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October 19, 2026 - 1 Samuel 14 & Proverbs 19:1-8 · Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan, where we are seeking to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength, with God's word lighting the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Tyler Sanborn, Student Ministry Director at Compass Bible Church South Cali.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Monday, October 19th, 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's a quick summary of 1 Samuel 14.
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  SPEAKER_00: In 1 Samuel 14, we see Jonathan acting bravely while his father stays behind in a pomegranate cave, and he goes forward with his armor bearer and handles business.
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  SPEAKER_00: He goes forward and with great faith and enthusiasm takes on an entire garrison of Philistines.
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  SPEAKER_00: And God works through this act of bravery in a in a powerful way and causes the Philistines to attack one another.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's friendly fire.
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  SPEAKER_00: And after this, Saul and his men that are behind get word of what's happening and join the fight.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's God that is recognized as saving the day.
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  SPEAKER_00: After this, Saul makes a rash vow and commands his people not to eat food until the battle is over in the evening and he is avenged.
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  SPEAKER_00: And out of this, he makes this vow and says, Curse is the man who eats food during this time until evening.
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  SPEAKER_00: And unknowingly, Jonathan breaks that vow.
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  SPEAKER_00: And during this period of battle, Saul's men are weary and tired and hungry and aren't able to have as great of a victory as they could.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as the chapter concludes, Saul is seemingly encouraged by his men to do what seems good to him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Jonathan, a man of honor, is willing to accept the punishment of breaking his father's rash vow to the Lord, but the people intervene and associate Jonathan's bravery and God's work in the salvation of Israel through the defeat of the Philistines.
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  SPEAKER_00: The chapter concludes with the family tree of Saul and the nature of Saul's rule as king with a conflict and battle all the days of his reign.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen intently to God's written word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs nineteen verses one through eight.
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  SPEAKER_00: Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
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  SPEAKER_00: Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
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  SPEAKER_00: When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
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  SPEAKER_00: A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
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  SPEAKER_00: Many seek the favor of a generous man, and every one is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
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  SPEAKER_00: All a poor man's brothers hate him.
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  SPEAKER_00: How much more do his friends go far from him?
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  SPEAKER_00: He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whoever gets sense loves his own soul.
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  SPEAKER_00: He who keeps understanding will discover good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now with all that's happening in chapter fourteen of 1 Samuel, it's action-packed.
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  SPEAKER_00: But as you read the first verse, it seems so casual that you wouldn't expect all these things to happen, and you wouldn't be seeing God causing such a great victory for Jonathan and his armor bearer.
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  SPEAKER_00: But that's exactly what we see.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he did not tell his father.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just a casual son going out about with his armor bearer and seeking to take on a garrison of Philistines.
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  SPEAKER_00: Seems like a normal day in the life of a king's son.
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  SPEAKER_00: But we see here that Jonathan's bravery and his trust for the Lord and in the Lord is strong.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's gonna go over to this garrison of the uncircumcised.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he says, It may be that the Lord will work for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: You gotta love Jonathan's armor bearer's response.
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  SPEAKER_00: He says, I'm with you, heart and soul.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm I'm gonna ride with you, Jonathan.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's that's the response of his armor bearer, and he's going to be an instrumental figure in this victory.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jonathan knocks down the Philistines and the armor bearer slays them right out of the gates.
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  SPEAKER_00: And after that, the Lord causes the ground to shake.
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  SPEAKER_00: There was an earthquake and there was a great panic in this Philistine camp.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before that, Jonathan says, in order to make a decision, in verse 9, if they say to us, wait until we come to you, then we will stand in our place and we will not go.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if they say, Come up to us, then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hand.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what happens?
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  SPEAKER_00: The the Philistines welcome these uh Hebrews up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, we have something to show you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Come up to us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Who knows what they were thinking?
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe some kind of trick or some kind of decoy to to attack them.
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  SPEAKER_00: But God gives them favor and God gives Jonathan and his right hand man a decisive victory.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's it's him, it's God that causes this to happen.
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  SPEAKER_00: God caused this earthquake and this chaos to ensue ensue.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a very great panic we see in verse 15.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this just gives God all the glory, doesn't it?
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  SPEAKER_00: There's no there's no strategy, there's no military might.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's just two guys versus a whole garrison of Philistines.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you you have to love verse six.
