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August 18, 2026 - Joshua 10 & Proverbs 11:25-28 · Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Lamp and Light Bible Plan, where you're seeking to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength with God's word letting the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Josai Smith, lead pastor of Compass South Valley.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Tuesday, August 18th, 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's a quick summary of Joshua 10.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joshua 10 details the story of the king of Jerusalem hearing of the fall of AI and the treaty with the Gibeonites with the nation of Israel and coming up with this plan to gather four other kings and kingdoms, four other nations of the Amorite coalition, you can call it, to come together to attack the Gibeonites and ultimately to try to take over the nation of Israel and stop their conquests.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this is a chapter of some more wars that go on between Israel specifically and these nations that are occupying the promised land.
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  SPEAKER_00: But this chapter specifically details the decisive victory that Joshua and Israel have over the nation.
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  SPEAKER_00: In fact, this is a famous chapter in the Bible because this chapter details a miraculous account of the sun standing still to elongate the battle and to ensure the victory.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Joshua 10 is all about how though there was these kings, these five kingdoms, that banded together to seek to destroy the Gibeonites and the Israelites, they ultimately were toppled because the Lord was with them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs eleven twenty-five through twenty-eight.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.
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  SPEAKER_00: The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, Joshua 10 details the picking up of the pace, if you will, in the victories and the conquests that the nation of Israel are beginning to have over the nations that were occupying the promised land, the the land that God had promised to their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in fact, Joshua 10 marks a pivotal moment in Israel's conquest because it demonstrates, in a sense, both strategic advantage over, of course, the nations that were conspiring against them, but also a sort of divine intervention at a very critical juncture here in the life of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Of course, if you can think back to where they've been so far, they crossed over the Jordan, they had that decisive victory over Jericho where they walked and marched around the walls with their priests and the trumpets and the Ark of the Covenant, and they took, they took down the great mighty walls of Jericho.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then that was followed by a devastating loss to the nation of Ai because of the sin of Achan.
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  SPEAKER_00: But of course, then that was followed by ultimately victory over Ai after they had renewed the covenant.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in chapter 9, though they were deceived by the Gibeonites, they and they did not seek the counsel of the Lord here in Joshua 10, because of the obedience of Joshua, we see kind of the picking up of the pace.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the chapter begins when Jerusalem's king, now hopefully Jerusalem is something that sounds familiar to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is the capital, it becomes the capital of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: A lot of important things happened in Jerusalem throughout the scriptures.
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  SPEAKER_00: But here there is a pagan foreign king.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the Jerusalem king at this point, he is alarmed by Israel's destruction of Ai because Ai was a well-renowned city.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh, of course, he has heard about Gibeon's peace treaty uh with Joshua.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so what does he do?
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  SPEAKER_00: He he comes up with this plan, he mobilizes five southern Amirite kings to attack Gibeon.
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  SPEAKER_00: But interestingly enough, we see even kind of God providentially using the treaty that Joshua made with the Gimeonites to help in this conquest.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so the the coalition of these five nations, Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmoth, Lakish, and Eglon that that represents a kind of coordinated regional threat.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what initially appears as a crisis actually becomes an opportunity because the unified enemy coalition, uh, in a sense, it actually kind of even benefited Joshua because all of these nations came together in one place uh so that they could actually be defeated in one instance instead of having to go from town to town or city to city.
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  SPEAKER_00: So even that is a detail that God, of course, was overseeing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh so Joshua's immediate response uh to Gibeon's just distress call, they're calling for help, they're calling on the treaty, it demonstrates a type of integrity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joshua made a covenant, and despite the Gimeonites' deception, he honors his covenant and he honors his commitment and he rushed to their aid.
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  SPEAKER_00: So in this chapter specifically, what we see is God's active protection, his active role, whether it's through the hail or the sun standing still in defeating the enemies of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: And at this point, even the enemies of the Gibeonites.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so the battle is um illustrative of the power of God, and uh it even kind of showcases the interconnection, if you will, between Joshua's obedience and God's faithfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, Joshua attacks, of course, he he leads the armies, and God creates panic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israel is pursuing their enemies while God is hurling hailstones, and even the prolonged daylight, the sun standing still, however, that took place, it extended the battle and it allowed Israel uh to complete their military conquest again through this divine interaction and this divine uh intervention.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so Joshua 10 is a great chapter.
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  SPEAKER_00: The narrative begins to really pick up pace, and uh, we see just the faithfulness of God on full display here as he delivers the enemies of Israel into their hand.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even something, again, providentially, as the king of Jerusalem uh creating this evil coalition actually begins uh this whole process that allows Joshua uh to have a more decisive, even uh more expedient victory over these enemies, uh, which ultimately is good for the nation of Israel as they occupy the land that God had promised them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, here in Proverbs 11, we have some interesting Proverbs here in verse 25.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says, Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be water.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, the first three of our four Proverbs are kind of the parallel, if you will, or at least they overlap really well with the golden rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh so we see here, whoever brings blessing, whoever seeks to be a blessing to other others, wherever they go, they bring blessing with them, will be enriched.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's this sense of you reap what you sow.
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  SPEAKER_00: And one who waters, one who seeks to cultivate and tend to, will himself be watered.
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  SPEAKER_00: And even in verse 26, it says, The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, so we have these relationships and these interactions, of course.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, so we we if you remember the the two great commands love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength, love your neighbor as yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: These proverbs uh, of course, are um showing how those things are interconnected, but specifically even showing how uh love of neighbor should look and can and and could be fleshed out in even some nitty-gritty circumstances, uh, like grain, as an example.
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  SPEAKER_00: The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then verse 27 whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then verse 28 whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, kind of uh some mixtures here of uh the golden rule, if you will, again, doing doing unto others as you would have them do unto you, or the great command to love your neighbor as yourself, uh being a blessing, uh, one who waters will himself be watered.
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  SPEAKER_00: Again, that's the whole picture of you seeking to be a blessing to someone else, you seeking uh to provide a kind of care and cultivation and even nourishment uh to others, your friends, your family.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a sense in which you will receive that uh in return.
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  SPEAKER_00: Of course, now again, proverbs are not guarantees, but they're general nuggets of wisdom.
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  SPEAKER_00: But nevertheless, I'm I'm sure you could even articulate that in your own life that when you seek to be kind to others, uh generally you receive kindness in turn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, when when you water, you will be watered.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's what the Proverbs say.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even Proverbs 11:26, the people will curse him who holds back grain.
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  SPEAKER_00: If someone is stingy or for whatever reason is holding back, I mean, that whole language is that there's something that could be given but is being held back.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe there's selfishness here going on, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so these are some great proverbs to even think about how we treat other people, how we are intentional to be a blessing, and even the whole concept of seeking to water, uh, watering others.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if that's something that you've ever thought of in that way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you watering others well?
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you watering others by seeking to be a blessing?
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  SPEAKER_00: And there is a sense of a promise, or at least uh, in some sense, some some general wisdom here uh that that can return to you as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh again, Jesus even talks about you reap what you sow.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we see that kind of playing out here in the Proverbs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, thank you so much for joining us today on the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more information about Compass Bible Church South Valley, visit Compass Bible SV.org.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep reading, keep growing.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's word is a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.