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November 9, 2026 - 2 Samuel 1 & Proverbs 24:18-34 · 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 South Valley.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Monday, November 9th, 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen intently to God's written word.
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  SPEAKER_00: After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag.
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  SPEAKER_00: And on the third day, behold, a man from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head, and when he came to David, he fell on the ground and paid homage.
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  SPEAKER_00: David said to him, Where do you come from?
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  SPEAKER_00: And he said to him, I have escaped from the camp of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: And David said to him, How did it go?
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  SPEAKER_00: Tell me, and he answered, The people fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then David said to the young man who told him, How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?
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  SPEAKER_00: And the young man who told him said, By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me, and I answered, Here I am, and he said to me, Who are you?
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  SPEAKER_00: I answered him, I am an Amalekite, and he said to me, Stand beside me and kill me, for anguish has seized me, and yet my life still lingers.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I took the crown that was on his head, and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who are with him, and they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
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  SPEAKER_00: And David said to the young man who told him, Where do you come from?
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  SPEAKER_00: And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner and a Malachite.
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  SPEAKER_00: David said to him, How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?
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  SPEAKER_00: Then David called one of the young men and said, Go, execute him, and he struck him down so that he died.
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  SPEAKER_00: And David said to him, Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, I have killed the Lord's anointed.
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  SPEAKER_00: And David lamented with his lamentation over Saul and Jonathan, his son, and he said, It should be taught to the people of Judah, behold, it is written in the book of Jashar, he said, Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places, how the mighty have fallen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
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  SPEAKER_00: You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor fields of offerings.
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  SPEAKER_00: For there the shield of the mighty was defiled.
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  SPEAKER_00: The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil, from the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely, in life and in death they were not divided.
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  SPEAKER_00: They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
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  SPEAKER_00: You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your apparel, how the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jonathan lies slain on your high places.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am distressed for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: My brother, Jonathan, very pleasant have you been to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
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  SPEAKER_00: How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war perished.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs twenty four, verses eighteen through thirty four.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lest the Lord see it and be displeased and turn away his anger from him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future.
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  SPEAKER_00: The lamp of the wicked will be put out.
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  SPEAKER_00: My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise, for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both.
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  SPEAKER_00: These also are sayings of the wise.
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  SPEAKER_00: Partiality in judging is not good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whoever says to the wicked, You are in the right will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips.
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  SPEAKER_00: Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will repay the man back for what he has done.
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  SPEAKER_00: I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns.
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  SPEAKER_00: The ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then I saw and considered it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I looked and received instruction a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
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  SPEAKER_00: Second Samuel chapter one draws our attention to a different story, different narrative of that which we see in 1 Samuel chapter 31 concerning the death of Saul and his sons, primarily King Saul and Jonathan, who are the focus of David's Song of Laments here in the opening chapter of 2 Samuel.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we see this Amalekite youth, this young man coming and sharing the news with David, who he he lays the crown and the armlet of King Saul and pays homage to him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we see a different story, slightly different here.
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  SPEAKER_00: We see on this young man's account, Saul leaning on his spear, when in 1 Samuel 31:4, we see that Saul is recorded as laying on his sword.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh slightly different account here.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the the takeaway that I have for this chapter is David's lament, his great sorrow, uh, the way that he's mourning the death of his best friend and his um his king, uh, the king of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's King Saul, and it's a complex relationship, uh, the highs and lows of the of their relationship.
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  SPEAKER_00: David being King Saul's armor-bearer, uh, his personal musician who would help him with his tormented spirit.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we see in this chapter no harboring of bitterness.
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  SPEAKER_00: We still see the respect and reverence that David shows for the Lord's anointed, even if this man has done his best to end his life.
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  SPEAKER_00: King Saul on multiple accounts, on multiple occasions, has gone after David in order to kill him, and yet, still here in this chapter, we are seeing David crying out and showing honor and respect to King Saul.
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  SPEAKER_00: In this chapter, we also gonna see this Amalekite young man be put to death.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, and we we're not exactly sure here if it was honorable or dishonorable killing when it when it comes to whether or not David sinned, but we see this account, uh, this historical account that David has this messenger executed who brings him the crown and the armlet once worn by King Saul.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh the thought here and the the takeaway for me is uh concerning bitterness and anger and wrath, which he could have easily uh just lamented Jonathan and put some blame on King Saul and vented and had some kind of um some kind of a different song written about uh how he's so angry at King Saul.
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  SPEAKER_00: But here it's a song that's sorrowful and brings honor to God, honor to King Saul and his son Jonathan, and a couple verses here come to mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's Ephesians chapter four, that's verse 31, and going on into verse 32, we see a call to be kind to one another, be kind, be tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
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  SPEAKER_00: In a handful of verses previous to that, in chapter four of Ephesians, we see a command for us not to be angry, be angry and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your anger and give no opportunity to the devil.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, David could be just reflecting on this horrific, horrific event and being angry at King Saul, thinking about his best friend Jonathan, and how potentially, if King Saul wasn't who he was and wasn't in the position that he was, along with his sons, there's a chance that his his best friend might still be alive.