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  SPEAKER_00: For nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the heart of Jonathan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, if the Lord's gonna do it, he's gonna do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: If he's gonna give us victory, it doesn't matter if we have uh 2,000, 200,000, or just two of us.
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  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't matter.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord, the Lord's gonna provide what we need for victory, and that's what we see.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord provides uh a great victory for Jonathan, though it isn't quite what it could have been uh because of the vow that his father made.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's it's titled A Rash Vow in my Bible, the superscript of above verse 24.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and Jonathan dips his uh dips for some honey.
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  SPEAKER_00: He doesn't know the vows going on, he doesn't know that this is what his father uh said to the 600, but nonetheless, Jonathan is willing to accept the the consequences of of his decisions, unknowingly breaking uh breaking the rules of this oath and taking food before the sun went down before evening time.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the people were faint.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Jonathan was energized by this honey.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um but nonetheless Jonathan's life is spared through this casting of lots.
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll see the uh Urim and the Thumim here in verse 41.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is uh a way that God's people in the old testament times would seek uh a decision, seek an outcome, and and seek the Lord, trusting that he would cause the outcome uh to pass.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's what we see.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's desire was for Jonathan to live.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh it was narrowed down.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.
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  SPEAKER_00: Verse 42, then Saul said, Cast the lot between you, uh rather, between me and my son Jonathan, and Jonathan was taken.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the people are are backing Jonathan 100%.
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  SPEAKER_00: How can you go against this this great man that saved us?
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  SPEAKER_00: Far, far from it, they say, far from it that Jonathan would die.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as God lives, they say, There shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we see the bravery of the king's son and the timidity of Saul in this chapter, and and also we see the the fulfillment of um first Samuel 8, verse 11, speaking about Saul gathering uh men for his for his army.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, in verse 11 of chapter 8, he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Saul is adding these these valiant men, these strong men into his uh into his army or into his personal uh bodyguard detail.
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  SPEAKER_00: We also see Saul having victory over the surrounding kings and and leaders of of the nations, uh, verses 47 and 48.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a fulfillment of the promise made in 1 Samuel 9, verse 16.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then we see in this chapter as well the the people's response and and actions based on their hunger and their fatigue.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're going uh about uh killing these animals and in a rush, not properly handling them and cleaning them the way that they should.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're eating the blood of these animals, breaking the Levitical laws, as we see in Leviticus 17.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Saul is doing what seems good to him.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what the people of the uh of his army are telling him to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: That the priests are saying, no, no, no, pump the brakes, let's talk to the Lord, let's seek the Lord here and see what we should do.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is just a foreshadowing of the the future impulsive decisions that King Saul will make as he's rejecting to seek the counsel of the Lord, uh, go to him in prayer, and he's he's acting out in the wisdom that is of his own mind and not the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, in our wisdom section of our reading today, Proverbs chapter 19, we're gonna pick up the pace for a while, looking at longer sections of Proverbs, and we have eight today, eight verses instead of our typical four that we've been seeing over the past handful of weeks.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, eight verses for us today in the book of Proverbs, chapter 19.
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  SPEAKER_00: The beginning of our section here uh is addressing the poor person, and you'll see that a few times in this section, three times, and and it's taking a look at uh the the poor person who's walking in integrity.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh the the following thought is that this person is better, they're better off than someone who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
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  SPEAKER_00: Better to be a humble uh person uh of wealth or lack thereof, a poor person who walks in his integrity, who is letting his yes be his yes and his no be his no in comparison to the one who's doing the exact opposite, crooked in speech, someone who's not giving the details accurately, uh, someone who has giving a false witness, and we'll see that later in verse five.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh be a person today that's walking in integrity.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to be poor to do this.
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  SPEAKER_00: You could be a person of any kind of financial uh stature, but uh walking in integrity is is the underscore here, and avoid the foolishness of crooked speech.
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  SPEAKER_00: This next proverb is looking at the desire for anything void of knowledge, it's not good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Without knowledge, these desires as you're as you're rushing into things with with impulsivity, acting with for acting without forethought, um, it's not good.
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  SPEAKER_00: And whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're gonna you're gonna misstep.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're gonna step where you don't want to.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might have to retrack or backtrack um if you're not thinking about the next handful of steps.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh the the consideration of this proverb is think before you act.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um let's let's pause.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's okay to pause and think about what you're going to do next.
