><00:21:34.359><c> or</c><00:21:34.619><c> anything</c><00:21:35.039><c> like</c><00:21:35.480><c> that.</c>

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What's<00:21:36.200><c> the</c><00:21:36.420><c> principle</c><00:21:36.819><c> of</c><00:21:37.099><c> the</c><00:21:37.299><c> verse</c><00:21:37.579><c> here?</c>

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Well,<00:21:38.319><c> I</c><00:21:38.400><c> think</c><00:21:38.579><c> the</c><00:21:38.799><c> principle</c><00:21:39.140><c> is</c><00:21:39.400><c> this,</c>

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that<00:21:40.099><c> we've</c><00:21:40.400><c> got</c><00:21:40.559><c> to</c><00:21:40.839><c> learn</c><00:21:41.059><c> to</c><00:21:41.420><c> value</c><00:21:41.859><c> friendships</c><00:21:42.500><c> that</c>

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have<00:21:42.940><c> been</c><00:21:43.299><c> long</c><00:21:43.859><c> established</c><00:21:44.700><c> over</c><00:21:45.200><c> time.</c>

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And<00:21:47.460><c> I've</c><00:21:47.640><c> seen</c><00:21:47.819><c> this</c><00:21:48.000><c> happen,</c><00:21:48.319><c> by</c><00:21:48.460><c> the</c><00:21:48.579><c> way,</c><00:21:48.700><c> in</c><00:21:48.839><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:49.279><c> life,</c>

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where<00:21:49.960><c> a</c><00:21:50.180><c> friendship</c><00:21:50.460><c> has</c><00:21:50.799><c> sprung</c><00:21:50.960><c> up</c><00:21:51.220><c> between</c><00:21:51.599><c> two</c><00:21:52.579><c> households</c><00:21:53.140><c> in</c><00:21:53.339><c> the</c>

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truth<00:21:53.759><c> because</c><00:21:54.059><c> of</c><00:21:54.400><c> like</c><00:21:54.640><c>-mindedness,</c>

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and<00:21:55.839><c> that</c><00:21:56.059><c> friendship</c><00:21:56.500><c> has</c><00:21:56.779><c> gone</c><00:21:57.019><c> into</c><00:21:57.240><c> the</c><00:21:57.400><c> next</c><00:21:57.700><c> generation.</c>

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The<00:21:58.940><c> children</c><00:21:59.319><c> become</c><00:21:59.779><c> friends</c><00:22:00.240><c> because</c><00:22:00.700><c> they</c><00:22:01.000><c> also</c><00:22:01.380><c> are</c><00:22:01.740><c> like</c><00:22:02.119><c>-minded</c><00:22:02.680><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:03.680><c> things</c><00:22:03.900><c> of</c><00:22:04.140><c> the</c><00:22:04.359><c> truth.</c>

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These<00:22:04.759><c> are</c><00:22:05.079><c> long</c><00:22:05.359><c> established</c><00:22:05.960><c> friendships</c><00:22:06.599><c> that</c><00:22:07.079><c> should</c><00:22:07.319><c> be</c>

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revered<00:22:08.119><c> and</c><00:22:08.599><c> valued.</c>

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It's<00:22:10.299><c> not</c><00:22:10.460><c> saying</c><00:22:10.599><c> that</c><00:22:10.759><c> the</c><00:22:10.900><c> brother</c><00:22:11.059><c> is</c><00:22:11.220><c> evil.</c>

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What<00:22:12.259><c> it</c><00:22:12.440><c> is,</c><00:22:12.859><c> sir,</c><00:22:13.400><c> is</c><00:22:13.640><c> that</c><00:22:14.039><c> certain</c><00:22:14.660><c> friendships</c><00:22:15.539><c> are</c><00:22:16.119><c> based</c><00:22:16.539><c> upon</c><00:22:16.980><c> principles</c>

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that<00:22:18.740><c> are</c><00:22:19.140><c> higher</c><00:22:19.799><c> and</c><00:22:20.960><c> stronger</c><00:22:21.839><c> than</c><00:22:22.980><c> flesh</c><00:22:23.299><c> and</c><00:22:23.519><c> blood</c><00:22:23.779><c> relationships.</c>

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Isn't<00:22:24.779><c> that</c><00:22:24.940><c> what</c><00:22:25.059><c> it's</c><00:22:25.299><c> saying?</c>

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That<00:22:26.380><c> certain</c><00:22:26.680><c> friendships</c><00:22:27.099><c> are</c><00:22:27.299><c> based</c><00:22:27.519><c> on</c><00:22:27.759><c> higher</c><00:22:28.019><c> principles</c><00:22:28.619><c> than</c><00:22:29.160><c> merely</c><00:22:29.559><c> flesh</c><00:22:30.059><c> and</c>

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blood<00:22:30.799><c> relationships.</c>

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Come<00:22:31.599><c> and</c><00:22:31.700><c> have</c><00:22:31.759><c> a</c><00:22:31.799><c> look</c><00:22:31.920><c> at</c><00:22:32.039><c> chapter</c><00:22:32.339><c> 18.</c>

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Here's<00:22:33.480><c> the</c><00:22:33.700><c> spirit,</c><00:22:34.019><c> isn't</c><00:22:34.140><c> it?</c>

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Chapter<00:22:34.539><c> 18,</c><00:22:35.119><c> verse</c><00:22:35.279><c> 24.</c>

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Oh,<00:22:37.240><c> yes,</c><00:22:37.400><c> these</c><00:22:37.660><c> are</c><00:22:37.859><c> the</c><00:22:38.059><c> friendships</c><00:22:38.460><c> that</c><00:22:38.720><c> we</c><00:22:38.920><c> ought</c><00:22:39.099><c> to</c><00:22:39.420><c> treasure.</c>

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Thine<00:22:40.539><c> own</c><00:22:41.099><c> friend</c><00:22:41.460><c> and</c><00:22:41.700><c> thy</c><00:22:42.000><c> father's</c><00:22:42.700><c> friend</c><00:22:43.000><c> forsake</c><00:22:43.880><c> not.</c>

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Here's<00:22:44.460><c> the</c><00:22:44.720><c> spirit</c><00:22:44.920><c> of</c><00:22:45.140><c> that,</c><00:22:45.279><c> you</c><00:22:45.440><c> see.</c>

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Proverbs<00:22:46.319><c> 18,</c><00:22:46.900><c> verse</c><00:22:47.140><c> 24.</c>

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A<00:22:50.539><c> man</c><00:22:50.799><c> that</c><00:22:51.119><c> hath</c><00:22:51.339><c> friends</c><00:22:51.779><c> must</c><00:22:52.140><c> show</c><00:22:52.420><c> himself</c><00:22:53.059><c> friendly.</c>

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And<00:22:55.859><c> here</c><00:22:55.960><c> it</c><00:22:56.119><c> is.</c>

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And<00:22:56.980><c> there</c><00:22:57.160><c> is</c><00:22:57.380><c> a</c><00:22:57.599><c> friend</c><00:22:58.099><c> that</c><00:23:00.680><c> sticketh</c><00:23:01.240><c> closer</c><00:23:01.640><c> than</c><00:23:02.039><c> a</c><00:23:02.319><c> brother.</c>

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See,<00:23:05.400><c> these</c><00:23:05.599><c> are</c><00:23:05.720><c> the</c><00:23:05.799><c> friendships</c><00:23:06.099><c> of</c><00:23:06.319><c> the</c><00:23:06.559><c> spirit,</c><00:23:06.920><c> aren't</c><00:23:07.019><c> they?</c>

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This<00:23:09.680><c> is</c><00:23:09.839><c> the</c><00:23:10.000><c> friend</c><00:23:10.119><c> that</c><00:23:10.420><c> sticks</c><00:23:10.619><c> even</c><00:23:11.099><c> closer</c><00:23:11.519><c> than</c><00:23:11.720><c> a</c><00:23:11.900><c> brother.</c>

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This<00:23:12.200><c> is</c><00:23:12.480><c> the</c><00:23:12.859><c> friend</c><00:23:13.339><c> and</c><00:23:13.519><c> the</c><00:23:13.779><c> father's</c><00:23:14.299><c> friend</c><00:23:14.460><c> that</c><00:23:14.680><c> one</c>

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ought<00:23:15.000><c> not</c><00:23:15.279><c> to</c><00:23:15.500><c> forsake</c><00:23:15.859><c> in</c><00:23:16.079><c> Proverbs</c><00:23:16.460><c> 27,</c><00:23:17.200><c> verse</c><00:23:17.599><c> 10.</c>

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They<00:23:18.759><c> are</c><00:23:19.059><c> precious</c><00:23:19.319><c> indeed.</c>

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You<00:23:19.980><c> know,</c><00:23:20.259><c> brothers</c><00:23:20.319><c> and</c><00:23:20.539><c> sisters,</c><00:23:20.720><c> I've</c><00:23:20.900><c> always</c><00:23:21.200><c> thought</c>

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that<00:23:21.539><c> this</c><00:23:21.779><c> verse</c><00:23:21.960><c> in</c><00:23:22.420><c> Proverbs</c><00:23:22.740><c> 27,</c><00:23:23.480><c> verse</c><00:23:23.799><c> 10,</c>

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is<00:23:25.059><c> a</c><00:23:25.279><c> wonderful</c><00:23:25.859><c> comfort</c><00:23:26.400><c> to</c><00:23:26.660><c> those</c><00:23:27.119><c> who</c><00:23:27.579><c> have</c><00:23:27.839><c> come</c><00:23:28.140><c> into</c>

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the<00:23:28.779><c> truth</c><00:23:28.960><c> from</c><00:23:29.180><c> outside,</c>

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who<00:23:31.859><c> have</c><00:23:32.039><c> no</c><00:23:32.240><c> mother</c><00:23:32.420><c> and</c><00:23:32.680><c> father</c><00:23:33.039><c> in</c><00:23:33.339><c> the</c><00:23:33.579><c> truth,</c><00:23:33.759><c> no</c><00:23:34.160><c> grandparents,</c><00:23:35.279><c> no</c><00:23:35.460><c> aunts</c><00:23:35.720><c> and</c><00:23:35.880><c> uncles.</c>

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And<00:23:38.279><c> those</c><00:23:38.480><c> that</c><00:23:38.579><c> have</c><00:23:38.720><c> come</c><00:23:38.819><c> into</c><00:23:38.960><c> the</c><00:23:39.160><c> truth</c><00:23:39.259><c> from</c><00:23:39.480><c> outside</c>

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have<00:23:40.099><c> suffered</c><00:23:40.339><c> loss,</c><00:23:40.759><c> haven't</c><00:23:41.000><c> they,</c>

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of<00:23:41.539><c> family</c><00:23:41.720><c> relationships.</c>

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And<00:23:42.740><c> you</c><00:23:42.859><c> see,</c><00:23:42.960><c> what</c><00:23:43.160><c> the</c><00:23:43.380><c> proverb</c><00:23:43.539><c> is</c><00:23:43.779><c> saying</c><00:23:43.980><c> is</c><00:23:44.160><c> that</c><00:23:44.299><c> there</c>

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are<00:23:44.700><c> friendships</c>

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that<00:23:45.740><c> are</c><00:23:45.880><c> based</c><00:23:46.119><c> on</c><00:23:46.339><c> a</c><00:23:46.559><c> higher</c><00:23:46.859><c> and</c><00:23:47.400><c> stronger</c><00:23:47.839><c> and</c><00:23:48.539><c> nobler</c>

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principle<00:23:49.380><c> than</c><00:23:49.599><c> flesh</c><00:23:49.859><c> and</c><00:23:50.059><c> blood.</c>

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And<00:23:51.500><c> these</c><00:23:51.740><c> friends</c><00:23:52.099><c> stick</c><00:23:52.500><c> closer</c><00:23:52.980><c> than</c><00:23:53.259><c> brothers,</c><00:23:54.259><c> don't</c>

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ever<00:23:54.740><c> forsake</c><00:23:55.099><c> them,</c><00:23:55.880><c> treasure</c><00:23:56.039><c> them.</c>

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Anyone<00:23:56.880><c> in</c><00:23:57.039><c> the</c><00:23:57.240><c> truth</c><00:23:57.460><c> can</c><00:23:57.799><c> find</c><00:23:58.059><c> them,</c><00:23:58.720><c> can</c><00:23:58.940><c> have</c><00:23:59.240><c> them,</c>

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can<00:24:00.500><c> treasure</c><00:24:00.799><c> these</c><00:24:01.299><c> special</c><00:24:01.779><c> friendships</c><00:24:02.380><c> that</c><00:24:02.920><c> are</c><00:24:03.220><c> unique</c><00:24:03.900><c> within</c><00:24:04.559><c> the</c>

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brotherhood<00:24:05.119><c> of</c><00:24:05.380><c> God.</c>

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And<00:24:07.180><c> then</c><00:24:07.420><c> verse</c><00:24:07.680><c> 11</c><00:24:08.019><c> says,</c><00:24:08.759><c> in</c><00:24:08.940><c> Proverbs</c><00:24:09.279><c> 27,</c>

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My<00:24:10.359><c> son,</c><00:24:11.400><c> be</c><00:24:11.640><c> wise</c><00:24:12.180><c> and</c><00:24:12.700><c> make</c><00:24:12.880><c> my</c><00:24:13.160><c> heart</c><00:24:13.420><c> glad</c><00:24:13.720><c> that</c><00:24:13.900><c> I</c><00:24:14.119><c> may</c><00:24:14.380><c> answer</c><00:24:14.859><c> him</c>

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that<00:24:15.539><c> reproacheth</c><00:24:16.380><c> me.</c>

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Now,<00:24:17.640><c> it</c><00:24:17.700><c> doesn't</c><00:24:17.960><c> say,</c><00:24:18.440><c> when</c><00:24:18.579><c> it</c><00:24:18.759><c> says</c><00:24:18.859><c> my</c><00:24:19.240><c> son</c><00:24:19.619><c> here,</c><00:24:20.240><c> it's</c>

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not,<00:24:20.619><c> we're</c><00:24:20.740><c> not</c><00:24:20.960><c> sure,</c><00:24:21.160><c> of</c><00:24:21.339><c> course,</c><00:24:21.700><c> who's</c><00:24:22.059><c> speaking.</c>

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It<00:24:22.819><c> could</c><00:24:22.900><c> be</c><00:24:23.019><c> one</c><00:24:23.160><c> of</c><00:24:23.279><c> two</c><00:24:23.500><c> things.</c>

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It<00:24:24.140><c> could</c><00:24:24.319><c> be</c><00:24:24.500><c> an</c><00:24:24.700><c> echo</c><00:24:24.859><c> from</c><00:24:25.119><c> the</c><00:24:25.539><c> father</c><00:24:25.920><c> of</c><00:24:26.500><c> the</c><00:24:26.759><c> previous</c>

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verse,<00:24:27.599><c> thy</c><00:24:27.880><c> father's</c><00:24:28.599><c> friend.</c>

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And<00:24:29.140><c> then</c><00:24:29.299><c> almost</c><00:24:29.579><c> as</c><00:24:29.740><c> if</c><00:24:29.900><c> from</c><00:24:30.079><c> the</c><00:24:30.299><c> past,</c><00:24:30.619><c> out</c><00:24:30.839><c> comes</c><00:24:31.099><c> the</c><00:24:31.380><c> father's</c><00:24:31.859><c> voice,</c><00:24:32.279><c> you</c><00:24:32.519><c> see,</c><00:24:32.619><c> my</c><00:24:32.880><c> son.</c>

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Or<00:24:34.460><c> it</c><00:24:34.680><c> could</c><00:24:34.799><c> be</c><00:24:35.019><c> that</c><00:24:35.140><c> this</c><00:24:35.359><c> is</c><00:24:35.519><c> the</c><00:24:35.700><c> term</c><00:24:35.920><c> used,</c><00:24:36.559><c> which</c><00:24:36.740><c> was</c>