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  SPEAKER_00: He had opportunities here to complain, to be angry, to do this in a sinful way.
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  SPEAKER_00: But we see David showing honor, uh, showing uh genuine sorrow and and grief for a lost king, a lost friend in the the heat of battle.
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  SPEAKER_00: And at the end of this chapter, we see David reflecting on his friendship and his affection for his brother Jonathan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, we we just get uh an insight into just the the rich friendship that they shared.
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  SPEAKER_00: Very pleasant have you been to me uh in verse 26.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm distressed for you, my brother Jonathan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your love to me was extraordinary.
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  SPEAKER_00: The the care and the the camaraderie and the the brothers that they were to one another was surely an encouragement, surely a uh a gift from God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And and we're we are reflecting on just the blessing of great rich uh friendship and the the privilege of uh being in the family of faith and a family that is going to build one another up and care for each other's and needs.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as we turn over to the wisdom literature that we're going to see in Proverbs chapter 24, my eyes are drawn in a similar uh channel, considering Jonathan, to verses 21 and 22, where it says, My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't join in with those who have no regard for the Lord and who the Lord puts uh into office for the Lord and the King.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be be for team Yahweh and who the Lord selects for uh to to be his leader, be praying for these people, be praying for for God to increase their wisdom, for God to lead and direct them, and as I think about in the context here, those within uh Israel, like the kings of Israel here.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm imagining uh Solomon uh listening and gleaning to all the stories from his father David.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as we look up to verse 19, we see fret not yourselves because of evildoers, and be not anxious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future.
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  SPEAKER_00: The lamp of the lick of the wicked will be put out.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm I'm thinking of David uh just sharing all these insights with Solomon, telling him of all the stories of how God provided uh for him, how God has protected him, and how uh we don't need to fear the evil man or any man for that matter, uh, if we have the Lord by our side, we have a a strong fortress, uh a sure rock of refuge, and uh we don't need to uh to be concerned about what evil man can do to us.
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  SPEAKER_00: The the judgment will will find them.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's no future for those who are evil and do not uh do not look to Yahweh as God, uh as master, and uh just the the familial relationship here as I'm thinking about what it's like to be a prince in King David's house, uh learning and growing and being instructed by him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the the thoughts of selecting and and choosing your friends well.
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  SPEAKER_00: We what we want to be picking friends in our lives that are going to help us run the race well, those are who are going to draw our attention to uh to our sin when we need to be corrected, who are going to in love rebuke us when we are uh we're not walking in a way that's pleasing to the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, we need to be uh following this encouragement and command from 2 Timothy 2 22.
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  SPEAKER_00: So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart, a heart that fears God, that that respects and has great reverence for God, that would submit their lives under his rule and leadership, as we see in the scriptures.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's uh a way that seems right in in man's eyes, but we always want to be deferring, always submitting ourselves to the word of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as we consider the friends that we would uh be ruined by, the friends that would lead us into corruption, we think of 1 Corinthians 15, 33, and do not be deceived.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bad company ruins good morals.
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  SPEAKER_00: We we don't want to join with those who do otherwise, other otherwise concerning just the fear of the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those who don't fear the Lord, we don't we don't choose to spend our our days fellowshipping with them.
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  SPEAKER_00: And those those people still have uh a value as they are created in the image of God, but our relationship with them should look more evangelistic um in that sense, to where if we are interacting and spending time with those uh who would be a close friend to us, we're gonna pick people that fear the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh the verse continues on in 22.
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  SPEAKER_00: If we're not, if we're not choosing friends, choosing people um who fear the Lord as good uh comrades who we're gonna join in and to labor with, verse 22 says, for disaster will arise suddenly from them, from these people who do not fear the Lord, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both.
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  SPEAKER_00: So a strong encouragement for us to be wise, to be considering who it is that we are joining together with, who who we're choosing to pursue in in relationships, uh whether that's dating or friendships, um, and the who we're spending good amounts of time with, we need to be wise in these things and consider the words of Solomon as he continues to say more wise sayings.
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  SPEAKER_00: In verse 24, whoever says to the wicked, you're right, you're in the right here, will be cursed by peoples, abored by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.
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  SPEAKER_00: So as we're considering the people and thinking about uh how it is that we are going to interact with those who are are in the wrong, who are sinning, who need correction, who need to be told, you're messing up, you're you're failing here, stop.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, we're gonna look to the Proverbs and get a little sneak peek to Proverbs chapter 28.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're going to be someone who is uh well respected.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're gonna have favor as you are calling a spade a spade, not not looking to the wicked and saying you're in the right, but calling them out for their for their sin, for their for the wickedness that's going on, and not imagining it to be anything otherwise.
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  SPEAKER_00: So a great caution for us to consider as we think about relationships, as we think about friendships and and the the lives that we want to build with people who are who are running in the same direction, seeking to please and honor and walk in light of the scriptures today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, thanks so much for joining us in the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's word is a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.