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  SPEAKER_00: When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, this has me thinking about people that would be shaking their fist at anyone but themselves when their their foolish decisions catch up with them.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're they're in ruin because of uh a lack of forethought, uh making haste and just pursuing their desires, as we see in that previous verse.
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  SPEAKER_00: And and the heart rages against the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's your fault, Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's your fault, God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Any anyone is to blame except me.
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  SPEAKER_00: When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next verse is uh having to do with the wealthy and the poor.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
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  SPEAKER_00: We got to be careful uh to assess motives of our own hearts, uh, but also just the way that we pursue relationships.
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  SPEAKER_00: You gotta be careful uh as we move along and assessing uh who it is that we call our friends, who it is that we're uh welcoming into our lives and for what purpose?
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  SPEAKER_00: When you have wealth, somehow, somehow people keep showing up.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you might be thinking about people that win the lottery all of a sudden, all their friends from middle school and elementary school, and people that they haven't seen in a long time start popping up and and say, Hey, bud, it's been a long time.
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  SPEAKER_00: How you doing?
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  SPEAKER_00: How's how things have been since you won that lottery?
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, or maybe maybe you are just a successful person.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've been really wise and you've uh been shrewd, and uh your your business practices are are are reaping great benefits, and and all of a sudden these friends might be showing up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but in the contrast, the poor man, the the man who lacks wealth and resources is deserted by his friend.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, deserted, maybe to go to that friend that has the wealth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Who knows?
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, so the the contrast here is is drawing our attention to uh the reason we pursue friendships or or walk away from friendships and and seeking to be a people that are encouraging and and building people up and not having too much regard with uh the the status that someone have or the the number that's in their bank account uh related to wealth.
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  SPEAKER_00: The next verse, verse five a false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
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  SPEAKER_00: Psalm 101 7 speaks to this pretty clearly.
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  SPEAKER_00: No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house.
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  SPEAKER_00: No one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Judgment is coming for those who bear a false witness, who whose breathe uh who breathes out lies.
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  SPEAKER_00: Judgment is coming, and the timeline can be different from person to person.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might not get to to the the the end of this, the the judging, the judgment of your of your actions until the end of your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: But this is a promise uh that God makes.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're not going to dwell in his house.
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  SPEAKER_00: Liars do not inherit the kingdom of heaven, and you're going to reap what you sow uh concerning the way that you use your words.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the last section here, the last few verses is kind of a sandwich.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's looking at the again, the generous man, uh, the gifts and the things that someone might have, material possessions.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we're going to be uh looking at relationships.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh verse seven is a kind of an interesting one, a peculiar one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, all the poor man's brothers hate him.
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  SPEAKER_00: How much more do his friends go far from him?
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  SPEAKER_00: He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then the following and final verse: whoever gets sense loves his own soul.
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  SPEAKER_00: He who keeps understanding will discover good.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh what a great companion uh it is to have when you're pursuing understanding, when you're pursuing sense, those things will serve you uh for your whole life for as long as we live, as we seek the wisdom and insights of the scriptures, they're gonna be a great benefit to us.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're a companion and a friend to us that are that are helpful all the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they're not going to leave us because these are the very words uh of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And and this contrast here, this contrast between material things and material wealth and and the poor brothers and who hate him, that this relationship between the favor of a generous man and the friendships that come to those who have a generosity or a great wealth or an ability to give gifts, these are going to draw people in.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so we got to consider the motives and and the why we go about pursuing uh relationships.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are we doing it with sincerity or are we looking to get to know and invest in the man?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or are we looking to get a piece of the pie and uh and dip into what people uh can have through their possessions?
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh consider the the authentic relationships that we have that are that are built on the scriptures built on Christ and and not on the things that your friends can give you or the gifts that can draw in friends.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, in all the ways that we go about living our lives, always general rule of thumb, let's continue to pursue sense.
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  SPEAKER_00: If we're doing that, if we're investing into our understanding uh of the scriptures and and the the wisdom of the Lord, and that is going to be a great benefit to our souls.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's for our good that we just continually uh keep mining for God's wisdom and truths.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are always going to be a great benefit to us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, thanks for joining us on the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Podcast.
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