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often<00:24:37.220><c> used</c><00:24:37.480><c> in</c><00:24:37.680><c> biblical</c><00:24:38.019><c> times,</c>

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of<00:24:39.220><c> the</c><00:24:39.519><c> master</c><00:24:40.140><c> or</c><00:24:40.539><c> the</c><00:24:40.799><c> teacher</c><00:24:41.400><c> to</c><00:24:42.140><c> his</c><00:24:42.480><c> pupil,</c><00:24:43.400><c> my</c><00:24:43.680><c> son.</c>

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Understand<00:24:45.759><c> what</c><00:24:45.920><c> I'm</c><00:24:46.079><c> saying</c><00:24:46.299><c> there?</c>

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That<00:24:47.319><c> a</c><00:24:47.519><c> teacher</c><00:24:47.799><c> would</c><00:24:48.099><c> call</c><00:24:48.380><c> his</c><00:24:48.700><c> pupil</c><00:24:49.019><c> my</c><00:24:49.380><c> son.</c>

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I<00:24:49.720><c> don't</c><00:24:49.880><c> think</c><00:24:50.019><c> it</c><00:24:50.220><c> matters,</c><00:24:50.579><c> actually.</c>

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Either<00:24:51.700><c> would</c><00:24:51.859><c> be</c><00:24:52.039><c> the</c><00:24:52.180><c> same.</c>

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You<00:24:52.599><c> know,</c><00:24:52.700><c> in</c><00:24:52.839><c> Matthew</c><00:24:53.200><c> chapter</c><00:24:53.460><c> 10,</c><00:24:53.740><c> verse</c><00:24:53.980><c> 25,</c><00:24:54.559><c> which</c><00:24:54.740><c> we</c>

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won't<00:24:55.079><c> turn</c><00:24:55.259><c> up,</c><00:24:55.700><c> it</c><00:24:55.700><c> says,</c>

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it<00:24:56.559><c> says</c><00:24:56.700><c> that</c><00:24:56.859><c> the</c><00:24:57.000><c> disciple</c><00:24:57.400><c> is</c><00:24:57.640><c> not</c><00:24:57.759><c> above</c><00:24:58.079><c> his</c><00:24:58.359><c> master</c><00:24:58.680><c> nor</c>

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the<00:24:59.180><c> servant</c><00:24:59.400><c> above</c><00:24:59.660><c> his</c><00:24:59.839><c> lord.</c>

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Sufficient<00:25:00.519><c> that</c><00:25:00.819><c> the</c><00:25:01.079><c> disciple</c><00:25:01.500><c> become</c><00:25:02.480><c> as</c><00:25:03.420><c> his</c><00:25:04.220><c> master.</c>

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And<00:25:06.259><c> I</c><00:25:06.339><c> think</c><00:25:06.440><c> that's</c><00:25:06.720><c> the</c><00:25:06.839><c> lesson</c><00:25:07.019><c> of</c><00:25:07.220><c> this</c><00:25:07.500><c> verse,</c><00:25:07.779><c> you</c><00:25:08.019><c> see.</c>

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That<00:25:08.519><c> what</c><00:25:08.700><c> this</c><00:25:09.000><c> verse</c><00:25:09.220><c> is</c><00:25:09.519><c> saying</c><00:25:09.799><c> is</c><00:25:10.359><c> that</c><00:25:10.599><c> either</c><00:25:10.799><c> the</c><00:25:11.140><c> father</c><00:25:11.400><c> of</c>

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a<00:25:11.759><c> son</c><00:25:12.180><c> or</c><00:25:13.039><c> the</c><00:25:13.279><c> teacher</c><00:25:13.599><c> of</c><00:25:13.839><c> a</c><00:25:14.000><c> pupil,</c>

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the<00:25:14.779><c> lesson</c><00:25:15.059><c> is</c><00:25:15.279><c> the</c><00:25:15.480><c> same</c><00:25:15.660><c> for</c><00:25:15.839><c> both</c><00:25:16.059><c> of</c><00:25:16.220><c> them,</c><00:25:16.339><c> that</c><00:25:16.599><c> their</c>

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value<00:25:17.380><c> is</c><00:25:17.759><c> measured</c><00:25:18.220><c> by</c><00:25:18.799><c> how</c><00:25:19.299><c> successfully</c>

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they<00:25:20.480><c> have</c><00:25:20.720><c> imbued</c><00:25:21.259><c> their</c><00:25:21.660><c> sons</c><00:25:22.099><c> or</c><00:25:22.619><c> their</c><00:25:22.960><c> pupils</c><00:25:23.339><c> with</c><00:25:23.619><c> their</c><00:25:23.900><c> own</c><00:25:24.160><c> principles.</c>

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So<00:25:25.180><c> what's</c><00:25:25.619><c> the</c><00:25:25.880><c> proof</c><00:25:26.099><c> that</c><00:25:26.279><c> a</c><00:25:26.480><c> teacher</c><00:25:26.759><c> has</c><00:25:27.039><c> been</c><00:25:27.359><c> wise</c><00:25:27.940><c> or</c><00:25:28.440><c> that</c><00:25:28.640><c> a</c>

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father<00:25:29.400><c> has</c><00:25:30.059><c> been</c><00:25:30.440><c> prudent</c>

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in<00:25:31.180><c> the</c><00:25:31.460><c> education</c><00:25:31.920><c> of</c><00:25:32.160><c> offspring?</c>

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And<00:25:33.079><c> the</c><00:25:33.240><c> proof</c><00:25:33.420><c> is,</c><00:25:34.299><c> verse</c><00:25:34.480><c> 11,</c><00:25:36.279><c> that</c><00:25:36.500><c> the</c><00:25:36.740><c> son</c><00:25:37.339><c> has</c><00:25:38.420><c> formed</c>

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wise<00:25:39.799><c> friendships.</c>

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There's<00:25:42.259><c> the</c><00:25:42.480><c> best</c><00:25:42.799><c> proof</c><00:25:43.200><c> that</c><00:25:43.619><c> he's</c><00:25:43.940><c> received</c><00:25:44.299><c> wise</c><00:25:44.700><c> instruction</c><00:25:45.359><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:46.000><c> complete</c><00:25:46.400><c> answer</c>

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to<00:25:46.960><c> any</c><00:25:47.220><c> possible</c><00:25:47.740><c> criticism</c><00:25:48.339><c> or</c><00:25:48.859><c> approach</c><00:25:49.319><c> that</c><00:25:49.559><c> may</c><00:25:49.759><c> be</c><00:25:49.980><c> levelled</c><00:25:50.380><c> against</c><00:25:50.799><c> the</c>

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father<00:25:51.380><c> or</c><00:25:51.640><c> the</c><00:25:51.839><c> teacher.</c>

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And<00:25:52.440><c> so</c><00:25:52.700><c> here</c><00:25:52.859><c> it</c><00:25:52.980><c> is,</c><00:25:53.160><c> I</c><00:25:53.259><c> don't</c><00:25:53.440><c> think</c><00:25:53.539><c> it</c><00:25:53.700><c> matters,</c><00:25:54.299><c> the</c><00:25:54.400><c> teacher</c><00:25:54.680><c> or</c>

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the<00:25:55.200><c> father</c><00:25:55.440><c> here</c><00:25:55.759><c> says,</c>

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my<00:25:56.259><c> son,</c><00:25:57.079><c> the</c><00:25:57.180><c> best</c><00:25:57.480><c> way</c><00:25:57.720><c> of</c><00:25:57.960><c> proving</c><00:25:58.200><c> that</c><00:25:58.440><c> these</c><00:25:58.759><c> councils</c><00:25:59.240><c> that</c><00:25:59.440><c> I</c>

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give<00:25:59.700><c> on</c><00:25:59.940><c> friendship</c><00:26:00.299><c> are</c><00:26:00.539><c> right</c>

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is<00:26:00.779><c> for</c><00:26:00.940><c> you</c><00:26:01.059><c> to</c><00:26:01.299><c> practice</c><00:26:01.599><c> it.</c>

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If<00:26:02.259><c> you</c><00:26:02.660><c> show</c><00:26:03.240><c> true</c><00:26:03.680><c> friendships</c><00:26:04.160><c> in</c><00:26:04.420><c> your</c><00:26:04.720><c> life,</c><00:26:05.400><c> then</c><00:26:05.500><c> it's</c>

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the<00:26:05.940><c> answer</c><00:26:06.200><c> to</c><00:26:06.440><c> whoever</c><00:26:07.319><c> may</c><00:26:07.680><c> reproach</c><00:26:08.240><c> me,</c>

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says<00:26:09.900><c> the</c><00:26:10.140><c> teacher.</c>

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So<00:26:12.680><c> he</c><00:26:12.900><c> appeals</c><00:26:13.200><c> to</c><00:26:13.420><c> us</c><00:26:13.599><c> all</c><00:26:14.140><c> that</c><00:26:15.220><c> we</c><00:26:15.380><c> might</c><00:26:15.599><c> learn</c><00:26:15.900><c> these</c><00:26:16.480><c> principles</c><00:26:16.960><c> of</c><00:26:17.279><c> friendship.</c>

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Now<00:26:21.720><c> when</c><00:26:22.259><c> verse</c><00:26:22.579><c> 12</c><00:26:22.980><c> says,</c><00:26:23.480><c> a</c><00:26:23.480><c> prudent</c><00:26:23.759><c> man</c><00:26:24.160><c> foreseeeth</c><00:26:24.819><c> the</c>

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evil<00:26:25.119><c> and</c><00:26:25.460><c> hideeth</c><00:26:25.759><c> himself,</c>

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we've<00:26:26.799><c> got</c><00:26:26.900><c> one</c><00:26:27.079><c> of</c><00:26:27.180><c> these</c><00:26:27.519><c> proverbs</c><00:26:27.819><c> that's</c><00:26:28.160><c> already</c><00:26:28.460><c> been</c>

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used<00:26:29.099><c> before.</c>

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We<00:26:30.460><c> don't</c><00:26:30.640><c> need</c><00:26:30.799><c> to</c><00:26:30.940><c> turn</c><00:26:31.059><c> it</c><00:26:31.220><c> up,</c><00:26:31.319><c> but</c><00:26:31.599><c> you'll</c><00:26:31.960><c> find</c><00:26:32.119><c> that</c><00:26:32.299><c> it's</c><00:26:32.460><c> in</c>

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Proverbs<00:26:33.119><c> 22</c><00:26:33.720><c> and</c><00:26:33.960><c> verse</c><00:26:34.319><c> 3.</c>

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So<00:26:36.180><c> we've</c><00:26:36.400><c> already</c><00:26:36.680><c> had</c><00:26:36.859><c> this</c><00:26:37.200><c> proverb,</c><00:26:37.519><c> you</c><00:26:37.640><c> see,</c><00:26:37.759><c> it</c><00:26:37.880><c> comes</c>

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from<00:26:38.319><c> the</c><00:26:38.599><c> earlier</c><00:26:38.980><c> collection</c><00:26:39.500><c> of</c><00:26:40.039><c> Solomon's</c><00:26:40.619><c> writings.</c>

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So<00:26:41.579><c> remember</c><00:26:41.839><c> we</c><00:26:41.980><c> asked</c><00:26:42.240><c> ourselves</c><00:26:42.680><c> the</c><00:26:42.900><c> question</c><00:26:43.240><c> before,</c><00:26:43.640><c> well,</c>

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why<00:26:44.599><c> would</c><00:26:44.940><c> he</c><00:26:45.180><c> use</c><00:26:45.500><c> a</c><00:26:45.759><c> proverb</c><00:26:45.980><c> that's</c><00:26:46.339><c> already</c><00:26:46.759><c> been</c><00:26:47.079><c> used</c><00:26:47.359><c> before?</c>

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And<00:26:48.440><c> the</c><00:26:48.539><c> answer,</c><00:26:48.900><c> of</c><00:26:49.079><c> course,</c><00:26:49.640><c> is</c><00:26:49.759><c> now</c><00:26:50.039><c> it's</c><00:26:50.240><c> being</c><00:26:50.599><c> brought</c>

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together<00:26:51.440><c> or</c><00:26:51.900><c> brought</c><00:26:52.119><c> into</c><00:26:52.339><c> this</c><00:26:52.559><c> particular</c><00:26:53.059><c> chapter</c>

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in<00:26:53.539><c> a</c><00:26:53.740><c> different</c><00:26:54.059><c> context.</c>

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The<00:26:55.579><c> principle</c><00:26:56.079><c> is</c><00:26:56.319><c> the</c><00:26:56.480><c> same,</c><00:26:57.019><c> but</c><00:26:57.140><c> the</c><00:26:57.400><c> teaching</c><00:26:57.799><c> is</c><00:26:58.380><c> different.</c>

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And<00:26:59.019><c> what's</c><00:26:59.299><c> the</c><00:26:59.380><c> lesson</c><00:26:59.599><c> of</c><00:26:59.799><c> this</c><00:27:00.000><c> verse?</c>

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A<00:27:00.700><c> prudent</c><00:27:01.000><c> man</c><00:27:01.319><c> foresees</c><00:27:01.960><c> the</c><00:27:02.180><c> evil</c><00:27:02.480><c> and</c><00:27:02.799><c> hides</c><00:27:03.140><c> himself,</c><00:27:04.160><c> but</c><00:27:04.240><c> the</c><00:27:04.480><c> simple</c><00:27:04.779><c> pass</c><00:27:05.240><c> on</c>

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and<00:27:06.039><c> are</c><00:27:06.259><c> punished.</c>

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Well,<00:27:07.599><c> firstly,</c><00:27:08.339><c> let's</c><00:27:08.640><c> take</c><00:27:08.759><c> the</c><00:27:08.920><c> basic</c><00:27:09.319><c> meaning.</c>

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You<00:27:10.380><c> see,</c><00:27:10.579><c> there's</c><00:27:10.700><c> a</c><00:27:10.819><c> difference</c><00:27:11.099><c> between</c><00:27:11.579><c> faith</c><00:27:12.019><c> that</c><00:27:12.619><c> things</c><00:27:12.900><c> will</c>

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work<00:27:13.420><c> out</c><00:27:13.579><c> and</c><00:27:13.740><c> a</c><00:27:14.000><c> blind</c><00:27:14.519><c> optimism</c>

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that<00:27:15.480><c> everything</c><00:27:15.859><c> will</c><00:27:16.079><c> be</c><00:27:16.299><c> just</c><00:27:16.700><c> fine.</c>

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You<00:27:17.940><c> know,</c><00:27:18.359><c> everyone</c><00:27:18.619><c> sees</c><00:27:19.039><c> evil</c><00:27:19.380><c> when</c><00:27:19.579><c> it's</c><00:27:19.940><c> arrived,</c><00:27:20.480><c> don't</c><00:27:20.799><c> they?</c>

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I<00:27:21.359><c> think</c><00:27:21.519><c> that's</c><00:27:21.759><c> right.</c>

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Everybody<00:27:22.799><c> sees</c><00:27:23.599><c> evil</c><00:27:24.019><c> once</c><00:27:24.359><c> it's</c><00:27:24.759><c> arrived.</c>

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But<00:27:25.640><c> you</c><00:27:25.759><c> see,</c><00:27:25.859><c> what</c><00:27:26.099><c> this</c><00:27:26.460><c> verse</c><00:27:26.740><c> says</c><00:27:27.140><c> is</c><00:27:27.539><c> that</c><00:27:27.779><c> the</c><00:27:28.039><c> prudent</c>

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person<00:27:29.339><c> foresees</c><00:27:31.900><c> evil.</c>

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That's<00:27:33.000><c> the</c><00:27:33.099><c> key,</c><00:27:33.259><c> isn't</c><00:27:33.460><c> it?</c>

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The<00:27:34.420><c> prudent</c><00:27:34.819><c> person</c><00:27:35.279><c> sees</c><00:27:35.859><c> before</c><00:27:36.940><c> it's</c><00:27:37.500><c> even</c><00:27:38.119><c> come,</c><00:27:38.660><c> and</c><00:27:39.779><c> they</c><00:27:40.200><c> do</c>

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something<00:27:41.380><c> about</c><00:27:42.119><c> it.</c>

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They<00:27:42.480><c> turn</c><00:27:42.799><c> aside.</c>

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The<00:27:43.680><c> foolish</c><00:27:44.000><c> blunder</c><00:27:44.460><c> on</c><00:27:44.839><c> smack</c><00:27:45.299><c> into</c><00:27:45.519><c> the</c><00:27:45.759><c> problem.</c>

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You<00:27:46.359><c> can't</c><00:27:46.720><c> stop</c><00:27:46.980><c> them.</c>

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You<00:27:47.319><c> can't</c><00:27:47.740><c> warn</c><00:27:47.940><c> them.</c>

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They<00:27:48.619><c> won't</c><00:27:48.839><c> be</c><00:27:49.140><c> taught.</c>

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:52.740
They<00:27:49.859><c> walk</c><00:27:50.140><c> straight</c><00:27:50.700><c> into</c><00:27:51.220><c> the</c><00:27:51.480><c> problem,</c><00:27:51.980><c> and</c><00:27:52.240><c> it</c><00:27:52.519><c> hurts.</c>

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The<00:27:53.039><c> simple</c><00:27:53.259><c> pass</c><00:27:53.539><c> on</c><00:27:53.759><c> and</c><00:27:53.940><c> are</c><00:27:54.059><c> punished.</c>

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:56.880
And<00:27:54.900><c> you</c><00:27:55.039><c> see,</c><00:27:55.559><c> the</c><00:27:55.680><c> reason</c><00:27:55.880><c> why</c><00:27:56.099><c> I</c><00:27:56.119><c> think</c><00:27:56.299><c> this</c><00:27:56.579><c> proverb</c><00:27:56.759><c> is</c>

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:59.140
being<00:27:57.180><c> used</c><00:27:57.519><c> again</c><00:27:57.759><c> is</c><00:27:57.980><c> because</c><00:27:58.539><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:02.240
is<00:27:59.380><c> now</c><00:27:59.660><c> bringing</c><00:27:59.859><c> it</c><00:28:00.039><c> into</c><00:28:00.200><c> the</c><00:28:00.420><c> context</c><00:28:00.859><c> of</c><00:28:01.220><c> friendship.</c>

00:28:02.710 --> 00:28:05.720
The<00:28:03.119><c> principle</c><00:28:03.500><c> is</c><00:28:03.700><c> now</c><00:28:03.880><c> being</c><00:28:04.119><c> applied</c><00:28:04.480><c> in</c><00:28:04.660><c> the</c><00:28:04.819><c> context</c><00:28:05.279><c> of</c>

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friends<00:28:06.339><c> and</c><00:28:06.859><c> of</c><00:28:07.180><c> friendships.</c>

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And<00:28:08.619><c> it's</c><00:28:08.859><c> true,</c><00:28:09.160><c> you</c><00:28:09.380><c> see,</c><00:28:09.700><c> that</c><00:28:10.019><c> a</c><00:28:10.200><c> prudent</c><00:28:10.480><c> person</c><00:28:10.920><c> sees</c><00:28:11.220><c> an</c>

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unnecessary<00:28:12.099><c> conflict</c><00:28:12.740><c> looming</c><00:28:13.119><c> between</c>

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friends,<00:28:15.259><c> and</c><00:28:15.579><c> he</c><00:28:15.720><c> withdraws</c><00:28:16.299><c> himself</c><00:28:17.240><c> before</c><00:28:19.299><c> an</c><00:28:19.559><c> unnecessary</c><00:28:20.119><c> argument</c>

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:22.779
between<00:28:21.039><c> friends</c><00:28:21.440><c> occurs.</c>

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Prudent<00:28:24.339><c> person</c><00:28:24.799><c> stops</c><00:28:25.259><c> that.</c>

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And<00:28:27.480><c> the</c><00:28:27.640><c> simple</c><00:28:27.880><c> person,</c><00:28:28.460><c> through</c><00:28:28.740><c> either</c><00:28:29.140><c> naivety</c><00:28:29.799><c> or</c><00:28:30.180><c> stubbornness</c><00:28:30.759><c> or</c>

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aggressiveness<00:28:31.660><c> or</c><00:28:31.819><c> whatever</c>

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:36.819
their<00:28:32.380><c> reason</c><00:28:32.640><c> is,</c><00:28:32.799><c> they</c><00:28:33.039><c> push</c><00:28:33.299><c> on</c><00:28:33.619><c> and</c><00:28:33.779><c> on</c><00:28:33.940><c> until</c><00:28:34.140><c> in</c><00:28:34.400><c> the</c><00:28:34.539><c> end,</c><00:28:35.400><c> they're</c><00:28:35.720><c> punished,</c><00:28:36.299><c> says</c><00:28:36.420><c> the</c><00:28:36.660><c> verse.</c>

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.220
You<00:28:36.960><c> know</c><00:28:37.019><c> what</c><00:28:37.099><c> the</c><00:28:37.240><c> word</c><00:28:37.420><c> punished</c><00:28:37.779><c> is</c><00:28:38.000><c> here?</c>

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:43.900
The<00:28:38.619><c> word</c><00:28:38.839><c> punished</c><00:28:39.140><c> means</c><00:28:39.480><c> to</c><00:28:39.759><c> inflict</c><00:28:40.319><c> a</c><00:28:40.940><c> penalty,</c><00:28:42.099><c> especially</c><00:28:42.740><c> a</c><00:28:43.099><c> fine.</c>

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:47.339
You<00:28:44.259><c> know</c><00:28:44.380><c> what</c><00:28:44.599><c> the</c><00:28:44.980><c> fine</c><00:28:45.240><c> is</c><00:28:45.920><c> that</c><00:28:46.220><c> the</c><00:28:46.460><c> person</c><00:28:46.720><c> pays</c><00:28:47.119><c> in</c>

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.380
this<00:28:47.579><c> verse?</c>

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:51.559
You<00:28:49.559><c> know</c><00:28:49.660><c> the</c><00:28:49.819><c> penalty</c><00:28:50.240><c> that</c><00:28:50.440><c> they</c><00:28:50.680><c> pay?</c>

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:58.019
They<00:28:53.599><c> pay,</c><00:28:54.099><c> brothers</c><00:28:54.299><c> and</c><00:28:54.559><c> sisters,</c><00:28:55.920><c> the</c><00:28:56.119><c> fine</c><00:28:56.720><c> of</c><00:28:57.960><c> a</c>

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:59.539
ruptured<00:28:58.440><c> friendship.</c>

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That's<00:29:02.200><c> a</c><00:29:02.299><c> high</c><00:29:02.480><c> price</c><00:29:02.839><c> indeed.</c>

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:07.859
And<00:29:05.900><c> so</c><00:29:06.019><c> the</c><00:29:06.180><c> lesson</c><00:29:06.339><c> of</c><00:29:06.519><c> the</c><00:29:06.680><c> proverb</c><00:29:06.819><c> is</c><00:29:07.099><c> that</c><00:29:07.259><c> those</c><00:29:07.559><c> that</c>

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:11.880
value<00:29:08.240><c> friendships</c><00:29:09.019><c> take</c><00:29:10.740><c> due</c><00:29:11.259><c> thought</c><00:29:11.559><c> for</c>

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:16.160
the<00:29:12.160><c> future</c><00:29:13.259><c> consequences</c><00:29:14.220><c> of</c><00:29:14.619><c> their</c><00:29:14.859><c> actions.</c>

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:24.640
They<00:29:19.220><c> seek</c><00:29:19.500><c> to</c><00:29:19.779><c> preserve</c><00:29:20.339><c> their</c><00:29:20.779><c> friendships</c><00:29:21.400><c> and</c><00:29:21.960><c> not</c><00:29:22.200><c> to</c><00:29:22.559><c> endanger</c><00:29:23.500><c> them</c><00:29:24.000><c> by</c>

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.539
foolishly<00:29:25.299><c> walking</c>

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:30.019
into<00:29:25.900><c> a</c><00:29:26.140><c> subject</c><00:29:26.539><c> that</c><00:29:27.000><c> will</c><00:29:27.220><c> only</c><00:29:27.579><c> hurt</c><00:29:27.799><c> and</c><00:29:28.079><c> damage</c><00:29:28.400><c> the</c><00:29:28.619><c> relationship</c><00:29:29.099><c> that</c><00:29:29.319><c> they</c><00:29:29.500><c> have,</c><00:29:29.880><c> the</c>

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one<00:29:30.140><c> with</c>

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the<00:29:30.440><c> other.</c>

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They<00:29:30.740><c> seek</c><00:29:30.940><c> to</c><00:29:31.200><c> avoid</c><00:29:31.440><c> that.</c>

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:39.099
And<00:29:35.759><c> then</c><00:29:35.960><c> verse</c><00:29:36.220><c> 13</c><00:29:36.619><c> says,</c><00:29:36.920><c> and</c><00:29:37.000><c> this</c><00:29:37.180><c> is</c><00:29:37.339><c> a</c><00:29:37.720><c> stranger</c><00:29:38.140><c> proverb</c><00:29:38.619><c> still</c>

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:40.880
in<00:29:39.319><c> its</c><00:29:39.500><c> way</c><00:29:39.740><c> really,</c><00:29:40.500><c> take</c><00:29:40.640><c> his</c>

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:44.460
garment<00:29:41.200><c> that</c><00:29:41.400><c> is</c><00:29:41.660><c> surety</c><00:29:42.000><c> for</c><00:29:42.259><c> a</c><00:29:42.400><c> stranger</c><00:29:42.720><c> and</c><00:29:43.180><c> take</c><00:29:43.420><c> a</c><00:29:43.619><c> pledge</c><00:29:43.799><c> of</c><00:29:43.940><c> him</c><00:29:44.119><c> for</c><00:29:44.339><c> a</c>

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.900
strange<00:29:44.680><c> woman.</c>

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:47.180
Now<00:29:45.039><c> you</c><00:29:45.180><c> see</c><00:29:45.339><c> this</c><00:29:45.500><c> is</c><00:29:45.700><c> a</c><00:29:45.839><c> proverb</c><00:29:45.980><c> that's</c><00:29:46.259><c> been</c><00:29:46.519><c> used</c><00:29:46.799><c> before</c>

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.660
as<00:29:47.400><c> well.</c>

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:50.900
This<00:29:47.960><c> is</c><00:29:48.200><c> Proverbs</c><00:29:48.519><c> chapter</c><00:29:48.839><c> 20</c><00:29:49.400><c> and</c><00:29:49.779><c> verse</c><00:29:50.099><c> 16.</c>

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But<00:29:51.279><c> now</c><00:29:51.599><c> here</c><00:29:51.779><c> it</c><00:29:51.880><c> is</c><00:29:52.039><c> again</c><00:29:52.359><c> in</c><00:29:52.799><c> the</c><00:29:53.000><c> 27th</c><00:29:53.759><c> chapter</c><00:29:53.960><c> being</c>

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.640
used<00:29:54.599><c> all</c><00:29:54.980><c> over</c><00:29:55.380><c> again.</c>

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:58.299
Now<00:29:55.920><c> what</c><00:29:56.180><c> is</c><00:29:56.440><c> this</c><00:29:56.819><c> all</c><00:29:57.220><c> about?</c>

00:29:58.519 --> 00:30:02.279
Verse<00:29:58.799><c> 13,</c><00:29:59.480><c> take</c><00:29:59.559><c> his</c><00:29:59.859><c> garment</c><00:30:00.299><c> that</c><00:30:00.700><c> is</c><00:30:00.980><c> surety</c><00:30:01.420><c> for</c><00:30:01.660><c> a</c><00:30:01.900><c> stranger.</c>

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:05.779
Well,<00:30:03.460><c> come</c><00:30:03.619><c> back</c><00:30:03.779><c> to</c><00:30:03.900><c> chapter</c><00:30:04.119><c> 17</c><00:30:04.539><c> just</c><00:30:04.779><c> for</c><00:30:04.940><c> a</c><00:30:05.059><c> moment.</c>

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:10.500
I<00:30:07.559><c> think</c><00:30:07.660><c> there's</c><00:30:07.839><c> a</c><00:30:07.980><c> wonderful</c><00:30:08.339><c> principle</c><00:30:08.779><c> in</c><00:30:09.019><c> fact</c><00:30:09.220><c> in</c><00:30:09.880><c> this</c><00:30:10.160><c> verse.</c>

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:14.819
Now<00:30:11.180><c> in</c><00:30:11.559><c> Proverbs</c><00:30:11.940><c> 17,</c><00:30:12.960><c> we</c><00:30:13.259><c> have</c><00:30:13.539><c> the</c><00:30:13.920><c> teaching</c><00:30:14.200><c> of</c><00:30:14.500><c> Proverbs</c>

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:17.519
on<00:30:15.019><c> the</c><00:30:15.220><c> subject</c><00:30:15.619><c> of</c><00:30:16.039><c> surety</c><00:30:16.660><c> ship.</c>

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:20.759
The<00:30:18.319><c> word</c><00:30:18.559><c> surety</c><00:30:19.079><c> ship</c><00:30:19.259><c> in</c><00:30:19.460><c> the</c><00:30:19.700><c> authorized</c><00:30:20.119><c> version</c><00:30:20.420><c> simply</c>

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means<00:30:21.039><c> what?</c>

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:26.240
Being<00:30:21.640><c> a</c><00:30:21.940><c> guarantor,</c><00:30:23.400><c> acting</c><00:30:23.559><c> as</c><00:30:23.819><c> a</c><00:30:24.059><c> guarantor</c><00:30:25.019><c> for</c><00:30:25.400><c> somebody</c><00:30:25.900><c> else.</c>

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:33.339
Now<00:30:26.759><c> you</c><00:30:26.960><c> see</c><00:30:27.099><c> what</c><00:30:29.059><c> chapter</c><00:30:29.440><c> 17</c><00:30:30.200><c> says</c><00:30:31.160><c> and</c><00:30:32.059><c> in</c><00:30:32.259><c> fact</c><00:30:32.359><c> in</c><00:30:32.619><c> verses</c><00:30:32.839><c> 17</c>

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and<00:30:33.519><c> 18.</c>

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See<00:30:34.079><c> how</c><00:30:34.220><c> it</c><00:30:34.319><c> brings</c><00:30:34.480><c> these</c><00:30:34.759><c> two</c><00:30:34.920><c> ideas</c><00:30:35.279><c> together.</c>

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:39.339
A<00:30:36.579><c> friend</c><00:30:37.000><c> loveth</c><00:30:37.380><c> at</c><00:30:37.539><c> all</c><00:30:37.819><c> times</c><00:30:38.240><c> and</c><00:30:38.460><c> a</c><00:30:38.640><c> brother</c><00:30:38.819><c> is</c><00:30:39.099><c> born</c>

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for<00:30:39.599><c> adversity.</c>

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A<00:30:41.039><c> man</c><00:30:41.339><c> void</c><00:30:41.660><c> of</c><00:30:41.940><c> understanding</c><00:30:42.519><c> strikeeth</c><00:30:43.240><c> hands</c><00:30:43.660><c> and</c><00:30:44.359><c> becomes</c><00:30:44.799><c> a</c><00:30:45.059><c> guarantor</c><00:30:45.700><c> in</c>

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:47.440
the<00:30:46.339><c> presence</c><00:30:46.599><c> of</c><00:30:46.920><c> his</c><00:30:47.200><c> friend.</c>

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:52.259
Now<00:30:47.880><c> you</c><00:30:48.039><c> see</c><00:30:48.200><c> this</c><00:30:49.359><c> remarkable</c><00:30:50.259><c> juxtaposition</c><00:30:51.119><c> of</c><00:30:51.380><c> ideas</c><00:30:51.859><c> here</c><00:30:52.119><c> in</c>

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.819
these<00:30:52.480><c> two</c><00:30:52.640><c> verses.</c>

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On<00:30:53.000><c> the</c><00:30:53.119><c> one</c><00:30:53.339><c> side</c><00:30:53.500><c> it</c><00:30:53.740><c> says,</c><00:30:54.859><c> friends</c><00:30:54.859><c> stick</c><00:30:55.319><c> together</c><00:30:55.779><c> through</c><00:30:56.119><c> thick</c>

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.680
and<00:30:56.619><c> thin.</c>

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Doesn't<00:30:56.859><c> matter</c><00:30:56.960><c> what</c><00:30:57.140><c> the</c><00:30:57.339><c> trouble</c><00:30:57.559><c> is,</c><00:30:57.920><c> friends</c><00:30:58.299><c> remain</c>

00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:00.160
together<00:30:59.220><c> and</c><00:30:59.339><c> they</c><00:30:59.460><c> help</c><00:30:59.680><c> each</c><00:30:59.940><c> other.</c>

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:03.480
And<00:31:00.539><c> then</c><00:31:00.960><c> almost</c><00:31:01.400><c> in</c><00:31:01.599><c> the</c><00:31:01.819><c> same</c><00:31:02.160><c> breath</c><00:31:02.539><c> in</c><00:31:02.839><c> the</c><00:31:02.940><c> very</c><00:31:03.180><c> next</c>

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.220
verse<00:31:03.779><c> it</c><00:31:04.079><c> says,</c>

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:08.039
don't<00:31:04.559><c> ever,</c><00:31:05.140><c> don't</c><00:31:05.579><c> ever</c><00:31:05.940><c> be</c><00:31:06.259><c> a</c><00:31:06.400><c> guarantor</c><00:31:06.819><c> for</c><00:31:07.079><c> a</c><00:31:07.200><c> friend.</c>

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.720
Only<00:31:09.000><c> a</c><00:31:09.180><c> fool</c><00:31:09.259><c> does</c><00:31:09.500><c> that.</c><00:31:10.519><c> Isn't</c><00:31:10.660><c> that</c><00:31:10.819><c> remarkable?</c>

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:14.500
One<00:31:12.240><c> verse</c><00:31:12.400><c> says</c><00:31:12.559><c> how</c><00:31:12.779><c> wonderful</c><00:31:13.259><c> friends</c><00:31:13.619><c> are</c><00:31:14.079><c> as</c><00:31:14.279><c> they</c>

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.079
stick<00:31:14.680><c> together</c>

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:17.900
and<00:31:15.319><c> in</c><00:31:15.460><c> the</c><00:31:15.539><c> other</c><00:31:15.700><c> verse</c><00:31:15.920><c> don't</c><00:31:16.220><c> ever</c><00:31:16.460><c> guarantee</c><00:31:16.839><c> your</c><00:31:17.099><c> friend.</c>

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.940
Now<00:31:18.380><c> why</c><00:31:18.579><c> would</c><00:31:18.700><c> it</c><00:31:18.900><c> say</c><00:31:19.099><c> that?</c>

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:23.019
Why<00:31:20.839><c> would</c><00:31:20.980><c> it</c><00:31:21.119><c> bring</c><00:31:21.240><c> those</c><00:31:21.799><c> two</c><00:31:22.140><c> ideas</c><00:31:22.599><c> together?</c>

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:27.700
Do<00:31:23.380><c> you</c><00:31:23.460><c> think</c><00:31:23.640><c> that</c><00:31:23.819><c> this</c><00:31:24.000><c> is</c><00:31:24.519><c> a</c><00:31:24.940><c> council</c><00:31:25.279><c> or</c><00:31:25.859><c> being</c><00:31:27.140><c> exhorted</c>

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:30.359
to<00:31:27.940><c> not</c><00:31:28.180><c> be</c><00:31:28.480><c> generous</c><00:31:28.880><c> towards</c><00:31:29.240><c> our</c><00:31:29.539><c> friends?</c>

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:35.940
Now<00:31:32.660><c> I</c><00:31:32.799><c> think</c><00:31:33.099><c> that</c><00:31:33.339><c> the</c><00:31:33.480><c> lesson</c><00:31:33.859><c> of</c><00:31:34.380><c> this</c><00:31:34.660><c> verse</c><00:31:34.859><c> is</c><00:31:35.359><c> not</c><00:31:35.579><c> saying</c><00:31:35.799><c> that</c>

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.099
we<00:31:36.059><c> oughtn't</c><00:31:36.279><c> to</c><00:31:36.440><c> help</c><00:31:36.599><c> our</c><00:31:36.880><c> friends</c>

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:41.460
but<00:31:37.299><c> it's</c><00:31:37.779><c> council</c><00:31:38.099><c> against</c><00:31:38.680><c> a</c><00:31:39.099><c> blind</c><00:31:39.759><c> guarantee</c><00:31:40.599><c> that</c><00:31:41.220><c> could</c>

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:45.339
ruin<00:31:41.779><c> both</c><00:31:42.079><c> people</c><00:31:42.440><c> and</c><00:31:42.819><c> destroy</c><00:31:43.220><c> the</c><00:31:43.440><c> friendship</c><00:31:43.740><c> in</c><00:31:43.940><c> the</c><00:31:44.079><c> process.</c>

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:51.019
In<00:31:47.519><c> fact,</c><00:31:48.559><c> probably</c><00:31:48.559><c> friends</c><00:31:48.839><c> would</c><00:31:49.039><c> be</c><00:31:49.220><c> particularly</c><00:31:49.559><c> susceptible</c><00:31:50.160><c> to</c><00:31:50.380><c> the</c><00:31:50.500><c> dangers</c><00:31:50.839><c> of</c>

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.619
this<00:31:51.240><c> sort</c><00:31:51.420><c> of</c><00:31:51.559><c> thing.</c>

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:53.380
Look,<00:31:51.799><c> I'm</c><00:31:52.000><c> in</c><00:31:52.140><c> a</c><00:31:52.220><c> spot</c><00:31:52.319><c> of</c><00:31:52.500><c> bother.</c><00:31:52.680><c> I</c><00:31:52.819><c> wonder</c><00:31:52.900><c> if</c><00:31:53.000><c> you'd</c><00:31:53.200><c> act</c>

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:56.160
as<00:31:53.599><c> a</c><00:31:53.720><c> guarantor</c><00:31:54.140><c> to</c><00:31:54.319><c> a</c><00:31:54.420><c> little</c><00:31:54.759><c> debt</c><00:31:55.000><c> I've</c><00:31:55.380><c> got.</c>

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:02.019
No,<00:31:59.759><c> says</c><00:31:59.759><c> Proverbs,</c><00:32:00.119><c> that's</c><00:32:00.539><c> actually</c><00:32:00.980><c> not</c><00:32:01.259><c> a</c><00:32:01.380><c> good</c><00:32:01.519><c> idea</c>

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:04.279
even<00:32:02.539><c> for</c><00:32:02.960><c> friends.</c>

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:08.640
Now<00:32:05.259><c> if</c><00:32:05.440><c> it's</c><00:32:05.660><c> not</c><00:32:05.819><c> a</c><00:32:05.900><c> good</c><00:32:06.059><c> idea</c><00:32:06.299><c> for</c><00:32:06.640><c> friends,</c><00:32:08.079><c> then</c><00:32:08.240><c> is</c><00:32:08.420><c> it</c><00:32:08.579><c> a</c>

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:12.160
good<00:32:08.819><c> idea</c><00:32:09.099><c> for</c><00:32:10.140><c> someone</c><00:32:10.440><c> you</c><00:32:10.640><c> don't</c><00:32:11.160><c> know?</c>

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:15.460
Now<00:32:13.299><c> it</c><00:32:13.299><c> says</c><00:32:13.440><c> well</c><00:32:13.680><c> it</c><00:32:13.779><c> would</c><00:32:14.000><c> be</c><00:32:14.140><c> even</c><00:32:14.380><c> less</c><00:32:14.599><c> of</c><00:32:14.819><c> a</c><00:32:14.859><c> good</c><00:32:15.019><c> idea</c>

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.740
really,<00:32:16.440><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:16.599><c> it?</c>

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:18.799
Come<00:32:17.359><c> and</c><00:32:17.440><c> have</c><00:32:17.500><c> a</c><00:32:17.500><c> look</c><00:32:17.640><c> at</c><00:32:17.759><c> Chapter</c><00:32:18.019><c> 11.</c>

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:20.880
Now<00:32:19.220><c> Chapter</c><00:32:19.420><c> 11</c><00:32:19.680><c> makes</c><00:32:19.920><c> it</c><00:32:20.160><c> quite</c><00:32:20.400><c> clear</c><00:32:20.640><c> really.</c>

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:25.539
What<00:32:21.880><c> does,</c><00:32:22.200><c> what</c><00:32:22.440><c> are</c><00:32:22.539><c> the</c><00:32:22.700><c> Proverbs</c><00:32:23.000><c> teach</c><00:32:23.279><c> concerning</c><00:32:23.960><c> the</c>

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:27.619
idea<00:32:25.880><c> of</c><00:32:26.140><c> guaranteeing</c><00:32:26.660><c> not</c><00:32:26.819><c> a</c><00:32:27.039><c> friend</c><00:32:27.319><c> now</c>

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:30.880
but<00:32:27.920><c> becoming</c><00:32:28.380><c> guarantor</c><00:32:29.059><c> for</c><00:32:29.299><c> a</c><00:32:29.680><c> stranger?</c>

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:36.240
Well<00:32:32.220><c> Proverbs</c><00:32:32.859><c> Chapter</c><00:32:33.799><c> 11</c><00:32:34.059><c> and</c><00:32:34.259><c> verse</c><00:32:34.500><c> 15</c><00:32:34.920><c> says,</c>

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:44.019
He<00:32:37.660><c> that</c><00:32:37.920><c> is</c><00:32:38.519><c> surety</c><00:32:38.960><c> for</c><00:32:39.180><c> a</c><00:32:39.460><c> stranger</c><00:32:40.059><c> shall</c><00:32:41.460><c> smart</c><00:32:42.200><c> for</c><00:32:42.839><c> it.</c>

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:47.440
And<00:32:44.740><c> he</c><00:32:44.859><c> that</c><00:32:45.039><c> hateth</c><00:32:45.559><c> suretieship</c><00:32:46.240><c> is</c><00:32:46.619><c> sure.</c>

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.680
It's<00:32:48.160><c> quite</c><00:32:48.319><c> a</c><00:32:48.519><c> nice</c><00:32:48.680><c> little</c><00:32:48.980><c> expression</c><00:32:49.420><c> really.</c>

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:52.180
It's<00:32:50.079><c> really</c><00:32:50.279><c> if</c><00:32:50.460><c> we</c><00:32:50.720><c> change</c><00:32:50.960><c> that</c><00:32:51.220><c> word</c><00:32:51.380><c> to</c><00:32:51.619><c> guarantee</c><00:32:52.000><c> we</c>

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.700
would<00:32:52.380><c> have</c>

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:56.119
He<00:32:53.299><c> that</c><00:32:53.460><c> is</c><00:32:53.660><c> a</c><00:32:53.859><c> guarantor</c><00:32:54.279><c> for</c><00:32:54.500><c> a</c><00:32:54.700><c> stranger</c><00:32:55.119><c> shall</c><00:32:55.400><c> smart</c><00:32:55.779><c> for</c><00:32:55.960><c> it.</c>

00:32:56.319 --> 00:33:00.039
And<00:32:56.460><c> he</c><00:32:56.660><c> that</c><00:32:57.119><c> hateth</c><00:32:57.559><c> guarantees</c><00:32:58.440><c> is</c><00:32:58.779><c> guaranteed.</c>

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:05.119
So<00:33:03.079><c> really</c><00:33:03.279><c> what</c><00:33:03.420><c> it's</c><00:33:03.599><c> saying</c><00:33:03.819><c> is</c><00:33:04.039><c> that</c><00:33:04.220><c> if</c><00:33:04.460><c> you,</c><00:33:04.940><c> you</c><00:33:05.059><c> see</c>

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:05.779
why<00:33:05.359><c> would</c><00:33:05.519><c> you</c><00:33:05.660><c> do,</c>

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:07.599
imagine<00:33:06.220><c> you</c><00:33:06.400><c> see</c><00:33:06.519><c> that</c><00:33:06.680><c> you</c><00:33:06.839><c> come</c><00:33:06.980><c> to</c><00:33:07.180><c> the</c><00:33:07.339><c> judge</c>

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:10.079
and<00:33:08.079><c> the</c><00:33:08.279><c> people</c><00:33:08.539><c> come</c><00:33:08.759><c> before</c><00:33:09.059><c> the</c><00:33:09.279><c> judge</c><00:33:09.359><c> and</c><00:33:09.480><c> they</c><00:33:09.559><c> say</c><00:33:09.619><c> we're</c><00:33:09.839><c> going</c><00:33:09.920><c> to</c>

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.680
act<00:33:10.200><c> as</c><00:33:10.420><c> a,</c>

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:12.359
I'm<00:33:10.920><c> going</c><00:33:10.980><c> to</c><00:33:11.079><c> act</c><00:33:11.180><c> as</c><00:33:11.380><c> a</c><00:33:11.539><c> guarantor</c><00:33:12.059><c> here.</c>

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:14.400
So<00:33:12.799><c> you'd</c><00:33:13.079><c> say</c><00:33:13.180><c> okay</c><00:33:13.380><c> well</c><00:33:13.480><c> who's</c><00:33:13.779><c> the</c><00:33:14.000><c> debtor?</c>

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.920
The<00:33:14.759><c> debtor</c><00:33:15.140><c> steps</c><00:33:15.519><c> forward.</c>

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:17.079
How<00:33:16.240><c> much</c><00:33:16.480><c> is</c><00:33:16.599><c> your</c><00:33:16.819><c> debt?</c>

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.119
Oh<00:33:17.539><c> that</c><00:33:17.779><c> big.</c>

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:18.960
Okay.

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.779
Let's<00:33:19.220><c> write</c><00:33:19.359><c> that</c><00:33:19.519><c> down.</c>

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.960
Now<00:33:20.119><c> who's</c><00:33:20.480><c> the</c><00:33:20.640><c> guarantor?</c>

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.740
Oh<00:33:21.240><c> well</c><00:33:21.339><c> I</c><00:33:21.440><c> am</c><00:33:21.579><c> here.</c>

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:21.960
Right.

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.480
So<00:33:22.119><c> you</c><00:33:22.220><c> come</c><00:33:22.359><c> forward.</c>

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:24.380
Now<00:33:23.119><c> do</c><00:33:23.380><c> you</c><00:33:23.599><c> know</c><00:33:23.839><c> the</c><00:33:24.079><c> debtor?</c>

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:26.900
I've<00:33:25.059><c> never</c><00:33:25.240><c> met</c><00:33:25.400><c> him</c><00:33:25.519><c> in</c><00:33:25.579><c> my</c><00:33:25.700><c> life</c><00:33:25.859><c> before.</c>

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:32.359
And<00:33:28.440><c> so</c><00:33:28.680><c> you</c><00:33:29.039><c> are</c><00:33:29.319><c> going</c><00:33:29.579><c> to</c><00:33:29.900><c> guarantee</c><00:33:30.539><c> this</c><00:33:31.019><c> man's</c><00:33:31.619><c> debt</c><00:33:31.839><c> and</c>

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.460
you've<00:33:32.619><c> never</c><00:33:32.839><c> met</c><00:33:33.019><c> him</c><00:33:33.180><c> before.</c>

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.559
That's<00:33:33.759><c> right.</c>

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:37.839
Well<00:33:36.359><c> says</c><00:33:36.519><c> the</c><00:33:36.720><c> Proverb,</c>

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:40.500
It's<00:33:39.079><c> going</c><00:33:39.220><c> to</c><00:33:39.380><c> hurt</c><00:33:39.559><c> you.</c>

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:43.059
You'll<00:33:41.500><c> sting</c><00:33:41.880><c> for</c><00:33:42.319><c> that</c><00:33:42.500><c> won't</c><00:33:42.779><c> you?</c>

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:45.000
You'll<00:33:43.799><c> be</c><00:33:44.019><c> broken</c><00:33:44.359><c> for</c><00:33:44.599><c> that.</c>

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:48.660
You<00:33:45.319><c> should</c><00:33:45.599><c> never</c><00:33:45.859><c> ever</c><00:33:46.380><c> become</c><00:33:46.779><c> a</c><00:33:47.059><c> guarantor</c><00:33:47.839><c> for</c><00:33:48.200><c> a</c><00:33:48.400><c> person</c>

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.680
that<00:33:48.859><c> you</c><00:33:48.980><c> don't</c><00:33:49.359><c> know.</c>

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:53.059
Proverbs<00:33:50.240><c> says</c><00:33:50.440><c> you</c><00:33:50.579><c> shouldn't</c><00:33:50.900><c> even</c><00:33:51.279><c> guarantee</c><00:33:51.700><c> friends.</c>

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:57.059
Now<00:33:54.779><c> come</c><00:33:54.980><c> back</c><00:33:55.160><c> to</c><00:33:55.339><c> Proverbs</c><00:33:55.599><c> 27.</c>

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:59.339
Now<00:33:57.359><c> remember</c><00:33:57.700><c> what's</c><00:33:58.039><c> the</c><00:33:58.220><c> context</c><00:33:58.660><c> of</c><00:33:58.839><c> our</c><00:33:59.059><c> proverb</c>

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:02.920
and<00:33:59.720><c> the</c><00:33:59.839><c> answer</c><00:34:00.099><c> is</c><00:34:00.259><c> of</c><00:34:00.400><c> course</c><00:34:00.539><c> we're</c><00:34:00.740><c> talking</c><00:34:00.960><c> in</c><00:34:01.160><c> the</c><00:34:01.319><c> context</c><00:34:01.799><c> of</c><00:34:02.180><c> friendships.</c>

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.980
So<00:34:03.420><c> what's</c><00:34:03.799><c> verse</c><00:34:04.019><c> 13</c><00:34:04.519><c> teaching?</c>

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:07.099
Well<00:34:05.480><c> you</c><00:34:05.640><c> see</c><00:34:05.720><c> I</c><00:34:05.799><c> think</c><00:34:06.000><c> that</c><00:34:06.160><c> what</c><00:34:06.240><c> it's</c><00:34:06.480><c> saying</c><00:34:06.640><c> is</c><00:34:06.880><c> this.</c>

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.679
The<00:34:07.420><c> Proverb</c><00:34:07.680><c> says,</c>

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:12.440
Take<00:34:08.860><c> his</c><00:34:09.300><c> garment</c><00:34:09.840><c> that</c><00:34:10.639><c> is</c><00:34:11.360><c> surety</c><00:34:11.840><c> for</c><00:34:12.059><c> a</c><00:34:12.199><c> stranger.</c>

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:14.599
So<00:34:12.599><c> what</c><00:34:12.739><c> happens</c><00:34:12.980><c> is</c><00:34:13.139><c> when</c><00:34:13.320><c> the</c><00:34:13.500><c> two</c><00:34:13.679><c> parties</c><00:34:14.000><c> come</c><00:34:14.280><c> before</c>

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.679
the<00:34:14.820><c> judge,</c>

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.539
So<00:34:16.780><c> the</c><00:34:16.960><c> one</c><00:34:17.159><c> person</c><00:34:17.360><c> says,</c>

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:19.599
Well<00:34:17.699><c> I'm</c><00:34:17.920><c> going</c><00:34:18.019><c> to</c><00:34:18.139><c> be</c><00:34:18.239><c> the</c><00:34:18.420><c> guarantor.</c>

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:24.019
And<00:34:19.940><c> I</c><00:34:20.219><c> pledge</c><00:34:20.639><c> all</c><00:34:21.280><c> of</c><00:34:21.480><c> my</c><00:34:22.039><c> worldly</c><00:34:22.360><c> belongings</c><00:34:23.019><c> as</c><00:34:23.619><c> part</c><00:34:23.840><c> of</c>

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:25.820
the<00:34:24.179><c> guarantee</c><00:34:24.480><c> for</c><00:34:24.739><c> the</c><00:34:24.820><c> death</c><00:34:24.960><c> of</c><00:34:25.119><c> this</c><00:34:25.260><c> other</c><00:34:25.420><c> person</c><00:34:25.659><c> I</c>

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.119
don't<00:34:26.039><c> know.</c>

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:27.380
What<00:34:26.320><c> the</c><00:34:26.500><c> judge</c><00:34:26.659><c> says</c><00:34:26.960><c> is,</c>

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.179
Okay<00:34:27.699><c> that's</c><00:34:28.019><c> fine.</c>

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I'll<00:34:28.579><c> have</c><00:34:28.760><c> the</c><00:34:28.980><c> belongings</c><00:34:29.340><c> now.</c>

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:31.119
Thanks.

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:34.480
I'll<00:34:32.559><c> take</c><00:34:32.760><c> your</c><00:34:33.000><c> garment</c><00:34:33.360><c> now.</c>

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:37.440
I'll<00:34:35.460><c> hold</c><00:34:35.780><c> you</c><00:34:35.980><c> to</c><00:34:36.139><c> your</c><00:34:36.380><c> obligations</c><00:34:37.179><c> now.</c>

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:41.980
Because<00:34:38.400><c> you've</c><00:34:38.960><c> been</c><00:34:39.320><c> foolish</c><00:34:39.739><c> enough</c><00:34:40.340><c> to</c><00:34:40.840><c> become</c><00:34:41.059><c> the</c><00:34:41.280><c> guarantor</c><00:34:41.679><c> for</c>

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:43.139
a<00:34:42.139><c> stranger.</c>

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.800
So<00:34:43.380><c> I</c><00:34:43.400><c> think</c><00:34:43.579><c> the</c><00:34:43.760><c> teaching</c><00:34:44.000><c> of</c><00:34:44.239><c> the</c><00:34:44.280><c> proverb</c><00:34:44.460><c> is</c><00:34:44.679><c> this.</c>

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:46.139
Now<00:34:45.019><c> let's</c><00:34:45.260><c> bring</c><00:34:45.400><c> it</c><00:34:45.559><c> to</c><00:34:45.719><c> friendship.</c>

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:52.139
Is<00:34:46.840><c> that</c><00:34:47.159><c> too</c><00:34:47.579><c> much</c><00:34:48.119><c> friendship</c><00:34:48.599><c> extended</c><00:34:49.239><c> to</c><00:34:49.539><c> a</c><00:34:49.699><c> total</c><00:34:50.059><c> stranger</c><00:34:50.679><c> is</c><00:34:51.300><c> unwise.</c>

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:56.300
Friendship<00:34:53.559><c> is</c><00:34:53.719><c> a</c><00:34:53.900><c> principle</c><00:34:54.260><c> that</c><00:34:54.599><c> grows</c><00:34:54.960><c> over</c><00:34:55.480><c> time</c><00:34:55.940><c> that</c>

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:58.860
needs<00:34:56.559><c> to</c><00:34:56.760><c> be</c><00:34:57.039><c> tested</c><00:34:57.460><c> and</c><00:34:58.019><c> measured.</c>

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:02.760
We<00:35:00.019><c> should</c><00:35:00.199><c> not</c><00:35:00.340><c> expect</c><00:35:00.719><c> to</c><00:35:01.059><c> enjoy</c><00:35:01.679><c> close</c><00:35:02.119><c> friendship</c><00:35:02.519><c> with</c>

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:04.960
others<00:35:02.980><c> until</c><00:35:03.460><c> we've</c><00:35:03.820><c> proved</c><00:35:04.059><c> worthy</c><00:35:04.440><c> of</c><00:35:04.639><c> it.</c>

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:09.139
And<00:35:05.380><c> nor</c><00:35:05.920><c> should</c><00:35:06.179><c> we</c><00:35:06.619><c> extend</c><00:35:07.420><c> the</c><00:35:07.719><c> most</c><00:35:08.099><c> intimate</c><00:35:08.599><c> benefits</c>

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:16.480
of<00:35:09.519><c> friendship</c><00:35:10.059><c> until</c><00:35:11.800><c> we</c><00:35:12.079><c> truly</c><00:35:12.380><c> know</c><00:35:13.320><c> the</c><00:35:14.119><c> person</c><00:35:14.820><c> that</c><00:35:16.340><c> we</c>

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:18.300
are<00:35:16.639><c> seeking</c><00:35:16.840><c> to</c><00:35:17.139><c> become</c><00:35:17.420><c> friends</c><00:35:17.820><c> with.</c>

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:22.039
And<00:35:18.820><c> so</c><00:35:18.900><c> the</c><00:35:19.000><c> lesson</c><00:35:19.199><c> of</c><00:35:19.400><c> this</c><00:35:19.639><c> proverb</c><00:35:19.840><c> is</c><00:35:20.059><c> that</c><00:35:20.440><c> a</c><00:35:20.539><c> person</c><00:35:20.739><c> who's</c><00:35:21.099><c> foolish</c><00:35:21.340><c> enough</c><00:35:21.639><c> to</c>

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:24.699
extend<00:35:22.360><c> the</c><00:35:22.579><c> principles</c><00:35:22.920><c> of</c><00:35:23.179><c> friendship</c><00:35:23.519><c> too</c><00:35:23.880><c> early</c><00:35:24.260><c> should</c>

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:26.940
be<00:35:25.039><c> held</c><00:35:25.280><c> to</c><00:35:25.460><c> their</c><00:35:25.659><c> obligations.</c>

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.320
They've<00:35:27.679><c> rushed</c><00:35:27.920><c> into</c><00:35:28.219><c> it.</c>

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:31.460
They<00:35:28.900><c> haven't</c><00:35:29.179><c> been</c><00:35:29.619><c> measured</c><00:35:29.900><c> enough</c><00:35:30.360><c> in</c><00:35:30.800><c> the</c><00:35:31.119><c> development</c>

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.340
of<00:35:31.739><c> that</c><00:35:32.019><c> friendship.</c>

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:35.300
Friendships<00:35:33.019><c> are</c><00:35:33.360><c> precious</c><00:35:33.739><c> things</c><00:35:34.420><c> brothers</c><00:35:34.800><c> and</c><00:35:35.079><c> sisters</c>

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:40.880
and<00:35:35.480><c> they</c><00:35:35.619><c> ought</c><00:35:35.760><c> not</c><00:35:35.980><c> to</c><00:35:36.139><c> be</c><00:35:36.340><c> taken</c><00:35:36.639><c> lightly</c><00:35:37.760><c> nor</c><00:35:40.539><c> entered</c>

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:43.300
into<00:35:41.260><c> quickly.</c>

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:51.320
Verse<00:35:47.820><c> 14</c><00:35:48.239><c> says,</c><00:35:48.820><c> He</c><00:35:49.000><c> that</c><00:35:49.380><c> blessed</c><00:35:49.719><c> his</c><00:35:50.139><c> friend</c><00:35:50.679><c> with</c><00:35:50.960><c> a</c><00:35:51.099><c> loud</c>

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:57.099
voice<00:35:52.519><c> rising</c><00:35:53.179><c> early</c><00:35:53.539><c> in</c><00:35:53.659><c> the</c><00:35:53.800><c> morning</c><00:35:54.780><c> shall</c><00:35:55.619><c> be</c><00:35:55.940><c> counted</c><00:35:56.159><c> accursed</c><00:35:56.559><c> to</c><00:35:56.840><c> him.</c>

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:59.440
You<00:35:57.380><c> know</c><00:35:57.860><c> there</c><00:35:58.099><c> are</c><00:35:58.099><c> sort</c><00:35:58.280><c> of</c><00:35:58.500><c> different</c><00:35:58.800><c> people</c><00:35:59.139><c> and</c><00:35:59.300><c> the</c>

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.000
truth<00:35:59.599><c> aren't</c><00:35:59.860><c> there.</c>

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:04.800
There<00:36:00.119><c> are</c><00:36:00.300><c> those</c><00:36:00.739><c> that</c><00:36:00.920><c> we</c><00:36:01.059><c> might</c><00:36:01.340><c> call</c><00:36:02.719><c> morning</c><00:36:03.500><c> larks.</c>

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:09.340
They<00:36:05.860><c> arise</c><00:36:06.320><c> early</c><00:36:06.679><c> in</c><00:36:06.840><c> the</c><00:36:06.960><c> morning</c><00:36:07.420><c> and</c><00:36:08.639><c> there</c><00:36:08.800><c> are</c><00:36:09.000><c> those</c>

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:12.880
called<00:36:10.900><c> night</c><00:36:11.559><c> owls.</c>

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:16.800
They<00:36:13.800><c> tend</c><00:36:14.000><c> to</c><00:36:14.139><c> go</c><00:36:14.280><c> to</c><00:36:14.460><c> bed</c><00:36:14.659><c> late</c><00:36:14.900><c> at</c><00:36:15.079><c> night</c><00:36:15.239><c> and</c><00:36:15.420><c> therefore</c><00:36:15.699><c> their</c><00:36:16.019><c> rising</c><00:36:16.400><c> is</c>

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:20.139
not<00:36:17.119><c> quite</c><00:36:17.539><c> so</c><00:36:18.619><c> early</c><00:36:18.980><c> in</c><00:36:19.139><c> the</c><00:36:19.239><c> morning</c><00:36:19.500><c> as</c><00:36:19.679><c> the</c><00:36:19.900><c> morning.</c>

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:23.699
And<00:36:20.579><c> then</c><00:36:20.719><c> I</c><00:36:20.920><c> suppose</c><00:36:21.099><c> that</c><00:36:21.320><c> there</c><00:36:21.420><c> are</c><00:36:22.019><c> some</c><00:36:22.519><c> who</c><00:36:23.239><c> are</c><00:36:23.340><c> sort</c><00:36:23.420><c> of</c><00:36:23.559><c> a</c>

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.559
combination<00:36:24.059><c> of</c><00:36:24.360><c> both.</c>

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:27.000
They<00:36:24.920><c> go</c><00:36:25.099><c> to</c><00:36:25.260><c> bed</c><00:36:25.360><c> early</c><00:36:25.599><c> and</c><00:36:25.800><c> they</c><00:36:26.079><c> still</c><00:36:26.320><c> get</c><00:36:26.539><c> up</c><00:36:26.739><c> late.</c>

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:30.380
We're<00:36:27.599><c> all</c><00:36:27.800><c> different</c><00:36:28.099><c> you</c><00:36:28.280><c> see</c><00:36:28.440><c> as</c><00:36:29.139><c> to</c><00:36:29.260><c> what's</c><00:36:29.539><c> the</c><00:36:29.659><c> best</c><00:36:29.920><c> time</c><00:36:30.199><c> of</c>

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.199
the<00:36:30.539><c> day</c><00:36:30.780><c> for</c><00:36:31.079><c> us.</c>

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:34.500
But<00:36:31.519><c> you</c><00:36:31.780><c> see</c><00:36:31.880><c> I</c><00:36:31.920><c> think</c><00:36:32.099><c> the</c><00:36:32.300><c> principle</c><00:36:32.639><c> of</c><00:36:32.840><c> this</c><00:36:33.099><c> verse</c><00:36:33.340><c> is</c><00:36:33.760><c> this.</c>

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:40.119
The<00:36:36.900><c> idea</c><00:36:37.219><c> of</c><00:36:37.599><c> early</c><00:36:37.860><c> in</c><00:36:38.039><c> the</c><00:36:38.199><c> morning</c><00:36:38.639><c> here</c><00:36:39.039><c> in</c><00:36:39.179><c> this</c><00:36:39.380><c> particular</c><00:36:39.880><c> proverb</c>

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:43.119
is<00:36:40.340><c> that</c><00:36:40.599><c> it's</c><00:36:41.280><c> not</c><00:36:41.519><c> a</c><00:36:41.739><c> good</c><00:36:42.000><c> time.</c>

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.980
Not<00:36:43.980><c> a</c><00:36:44.139><c> good</c><00:36:44.360><c> time</c><00:36:44.639><c> for</c><00:36:44.840><c> what?</c>

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:47.599
Well<00:36:45.199><c> it's</c><00:36:45.340><c> not</c><00:36:45.539><c> a</c><00:36:45.639><c> good</c><00:36:45.860><c> time</c><00:36:46.119><c> for</c><00:36:46.260><c> what</c><00:36:46.460><c> the</c><00:36:46.780><c> friend</c><00:36:47.039><c> is</c><00:36:47.380><c> doing.</c>

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:50.920
So<00:36:48.019><c> what</c><00:36:48.179><c> happens</c><00:36:48.420><c> is</c><00:36:48.559><c> you're</c><00:36:48.920><c> fast</c><00:36:49.079><c> asleep</c><00:36:49.320><c> in</c><00:36:49.460><c> your</c><00:36:49.599><c> bed,</c><00:36:49.780><c> the</c><00:36:49.940><c> door</c><00:36:50.159><c> bursts</c><00:36:50.519><c> open,</c><00:36:50.800><c> in</c>

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:53.500
comes<00:36:51.139><c> your</c><00:36:51.380><c> friend,</c><00:36:51.699><c> slaps</c><00:36:51.940><c> you</c><00:36:52.099><c> on</c><00:36:52.179><c> the</c><00:36:52.300><c> back,</c><00:36:52.739><c> hello</c><00:36:53.199><c> how</c>

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:55.159
are<00:36:53.980><c> you</c><00:36:54.159><c> today?</c>

00:36:55.489 --> 00:36:58.539
And<00:36:55.840><c> it's,</c><00:36:56.519><c> well</c><00:36:56.860><c> shall</c><00:36:57.059><c> we</c><00:36:57.239><c> say</c><00:36:57.340><c> it</c><00:36:57.599><c> grates.</c>

00:36:58.860 --> 00:37:00.659
It<00:36:59.079><c> sort</c><00:36:59.280><c> of</c><00:36:59.719><c> irritates</c><00:37:00.320><c> doesn't</c><00:37:00.539><c> it?</c>

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:06.639
In<00:37:00.820><c> other</c><00:37:00.960><c> words</c><00:37:01.340><c> an</c><00:37:01.980><c> over</c><00:37:02.760><c> jolly</c><00:37:03.659><c> heartiness</c><00:37:04.460><c> at</c><00:37:04.980><c> the</c><00:37:05.199><c> wrong</c><00:37:05.480><c> time.</c>

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:15.480
The<00:37:09.860><c> lesson</c><00:37:10.059><c> of</c><00:37:10.239><c> the</c><00:37:10.420><c> proverb</c><00:37:10.639><c> is</c><00:37:11.360><c> that</c><00:37:12.559><c> good</c><00:37:12.780><c> friends</c><00:37:13.699><c> learn</c>

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:20.739
tact<00:37:15.880><c> and</c><00:37:16.239><c> sensitivity</c><00:37:17.019><c> in</c><00:37:19.159><c> dealing</c><00:37:19.400><c> with</c><00:37:19.639><c> one</c><00:37:19.840><c> another.</c>

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:25.159
They're<00:37:21.880><c> alert</c><00:37:22.179><c> to</c><00:37:22.360><c> the</c><00:37:22.659><c> feelings</c><00:37:23.260><c> of</c><00:37:23.920><c> each</c><00:37:24.239><c> other.</c>

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:29.219
They<00:37:25.599><c> know</c><00:37:25.800><c> how</c><00:37:26.019><c> to</c><00:37:26.360><c> read</c><00:37:26.980><c> their</c><00:37:28.079><c> friends.</c>

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.360
You<00:37:29.820><c> know</c><00:37:29.880><c> what</c><00:37:29.960><c> I</c><00:37:29.960><c> mean</c><00:37:30.039><c> by</c><00:37:30.239><c> that?</c>

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:34.739
They<00:37:30.519><c> know</c><00:37:30.639><c> how</c><00:37:30.820><c> to</c><00:37:31.099><c> read</c><00:37:31.679><c> their</c><00:37:32.679><c> friends'</c><00:37:33.360><c> moods.</c>

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.699
And<00:37:35.019><c> the</c><00:37:35.139><c> lesson</c><00:37:35.320><c> of</c><00:37:35.519><c> the</c><00:37:35.659><c> proverb</c><00:37:35.820><c> is</c><00:37:36.280><c> exaggerated</c><00:37:37.099><c> praise</c>

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:41.639
or<00:37:38.320><c> noisy</c><00:37:38.940><c> flattery</c><00:37:39.760><c> are</c><00:37:40.059><c> not</c><00:37:40.320><c> the</c><00:37:40.539><c> marks</c><00:37:40.800><c> of</c><00:37:41.119><c> true</c><00:37:41.300><c> friends.</c>

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:45.420
True<00:37:42.039><c> friends</c><00:37:42.400><c> don't</c><00:37:42.860><c> need</c><00:37:43.260><c> to</c><00:37:43.659><c> loudly</c><00:37:44.099><c> protest</c><00:37:44.760><c> their</c><00:37:45.119><c> love</c>

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.340
for<00:37:45.739><c> each</c><00:37:46.000><c> other.</c>

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:48.360
They<00:37:46.880><c> already</c><00:37:47.199><c> know</c><00:37:47.440><c> that.</c>

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:54.860
They're<00:37:50.519><c> sensitive</c><00:37:51.000><c> and</c><00:37:51.219><c> they're</c><00:37:51.519><c> tactful</c><00:37:52.139><c> in</c><00:37:53.480><c> the</c><00:37:53.639><c> maintenance</c><00:37:54.000><c> of</c><00:37:54.260><c> their</c><00:37:54.460><c> friendships.</c>

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:58.119
A<00:37:55.059><c> little</c><00:37:55.239><c> proverb</c><00:37:55.539><c> that</c><00:37:55.840><c> says</c><00:37:56.179><c> the</c><00:37:56.480><c> man</c><00:37:56.880><c> who</c><00:37:57.260><c> hails</c><00:37:57.619><c> you</c><00:37:57.900><c> Tom</c>

00:37:58.119 --> 00:38:03.039
or<00:37:58.440><c> Jack</c><00:37:58.659><c> and</c><00:37:58.960><c> proves</c><00:37:59.179><c> by</c><00:37:59.500><c> thumps</c><00:37:59.860><c> upon</c><00:38:00.159><c> your</c><00:38:00.440><c> back</c><00:38:00.599><c> how</c><00:38:00.800><c> he</c><00:38:01.300><c> esteems</c><00:38:01.840><c> your</c><00:38:02.199><c> merit</c><00:38:02.480><c> is</c>

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:08.820
such<00:38:03.320><c> a</c><00:38:03.579><c> friend</c><00:38:04.039><c> that</c><00:38:05.000><c> one</c><00:38:05.420><c> had</c><00:38:05.679><c> need</c><00:38:05.920><c> be</c><00:38:06.119><c> very</c><00:38:06.340><c> much</c><00:38:06.579><c> his</c><00:38:06.900><c> friend</c><00:38:07.380><c> indeed</c><00:38:08.099><c> to</c>

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:12.079
pardon<00:38:09.539><c> or</c><00:38:09.960><c> to</c><00:38:10.179><c> bear</c><00:38:10.420><c> it.</c>

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:18.000
Now<00:38:14.579><c> we</c><00:38:14.659><c> need</c><00:38:14.800><c> to</c><00:38:14.920><c> be</c><00:38:15.099><c> careful</c><00:38:15.440><c> don't</c><00:38:15.780><c> we</c><00:38:16.440><c> as</c><00:38:17.539><c> to</c><00:38:17.679><c> the</c><00:38:17.760><c> way</c><00:38:17.900><c> in</c>

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.400
which<00:38:18.199><c> we</c><00:38:19.019><c> handle</c><00:38:19.519><c> our</c><00:38:20.019><c> friendships.</c>

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:23.019
And<00:38:20.599><c> here's</c><00:38:21.059><c> another</c><00:38:21.360><c> key</c><00:38:21.579><c> that</c><00:38:21.760><c> needs</c><00:38:22.059><c> to</c><00:38:22.260><c> be</c><00:38:22.599><c> particularly</c>

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:28.340
noted<00:38:23.320><c> in</c><00:38:23.579><c> verse</c><00:38:23.940><c> 15</c><00:38:24.559><c> because</c><00:38:25.119><c> it</c><00:38:25.360><c> says</c><00:38:25.559><c> there</c><00:38:25.900><c> a</c><00:38:26.500><c> continual</c><00:38:27.219><c> dropping</c><00:38:27.579><c> in</c><00:38:28.219><c> a</c>

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:30.480
very<00:38:28.619><c> rainy</c><00:38:28.840><c> day</c><00:38:29.099><c> and</c><00:38:29.239><c> a</c><00:38:29.420><c> contentious</c><00:38:29.860><c> woman</c><00:38:30.079><c> are</c><00:38:30.280><c> alike.</c>

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:34.480
Now<00:38:30.739><c> if</c><00:38:30.900><c> you</c><00:38:31.039><c> come</c><00:38:31.199><c> back</c><00:38:31.380><c> for</c><00:38:31.539><c> a</c><00:38:31.579><c> moment</c><00:38:31.719><c> to</c><00:38:31.920><c> chapter</c><00:38:32.159><c> 19</c><00:38:32.760><c> we</c><00:38:33.400><c> have</c><00:38:33.619><c> what</c><00:38:33.900><c> appears</c><00:38:34.260><c> to</c>

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:39.019
be<00:38:34.659><c> a</c><00:38:34.900><c> similar</c><00:38:35.179><c> proverb</c><00:38:35.500><c> and</c><00:38:35.780><c> so</c><00:38:35.980><c> it</c><00:38:36.099><c> is</c><00:38:36.260><c> but</c><00:38:36.480><c> with</c><00:38:37.280><c> one</c><00:38:37.639><c> slight</c><00:38:37.880><c> addition.</c>

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:43.239
In<00:38:40.119><c> Proverbs</c><00:38:40.500><c> 19</c><00:38:41.039><c> we've</c><00:38:41.760><c> really</c><00:38:42.159><c> sort</c><00:38:42.320><c> of</c><00:38:42.480><c> already</c><00:38:42.739><c> had</c><00:38:42.920><c> this</c>

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:44.820
proverb<00:38:43.460><c> before.</c>

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:48.840
It<00:38:45.500><c> says</c><00:38:45.820><c> there</c><00:38:46.599><c> a</c><00:38:46.900><c> foolish</c><00:38:47.199><c> son</c><00:38:47.460><c> is</c><00:38:47.639><c> the</c><00:38:47.820><c> calamity</c><00:38:48.179><c> of</c><00:38:48.300><c> his</c><00:38:48.500><c> father.</c>

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:56.599
And<00:38:49.219><c> now</c><00:38:49.519><c> in</c><00:38:50.300><c> chapter</c><00:38:50.539><c> 19</c><00:38:50.940><c> verse</c><00:38:51.260><c> 13b</c><00:38:52.199><c> we</c><00:38:52.360><c> could</c><00:38:52.579><c> call</c><00:38:52.719><c> it</c><00:38:52.860><c> we</c><00:38:52.980><c> have</c><00:38:53.480><c> our</c><00:38:53.840><c> proverb</c><00:38:54.119><c> the</c><00:38:54.780><c> contentions</c><00:38:55.800><c> of</c><00:38:56.219><c> a</c>

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:58.860
wife<00:38:56.960><c> are</c><00:38:57.920><c> a</c><00:38:58.219><c> continual</c><00:38:58.579><c> dropping.</c>

00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:01.519
Now<00:38:59.360><c> that's</c><00:38:59.619><c> not</c><00:38:59.940><c> quite</c><00:39:00.119><c> what</c><00:39:00.420><c> Proverbs</c><00:39:00.699><c> 27</c><00:39:01.300><c> says.</c>

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:04.639
You<00:39:01.719><c> notice</c><00:39:01.940><c> that</c><00:39:02.199><c> Proverbs</c><00:39:02.460><c> 27</c><00:39:03.400><c> coming</c><00:39:03.800><c> back</c><00:39:04.099><c> to</c><00:39:04.239><c> it</c><00:39:04.480><c> verse</c>

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.980
15<00:39:05.000><c> has</c><00:39:05.239><c> made</c><00:39:05.480><c> an</c><00:39:05.679><c> addition.</c>

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:10.420
It's<00:39:06.619><c> not</c><00:39:06.820><c> just</c><00:39:07.059><c> a</c><00:39:07.320><c> contentious</c><00:39:07.800><c> woman</c><00:39:08.059><c> and</c><00:39:09.159><c> a</c><00:39:09.579><c> dropping.</c>

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:14.619
What<00:39:11.380><c> verse</c><00:39:11.659><c> 15</c><00:39:12.019><c> has</c><00:39:12.380><c> added</c><00:39:12.639><c> for</c><00:39:12.940><c> us</c><00:39:13.300><c> in</c><00:39:13.739><c> this</c><00:39:14.079><c> proverb</c><00:39:14.360><c> here</c>

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:19.559
in<00:39:14.800><c> chapter</c><00:39:15.019><c> 27</c><00:39:15.739><c> is</c><00:39:16.340><c> the</c><00:39:16.719><c> time</c><00:39:17.219><c> or</c><00:39:17.840><c> the</c><00:39:18.159><c> circumstance</c><00:39:18.659><c> of</c><00:39:18.940><c> the</c><00:39:19.219><c> weather.</c>

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:24.639
You<00:39:20.059><c> notice</c><00:39:20.239><c> that</c><00:39:20.420><c> it's</c><00:39:20.860><c> a</c><00:39:21.460><c> very</c><00:39:22.260><c> rainy</c><00:39:23.039><c> day.</c>

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:28.619
So<00:39:26.099><c> what</c><00:39:26.260><c> we're</c><00:39:26.420><c> being</c><00:39:26.639><c> told</c><00:39:26.860><c> in</c><00:39:27.139><c> Proverbs</c><00:39:27.440><c> 27</c><00:39:27.940><c> and</c><00:39:28.119><c> verse</c><00:39:28.300><c> 15</c>

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.059
is<00:39:28.840><c> this.</c>

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:35.260
You<00:39:29.059><c> see</c><00:39:29.539><c> there's</c><00:39:29.800><c> rain</c><00:39:30.000><c> on</c><00:39:30.199><c> the</c><00:39:30.340><c> outside</c><00:39:30.900><c> and</c><00:39:33.059><c> there's</c><00:39:35.019><c> rain</c>

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:36.780
on<00:39:35.460><c> the</c><00:39:35.659><c> inside.</c>

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:45.559
The<00:39:38.159><c> one</c><00:39:38.360><c> prevents</c><00:39:38.760><c> us</c><00:39:38.980><c> from</c><00:39:39.219><c> going</c><00:39:39.539><c> abroad</c><00:39:40.119><c> with</c><00:39:40.619><c> comfort</c><00:39:41.179><c> and</c><00:39:43.219><c> the</c><00:39:43.320><c> other</c><00:39:43.500><c> unfortunately</c><00:39:44.880><c> prevents</c><00:39:45.340><c> us</c>

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:48.000
from<00:39:45.780><c> staying</c><00:39:45.940><c> at</c><00:39:46.239><c> home</c><00:39:46.659><c> in</c><00:39:47.099><c> peace.</c>

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:53.380
The<00:39:49.420><c> one</c><00:39:49.639><c> rain</c><00:39:49.860><c> really</c><00:39:50.239><c> only</c><00:39:50.480><c> wets</c><00:39:50.739><c> to</c><00:39:50.960><c> the</c><00:39:51.280><c> skin</c><00:39:51.719><c> actually.</c>

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:57.360
The<00:39:53.739><c> other</c><00:39:54.179><c> seems</c><00:39:54.559><c> somehow</c><00:39:55.159><c> to</c><00:39:55.739><c> wet</c><00:39:55.920><c> to</c><00:39:56.119><c> the</c><00:39:56.199><c> very</c><00:39:56.420><c> bone.</c>

00:39:57.940 --> 00:40:01.260
You<00:39:58.579><c> know</c><00:39:59.019><c> you</c><00:39:59.139><c> can</c><00:39:59.300><c> have</c><00:39:59.400><c> an</c><00:39:59.599><c> argument</c><00:39:59.820><c> with</c><00:40:00.059><c> a</c><00:40:00.400><c> neighbour</c><00:40:00.579><c> and</c><00:40:00.699><c> it's</c><00:40:00.840><c> like</c><00:40:01.139><c> a</c>

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:01.860
sharp<00:40:01.579><c> shower.</c>

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:03.840
It's<00:40:02.079><c> over</c><00:40:02.400><c> and</c><00:40:02.539><c> it's</c><00:40:02.860><c> gone.</c>

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:11.400
But<00:40:04.739><c> this</c><00:40:05.239><c> is</c><00:40:05.920><c> a</c><00:40:06.400><c> ceaseless</c><00:40:07.340><c> downpour</c><00:40:08.500><c> and</c><00:40:10.280><c> there's</c><00:40:10.599><c> no</c><00:40:10.980><c> means</c>

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:12.739
of<00:40:11.719><c> shelter.</c>

00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:18.559
Now<00:40:15.360><c> by</c><00:40:15.500><c> the</c><00:40:15.619><c> way</c><00:40:16.199><c> before</c><00:40:16.639><c> our</c><00:40:17.539><c> sisters</c><00:40:17.840><c> should</c><00:40:18.099><c> think</c><00:40:18.340><c> that</c>

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:22.239
we<00:40:18.760><c> are</c><00:40:19.860><c> unpleasantly</c><00:40:20.480><c> referring</c><00:40:20.920><c> simply</c><00:40:21.239><c> to</c><00:40:21.460><c> the</c><00:40:21.619><c> female</c><00:40:21.980><c> of</c>

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:23.480
the<00:40:22.440><c> species.</c>

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:28.159
It<00:40:24.599><c> doesn't</c><00:40:24.860><c> actually</c><00:40:25.239><c> in</c><00:40:25.739><c> Proverbs</c><00:40:26.119><c> 27</c><00:40:26.900><c> it</c><00:40:27.340><c> doesn't</c><00:40:27.579><c> actually</c><00:40:27.860><c> mention</c>

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.619
a<00:40:28.380><c> wife.</c>

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:30.860
It<00:40:28.880><c> simply</c><00:40:29.179><c> says</c><00:40:29.380><c> a</c><00:40:29.579><c> woman,</c><00:40:29.940><c> a</c><00:40:29.980><c> contentious</c><00:40:30.480><c> woman.</c>

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:34.179
And<00:40:31.239><c> you</c><00:40:31.360><c> see</c><00:40:31.599><c> in</c><00:40:31.840><c> biblical</c><00:40:32.179><c> times</c><00:40:32.519><c> that</c><00:40:32.699><c> could</c><00:40:32.840><c> be</c><00:40:33.380><c> an</c><00:40:33.619><c> aunt</c><00:40:33.820><c> or</c><00:40:34.000><c> a</c>

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:38.800
mother<00:40:34.400><c>-in</c><00:40:34.639><c>-law</c><00:40:34.840><c> or</c><00:40:35.440><c> it</c><00:40:35.940><c> could</c><00:40:36.139><c> be</c><00:40:36.760><c> anyone</c><00:40:37.119><c> who</c><00:40:37.320><c> was</c><00:40:37.519><c> in</c><00:40:37.659><c> the</c><00:40:38.000><c> household.</c>

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:41.940
And<00:40:39.159><c> of</c><00:40:39.239><c> course</c><00:40:39.340><c> in</c><00:40:39.539><c> the</c><00:40:39.739><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:40.219><c> we're</c><00:40:40.500><c> the</c><00:40:40.679><c> bride</c><00:40:40.880><c> of</c><00:40:41.139><c> Christ</c><00:40:41.539><c> aren't</c><00:40:41.780><c> we?</c>

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:44.340
So<00:40:42.099><c> we're</c><00:40:42.380><c> all</c><00:40:42.679><c> part</c><00:40:42.920><c> of</c><00:40:43.079><c> the</c><00:40:43.239><c> woman</c><00:40:43.519><c> of</c><00:40:43.739><c> the</c><00:40:44.019><c> house.</c>

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:47.599
So<00:40:44.940><c> therefore</c><00:40:45.280><c> the</c><00:40:45.780><c> spirit</c><00:40:46.000><c> of</c><00:40:46.239><c> this</c><00:40:46.539><c> proverb</c><00:40:46.860><c> could</c><00:40:47.260><c> in</c><00:40:47.460><c> fact</c>

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:49.699
apply<00:40:47.960><c> to</c><00:40:48.239><c> anyone</c><00:40:48.559><c> in</c><00:40:48.900><c> ecclesial</c><00:40:49.360><c> life.</c>

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:52.840
But<00:40:50.099><c> I</c><00:40:50.219><c> think</c><00:40:50.400><c> perhaps</c><00:40:50.719><c> there</c><00:40:50.880><c> is</c><00:40:51.099><c> a</c><00:40:51.280><c> special</c><00:40:51.559><c> reminder</c><00:40:52.019><c> in</c><00:40:52.219><c> verse</c><00:40:52.460><c> 15</c>

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:58.099
that<00:40:53.139><c> marriage</c><00:40:53.719><c> is</c><00:40:55.659><c> a</c><00:40:55.880><c> special</c><00:40:56.179><c> friendship</c><00:40:56.699><c> isn't</c><00:40:56.960><c> it?</c>

00:40:58.559 --> 00:41:02.159
Of<00:40:58.699><c> all</c><00:40:58.940><c> the</c><00:40:59.159><c> friendships</c><00:40:59.539><c> that</c><00:40:59.840><c> we</c><00:41:00.079><c> have</c><00:41:00.780><c> marriage</c><00:41:01.679><c> is</c><00:41:01.900><c> a</c>

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:03.000
special<00:41:02.539><c> one.</c>

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:07.639
And<00:41:03.420><c> the</c><00:41:03.539><c> lesson</c><00:41:03.960><c> of</c><00:41:04.460><c> this</c><00:41:04.780><c> proverb</c><00:41:05.059><c> is</c><00:41:05.619><c> that</c><00:41:06.079><c> it</c><00:41:06.219><c> can</c><00:41:06.380><c> be</c><00:41:06.579><c> undermined</c><00:41:07.280><c> by</c>

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:09.400
certain<00:41:07.940><c> types</c><00:41:08.519><c> of</c><00:41:08.920><c> behaviour.</c>

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:17.099
This<00:41:10.119><c> spirit</c><00:41:10.679><c> of</c><00:41:11.380><c> ceaseless</c><00:41:12.199><c> criticism</c><00:41:13.639><c> withers</c><00:41:16.019><c> friendship.</c>

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:20.380
Sometimes<00:41:19.239><c> this</c><00:41:19.400><c> happens</c><00:41:19.619><c> in</c><00:41:19.800><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:20.139><c> life.</c>

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:22.679
You<00:41:20.460><c> know</c><00:41:20.940><c> someone</c><00:41:21.239><c> will</c><00:41:21.420><c> get</c><00:41:21.539><c> a</c><00:41:21.659><c> B</c><00:41:21.800><c> in</c><00:41:21.880><c> their</c><00:41:22.059><c> bonnet</c><00:41:22.260><c> about</c><00:41:22.460><c> a</c>

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:24.360
particular<00:41:22.980><c> subject</c><00:41:23.360><c> or</c><00:41:23.579><c> a</c><00:41:23.739><c> particular</c><00:41:24.039><c> problem.</c>

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:27.199
It's<00:41:24.539><c> not</c><00:41:24.719><c> that</c><00:41:25.579><c> the</c><00:41:25.739><c> problem</c><00:41:25.940><c> may</c><00:41:26.159><c> not</c><00:41:26.340><c> be</c><00:41:26.519><c> real</c><00:41:26.719><c> or</c><00:41:26.980><c> true</c><00:41:27.039><c> but</c>

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:30.159
the<00:41:27.900><c> real</c><00:41:28.059><c> problem</c><00:41:28.280><c> is</c><00:41:28.400><c> they'll</c><00:41:28.800><c> never</c><00:41:29.159><c> give</c><00:41:29.480><c> up</c><00:41:29.739><c> on</c><00:41:29.920><c> it.</c>

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:35.579
It<00:41:30.659><c> goes</c><00:41:31.059><c> on</c><00:41:31.579><c> and</c><00:41:32.119><c> on</c><00:41:32.599><c> and</c><00:41:33.079><c> on</c><00:41:33.760><c> and</c><00:41:34.360><c> on.</c>

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:39.639
And<00:41:36.559><c> friendships</c><00:41:36.960><c> are</c><00:41:37.380><c> blighted</c><00:41:37.860><c> by</c><00:41:38.079><c> that</c><00:41:38.400><c> sort</c><00:41:38.619><c> of</c><00:41:38.840><c> spirit</c><00:41:38.960><c> whether</c><00:41:39.260><c> in</c><00:41:39.519><c> a</c>

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:42.860
marriage<00:41:40.000><c> or</c><00:41:40.460><c> within</c><00:41:40.719><c> the</c><00:41:40.920><c> bounds</c><00:41:41.139><c> of</c><00:41:41.340><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:41.820><c> life.</c>

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:47.340
There<00:41:43.500><c> comes</c><00:41:43.820><c> a</c><00:41:44.079><c> time</c><00:41:45.019><c> when</c><00:41:46.380><c> a</c><00:41:46.460><c> matter</c><00:41:46.599><c> ought</c><00:41:46.840><c> to</c><00:41:47.019><c> be</c><00:41:47.219><c> dropped.</c>

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:50.059
I've<00:41:47.619><c> seen</c><00:41:47.820><c> situations</c><00:41:48.380><c> where</c><00:41:48.599><c> an</c><00:41:48.800><c> ecclesiast</c><00:41:49.360><c> has</c><00:41:49.539><c> taken</c><00:41:49.840><c> an</c>

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:52.699
ecclesial<00:41:50.480><c> vote</c><00:41:50.739><c> on</c><00:41:50.980><c> a</c><00:41:51.059><c> matter</c><00:41:51.139><c> and</c><00:41:51.260><c> you</c><00:41:51.320><c> think</c><00:41:51.460><c> at</c><00:41:51.780><c> last</c><00:41:52.260><c> the</c>

00:41:52.699 --> 00:41:53.760
issue<00:41:53.000><c> is</c><00:41:53.239><c> over</c><00:41:53.559><c> and</c><00:41:53.699><c> gone.</c>

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:57.000
No<00:41:53.980><c> it's</c><00:41:54.199><c> not.</c><00:41:55.539><c> No</c><00:41:55.599><c> it's</c><00:41:55.699><c> not.</c><00:41:55.840><c> Next</c><00:41:56.099><c> Sunday</c><00:41:56.420><c> the</c><00:41:56.739><c> dripping</c>

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:58.500
starts<00:41:57.360><c> again.</c>

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:03.659
This<00:42:00.760><c> ruptures</c><00:42:01.280><c> friendship</c><00:42:01.739><c> doesn't</c><00:42:02.000><c> it?</c><00:42:02.099><c> It</c><00:42:02.179><c> doesn't</c><00:42:02.500><c> help.</c>

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:07.840
And<00:42:05.400><c> verse</c><00:42:05.619><c> 16</c><00:42:06.039><c> goes</c><00:42:06.280><c> on</c><00:42:06.500><c> to</c><00:42:06.719><c> say,</c><00:42:07.019><c> it</c><00:42:07.019><c> says,</c>

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:12.380
Whosoever<00:42:08.559><c> hiveth</c><00:42:08.900><c> her</c><00:42:09.579><c> hiveth</c><00:42:10.699><c> the</c><00:42:10.940><c> wind</c><00:42:11.460><c> and</c><00:42:11.920><c> the</c><00:42:12.039><c> ointment</c>

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:14.139
of<00:42:12.480><c> his</c><00:42:12.639><c> right</c><00:42:12.880><c> hand</c><00:42:13.139><c> which</c><00:42:13.440><c> berayeth</c><00:42:13.860><c> itself.</c>

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:17.599
I<00:42:14.579><c> think</c><00:42:14.760><c> the</c><00:42:15.300><c> NASB</c><00:42:15.719><c> is</c><00:42:16.260><c> quite</c><00:42:16.500><c> good</c><00:42:16.699><c> here.</c><00:42:16.840><c> It</c><00:42:16.980><c> says</c><00:42:17.079><c> he</c><00:42:17.340><c> who</c>

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:20.079
would<00:42:17.980><c> restrain</c><00:42:18.519><c> her</c><00:42:18.840><c> or</c><00:42:19.159><c> the</c><00:42:19.360><c> Amplified</c><00:42:19.719><c> Bible,</c>

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:25.280
whoever<00:42:20.599><c> attempts</c><00:42:21.300><c> to</c><00:42:21.780><c> restrain</c><00:42:22.119><c> her</c><00:42:22.500><c> might</c><00:42:22.780><c> as</c><00:42:23.800><c> well</c><00:42:24.059><c> try</c><00:42:24.760><c> to</c>

00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:26.179
stop<00:42:25.599><c> the</c><00:42:25.880><c> wind.</c>

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.980
You<00:42:26.679><c> know</c><00:42:26.780><c> what</c><00:42:26.840><c> happens</c><00:42:26.960><c> when</c><00:42:27.099><c> you</c><00:42:27.260><c> try</c><00:42:27.380><c> and</c><00:42:27.579><c> stop</c><00:42:27.719><c> the</c><00:42:27.900><c> wind?</c>

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:30.559
You<00:42:28.260><c> hear</c><00:42:28.440><c> the</c><00:42:28.599><c> wind</c><00:42:28.840><c> whistling</c><00:42:29.280><c> through</c><00:42:29.619><c> and</c><00:42:29.719><c> so</c><00:42:29.820><c> you</c><00:42:30.360><c> shut</c>

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:32.219
the<00:42:30.739><c> door</c><00:42:30.860><c> and</c><00:42:31.000><c> you</c><00:42:31.119><c> shut</c><00:42:31.239><c> the</c><00:42:31.400><c> window</c><00:42:31.539><c> but</c><00:42:31.699><c> there's</c><00:42:31.980><c> still</c>

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:33.099
cracks<00:42:32.599><c> there.</c>

00:42:33.099 --> 00:42:36.179
And<00:42:33.380><c> all</c><00:42:33.559><c> that</c><00:42:33.800><c> seems</c><00:42:33.960><c> to</c><00:42:34.239><c> happen</c><00:42:34.360><c> is</c><00:42:34.519><c> the</c><00:42:34.679><c> wind</c><00:42:35.000><c> roars</c><00:42:35.699><c> louder</c>

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:39.380
and<00:42:36.780><c> shrieks</c><00:42:37.280><c> through</c><00:42:37.500><c> the</c><00:42:37.699><c> little</c><00:42:37.920><c> openings</c><00:42:38.320><c> of</c><00:42:38.500><c> the</c><00:42:38.619><c> left</c><00:42:38.760><c> that</c><00:42:38.960><c> makes</c><00:42:39.139><c> a</c>

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:40.900
bigger<00:42:39.559><c> noise.</c>

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:44.500
The<00:42:41.539><c> more</c><00:42:41.719><c> you</c><00:42:41.960><c> try</c><00:42:42.159><c> to</c><00:42:42.480><c> restrain</c><00:42:42.800><c> it</c><00:42:42.980><c> you</c><00:42:43.119><c> see</c><00:42:43.219><c> what</c><00:42:43.420><c> it's</c><00:42:43.699><c> just</c><00:42:43.880><c> like</c><00:42:44.000><c> trying</c><00:42:44.260><c> to</c>

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:48.039
restrain<00:42:44.800><c> the</c><00:42:45.059><c> contentious</c><00:42:45.579><c> woman</c><00:42:46.019><c> of</c><00:42:46.699><c> these</c><00:42:46.980><c> verses.</c>

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:51.860
Anne<00:42:48.159><c> says</c><00:42:48.420><c> the</c><00:42:48.659><c> verse</c><00:42:49.199><c> and</c><00:42:50.619><c> the</c><00:42:50.739><c> ointment</c><00:42:51.139><c> of</c><00:42:51.280><c> his</c><00:42:51.440><c> right</c>

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:54.300
hand<00:42:52.239><c> which</c><00:42:52.940><c> berayeth</c><00:42:53.780><c> itself.</c>

00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:56.800
Now<00:42:54.539><c> that's</c><00:42:54.760><c> a</c><00:42:54.860><c> nice</c><00:42:55.079><c> old</c><00:42:55.260><c> English</c><00:42:55.519><c> word.</c><00:42:55.880><c> You</c><00:42:55.960><c> see</c><00:42:56.179><c> what</c><00:42:56.579><c> used</c>

00:42:56.800 --> 00:43:00.119
to<00:42:57.000><c> happen</c><00:42:57.159><c> in</c><00:42:57.619><c> biblical</c><00:42:57.980><c> times</c><00:42:58.400><c> is</c><00:42:58.639><c> that</c><00:42:59.079><c> the</c><00:42:59.320><c> anointing</c><00:42:59.860><c> oil</c>

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:01.440
that<00:43:00.460><c> passed</c><00:43:00.719><c> upon</c><00:43:00.960><c> the</c><00:43:01.199><c> body</c>

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:04.900
was<00:43:01.900><c> poured</c><00:43:02.320><c> into</c><00:43:02.619><c> the</c><00:43:02.800><c> right</c><00:43:03.119><c> hand,</c><00:43:03.659><c> you</c><00:43:03.920><c> see,</c><00:43:04.320><c> and</c><00:43:04.440><c> the</c><00:43:04.559><c> right</c><00:43:04.780><c> hand</c>

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:06.559
would<00:43:05.079><c> then</c><00:43:05.280><c> anoint</c><00:43:05.519><c> the</c><00:43:05.760><c> body.</c>

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:09.380
And<00:43:07.219><c> once</c><00:43:07.440><c> it</c><00:43:07.579><c> was</c><00:43:07.760><c> all</c><00:43:08.000><c> rubbed</c><00:43:08.340><c> off</c><00:43:08.460><c> the</c><00:43:08.659><c> hand</c><00:43:08.920><c> would</c><00:43:09.159><c> appear</c>

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:12.340
to<00:43:09.519><c> be</c><00:43:09.760><c> clean,</c><00:43:10.900><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:11.019><c> it?</c>

00:43:13.219 --> 00:43:20.860
But<00:43:13.420><c> the</c><00:43:13.539><c> thing</c><00:43:13.679><c> is</c><00:43:13.860><c> that</c><00:43:15.059><c> you</c><00:43:16.159><c> could</c><00:43:16.440><c> still</c><00:43:17.360><c> smell</c><00:43:18.760><c> the</c><00:43:20.039><c> ointment.</c>

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:25.880
It<00:43:21.199><c> berayed</c><00:43:21.679><c> itself.</c><00:43:22.260><c> It</c><00:43:22.659><c> called</c><00:43:23.059><c> out</c><00:43:23.539><c> from</c><00:43:23.940><c> the</c><00:43:24.320><c> hand.</c><00:43:24.940><c> It</c><00:43:25.219><c> looked</c><00:43:25.480><c> like</c><00:43:25.739><c> it</c>

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:29.320
had<00:43:26.039><c> disappeared</c><00:43:26.360><c> but</c><00:43:26.579><c> the</c><00:43:26.940><c> scent</c><00:43:27.219><c> reveals</c><00:43:28.079><c> what</c><00:43:28.519><c> has</c><00:43:28.860><c> been</c><00:43:29.179><c> done.</c>

00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:31.780
And<00:43:29.460><c> the</c><00:43:29.519><c> word</c><00:43:29.739><c> beray</c><00:43:30.119><c> by</c><00:43:30.380><c> the</c><00:43:30.519><c> way</c><00:43:30.840><c> means</c><00:43:31.239><c> literally</c><00:43:31.500><c> that</c><00:43:31.659><c> it</c>

00:43:31.780 --> 00:43:33.719
means<00:43:32.000><c> to</c><00:43:32.300><c> call</c><00:43:32.480><c> out.</c>

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:40.139
So<00:43:37.099><c> you</c><00:43:37.179><c> see</c><00:43:37.300><c> I</c><00:43:37.440><c> think</c><00:43:37.639><c> the</c><00:43:37.800><c> lesson</c><00:43:38.000><c> of</c><00:43:38.199><c> the</c><00:43:38.320><c> verse</c><00:43:38.440><c> is</c><00:43:38.699><c> that</c><00:43:39.340><c> the</c><00:43:39.679><c> nature</c><00:43:39.900><c> of</c>

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:44.400
a<00:43:40.300><c> quarrelsome</c><00:43:40.980><c> woman</c><00:43:41.280><c> in</c><00:43:41.480><c> the</c><00:43:41.659><c> household</c><00:43:42.079><c> eventually</c><00:43:43.019><c> cannot</c><00:43:44.099><c> be</c>

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:45.679
kept<00:43:44.679><c> secret.</c>

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:54.559
It<00:43:47.280><c> calls</c><00:43:47.599><c> out.</c><00:43:50.780><c> And</c><00:43:51.340><c> it's</c><00:43:51.599><c> actually</c><00:43:52.579><c> an</c><00:43:53.320><c> unwelcome</c><00:43:54.099><c> scent,</c>

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:56.300
isn't<00:43:54.980><c> it?</c>

00:43:57.739 --> 00:44:03.639
Constant<00:43:58.380><c> criticism</c><00:43:59.019><c> destroys</c><00:44:01.599><c> friendships.</c>

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:08.659
We<00:44:06.260><c> need</c><00:44:06.440><c> to</c><00:44:06.559><c> be</c><00:44:06.739><c> careful</c><00:44:07.000><c> about</c><00:44:07.320><c> that.</c>

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:14.019
And<00:44:10.320><c> by</c><00:44:10.500><c> way</c><00:44:10.679><c> of</c><00:44:10.880><c> contrast,</c><00:44:11.920><c> and</c><00:44:12.019><c> they</c><00:44:12.179><c> are</c><00:44:12.300><c> concluding</c><00:44:12.760><c> verse,</c><00:44:13.760><c> verse</c>

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:15.559
17,<00:44:14.480><c> how</c><00:44:14.659><c> wonderful</c><00:44:15.099><c> this</c><00:44:15.340><c> is.</c>

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:22.039
Verse<00:44:16.000><c> 17</c><00:44:16.460><c> says,</c><00:44:17.880><c> iron</c><00:44:17.880><c> sharpeneth</c><00:44:18.619><c> iron,</c><00:44:19.139><c> so</c><00:44:19.460><c> a</c><00:44:19.679><c> man</c><00:44:20.119><c> sharpeneth</c><00:44:20.719><c> the</c><00:44:21.199><c> counsel</c><00:44:21.760><c> of</c>

00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:22.460
his<00:44:22.280><c> friend.</c>

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:25.260
And<00:44:22.559><c> so</c><00:44:22.719><c> here</c><00:44:22.920><c> by</c><00:44:23.099><c> way</c><00:44:23.300><c> of</c><00:44:23.519><c> contrast</c><00:44:23.940><c> now</c><00:44:24.260><c> is</c><00:44:24.659><c> the</c><00:44:24.840><c> wonderful</c>

00:44:25.260 --> 00:44:29.340
privilege<00:44:25.800><c> and</c><00:44:26.199><c> the</c><00:44:26.420><c> tremendous</c><00:44:27.000><c> benefit</c><00:44:27.460><c> of</c><00:44:27.800><c> good</c><00:44:28.219><c> friendship</c><00:44:28.739><c> in</c><00:44:29.159><c> the</c>

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:30.099
things<00:44:29.519><c> of</c><00:44:29.719><c> the</c><00:44:29.880><c> truth.</c>

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:35.940
You<00:44:30.579><c> see</c><00:44:30.659><c> here</c><00:44:30.860><c> in</c><00:44:31.019><c> this</c><00:44:31.239><c> verse</c><00:44:31.460><c> is</c><00:44:31.860><c> the</c><00:44:32.139><c> spirit</c><00:44:32.320><c> of</c><00:44:32.599><c> mutual</c><00:44:33.039><c> debate,</c><00:44:34.699><c> the</c><00:44:34.880><c> vigorous</c><00:44:35.260><c> testing</c><00:44:35.699><c> of</c>

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:38.400
one<00:44:36.099><c> another</c><00:44:36.380><c> in</c><00:44:36.800><c> the</c><00:44:37.039><c> healthy</c><00:44:37.360><c> competition</c><00:44:37.940><c> of</c><00:44:38.199><c> friendship,</c>

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:41.719
the<00:44:38.860><c> spurring</c><00:44:39.260><c> of</c><00:44:39.460><c> one</c><00:44:39.639><c> another</c><00:44:39.900><c> on</c><00:44:40.300><c> in</c><00:44:40.800><c> spiritual</c><00:44:41.260><c> things.</c>

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:46.960
Here<00:44:42.380><c> is</c><00:44:42.760><c> the</c><00:44:43.079><c> bracing</c><00:44:43.519><c> effect</c><00:44:44.119><c> of</c><00:44:44.460><c> friendship</c><00:44:44.900><c> in</c><00:44:45.360><c> the</c><00:44:45.599><c> healthy</c><00:44:46.019><c> interchange</c><00:44:46.619><c> of</c>

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:47.800
spiritual<00:44:47.440><c> thoughts.</c>

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:51.280
Mind<00:44:48.219><c> you,</c><00:44:48.539><c> of</c><00:44:48.599><c> course,</c><00:44:49.119><c> what</c><00:44:49.320><c> the</c><00:44:49.500><c> verse</c><00:44:49.719><c> presupposes</c><00:44:50.579><c> is</c><00:44:51.059><c> that</c><00:44:51.239><c> it</c>

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:55.159
is<00:44:51.559><c> the</c><00:44:51.840><c> striking</c><00:44:52.159><c> of</c><00:44:52.719><c> godly</c><00:44:53.199><c> minds,</c><00:44:54.159><c> the</c><00:44:54.280><c> one</c><00:44:54.420><c> against</c><00:44:54.840><c> the</c>

00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:58.539
other<00:44:55.539><c> that</c><00:44:56.559><c> stimulates</c><00:44:57.280><c> our</c><00:44:57.579><c> spiritual</c><00:44:58.079><c> growth.</c>

00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:01.400
And<00:44:59.000><c> then</c><00:44:59.139><c> the</c><00:44:59.460><c> striking</c><00:44:59.699><c> of</c><00:45:00.000><c> godly</c><00:45:00.360><c> minds,</c><00:45:00.820><c> the</c><00:45:00.920><c> one</c><00:45:01.059><c> against</c>

00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:05.579
the<00:45:01.619><c> other,</c><00:45:01.980><c> like</c><00:45:02.159><c> iron</c><00:45:02.420><c> against</c><00:45:02.940><c> iron,</c><00:45:03.320><c> both</c><00:45:03.699><c> are</c><00:45:04.179><c> made</c><00:45:04.519><c> keener.</c>

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:11.880
Both<00:45:05.940><c> are</c><00:45:06.500><c> improved</c><00:45:07.500><c> by</c><00:45:07.960><c> the</c><00:45:08.219><c> mutual</c><00:45:08.719><c> experience</c><00:45:09.860><c> of</c><00:45:10.559><c> their</c><00:45:10.820><c> friendship.</c>

00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:17.780
And<00:45:13.300><c> so</c><00:45:13.539><c> true</c><00:45:13.840><c> spiritual</c><00:45:14.300><c> friendships</c><00:45:15.019><c> are</c><00:45:15.559><c> those</c><00:45:16.099><c> which</c><00:45:17.320><c> allow</c><00:45:17.579><c> for</c>

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the<00:45:17.900><c> benefit</c><00:45:18.139><c> of</c><00:45:18.420><c> testing</c><00:45:18.760><c> thought</c><00:45:19.239><c> and</c><00:45:19.679><c> sharpening</c><00:45:20.159><c> principle</c><00:45:20.900><c> upon</c><00:45:22.340><c> and</c><00:45:22.699><c> with</c><00:45:23.119><c> each</c><00:45:23.440><c> other</c><00:45:24.119><c> that</c><00:45:25.820><c> we</c>

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might<00:45:26.159><c> grow</c><00:45:26.380><c> together</c><00:45:26.679><c> in</c><00:45:26.820><c> the</c><00:45:27.000><c> truth.</c>

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How<00:45:27.659><c> wonderful</c><00:45:28.460><c> they</c><00:45:29.000><c> are,</c><00:45:29.719><c> brothers</c><00:45:29.800><c> and</c><00:45:30.059><c> sisters,</c><00:45:32.559><c> the</c><00:45:32.699><c> benefit</c><00:45:32.940><c> of</c>

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true<00:45:33.360><c> friends.</c>

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Even<00:45:37.300><c> kings</c><00:45:38.059><c> need</c><00:45:38.579><c> those,</c><00:45:39.380><c> you</c><00:45:39.699><c> see.</c>

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In<00:45:42.199><c> the</c><00:45:42.360><c> words</c><00:45:42.480><c> of</c><00:45:42.639><c> a</c><00:45:42.739><c> hymn,</c><00:45:44.320><c> brethren,</c><00:45:46.860><c> let</c><00:45:47.039><c> us</c><00:45:47.219><c> walk</c><00:45:47.480><c> together</c><00:45:48.139><c> in</c><00:45:49.460><c> the</c>

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bonds<00:45:49.880><c> of</c><00:45:50.239><c> love</c><00:45:50.500><c> and</c><00:45:50.800><c> peace.</c>

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Can<00:45:52.940><c> it</c><00:45:53.059><c> be</c><00:45:53.239><c> a</c><00:45:53.360><c> question</c><00:45:53.840><c> whether</c><00:45:54.280><c> brethren</c><00:45:54.679><c> should</c><00:45:55.059><c> from</c>

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conflict<00:45:56.019><c> cease?</c>

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If<00:45:56.500><c> it</c><00:45:56.579><c> is</c><00:45:57.000><c> in</c><00:45:57.219><c> union,</c><00:45:58.559><c> if</c><00:45:59.019><c> it</c><00:45:59.019><c> is</c><00:46:00.119><c> in</c><00:46:00.360><c> union,</c><00:46:01.599><c> hope</c><00:46:01.900><c> and</c><00:46:02.260><c> joy</c><00:46:02.780><c> and</c><00:46:03.199><c> love</c><00:46:03.900><c> increase,</c><00:46:06.239><c> then</c><00:46:06.559><c> let</c><00:46:07.039><c> each</c><00:46:07.360><c> esteem</c><00:46:07.880><c> his</c><00:46:08.139><c> brother</c><00:46:08.360><c> better</c><00:46:08.699><c> than</c><00:46:08.800><c> himself</c><00:46:09.300><c> to</c>

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be<00:46:09.719><c> and</c><00:46:09.940><c> let</c><00:46:10.139><c> each</c><00:46:10.760><c> prefer</c><00:46:11.699><c> another.</c>

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Full<00:46:14.400><c> of</c><00:46:14.559><c> love,</c><00:46:16.440><c> from</c><00:46:16.579><c> envy</c><00:46:17.000><c> free.</c>

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Happy<00:46:19.219><c> are</c><00:46:19.539><c> we,</c><00:46:20.460><c> happy</c><00:46:20.880><c> are</c><00:46:21.760><c> we.</c>

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When<00:46:23.699><c> in</c><00:46:24.059><c> this</c><00:46:24.760><c> we</c><00:46:26.199><c> all</c><00:46:26.420><c> agree.</c>