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0:00Hey Bible nerds, this is Dr. Manny
0:02Orango. Welcome to the Bible department
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0:08through the entire Bible in a year. You
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0:24Family, welcome to day 307. We are in
0:27Proverbs 16:1, 17, and 18 today. And I'm
0:31going to give you just A LITTLE BIT OF
0:32CONTEXT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO JUMP
0:34INTO A LOT OF NERDY NUGGETS. TO BE
0:36HONEST, EVERY single proverb can be a
0:38timeless truth. Like, that's the beauty
0:41of these proverbs. I'm having a blast
0:43teaching through proverbs. I love
0:45proverbs. I love wisdom. I love love
0:48love
0:50wisdom. And uh I love people who have
0:52wisdom. I love people who share wisdom.
0:54I love people who have things to say
0:58THAT ARE WISE. OH, I'm in love with
1:01wisdom. And uh and so today uh just some
1:05really really short context clues. Okay,
1:07couple of verses from today where you're
1:10just going to have to get in the habit
1:12when you read the Bible all the time,
1:14but definitely when you read these to
1:16just, you know, put some context in
1:18place. So, like I say every day, if you
1:21haven't done the reading for the day,
1:22okay, if you have not read Proverbs
1:2416:17 and 18, stop this video, pause the
1:27audio, go get the reading done so that
1:30you can actually have context for what
1:32we're going to talk about in today's
1:33episode. With no further ado, for
1:35everybody who's done the reading, let's
1:37dive into our context clues. I'm just
1:39going to give you a couple of Proverbs
1:41where it's important to just still do
1:44the work of interpreting. Okay. So,
1:46Proverbs 16:14 says this, "A king's
1:48wrath is a messenger of death, and a
1:51wise man will appease it." Well, many of
1:54us, especially if you're in the United
1:56States of America, don't have a king.
1:58Again, you're going to have to interpret
2:00that. We're used to a president. We're
2:02used to democracy. Okay? We're not used
2:04to a monarchy. And so, again, you're
2:07going to have to take that verse and go,
2:10"All right, what word could I sub in?
2:13Can I say a ruler's wrath is a messenger
2:16of death? Like what what can I sub in?
2:18Okay, the next one is the lot is cast
2:21into the lap, but it's every decision is
2:24from Yahweh. You know, now I could be
2:27wrong, but you know, I'm assuming most
2:29OF US DON'T CAST LOTS, you know. I'm
2:31assuming that's not how you make
2:33decisions. I'm assuming that you don't
2:34got lots in your pocketbook and when you
2:36got to, you know, when you're at a fork
2:38in the road, you bust out your lots and
2:39cast them, you know. So again that is
2:42going to have to get interpreted into
2:45modern society. Okay. Uh the next one
2:47chapter 18 11. A rich man's wealth is
2:51his strong city and like a high wall in
2:54his imagination. Okay. So modern cities
2:58don't have walls around them. All right.
3:01So you know a rich man's wealth is his
3:04VPN is a better way to say that. Right?
3:07like you know cyber security is more of
3:10an imminent threat to most of our daily
3:13lives than an army invading our city and
3:16us needing a wall. Okay, so again this
3:18is just going to require interpretation
3:21and we're going to get into this one at
3:23the end of the episode. We're going to
3:24really talk about this in our timeless
3:25truth, but it's a man's gift makes room
3:28for him and brings him before the great.
3:30Now, a lot of people I've seen heard a
3:35lot of people try to teach that this the
3:37the context of this verse is a bribe.
3:40That's not true. And I'm going to debunk
3:42that myth. So anyway, we'll get into
3:45that in our timeless truth. But again,
3:47you need context to help you to
3:49understand, you know, what is the Bible
3:51trying to communicate when it talks
3:53about a king or it talked about lots or
3:55it talks about a strong city. Another
3:57one, chapter 18 verse 19 says, "A
4:00brother offended is more unyielding than
4:02a strong city." All right. The only way
4:04for me to understand that verse is to
4:06understand what does the Bible mean by a
4:08strong city. So I'm going to need some
4:09historical context. And quarreling is
4:12like the bars of a castle, assuming
4:15there are no castles in your
4:16neighborhood. Okay. So in terms of
4:19imagery, right, I don't need context to
4:22comprehend what's happening, but I do
4:24need to realize, okay, there's a layer
4:26of interpretive context that I need
4:30simply because I'm engaging with content
4:32that's from a different cultural time,
4:35you know, a different cultural moment.
4:37Okay. So, all right. Just want to keep
4:39our, you know, context clue ears perked
4:44up. All right. Just because we're in the
4:46proverbs doesn't mean proverbs that
4:48context clues are completely irrelevant.
4:51It just means we can still understand
4:53the proverbs without like a historical
4:56moment or an author or an intended
5:00audience, but you're still going to have
5:02to translate this imagery maybe in into
5:06some modernday imagery because I
5:08actually think that's the point. The
5:10point of the proverbs are to pack a
5:12punch. So if the imagery doesn't mean
5:14anything to you then it's not it loses
5:17its shock value. So the same way that I
5:20would take say all right a walled city
5:22none of us live in walled cities even if
5:23we cognizantly understand what that
5:25means it loses its shock value whereas
5:28like cyber security makes sense right
5:32like if somebody were to think like man
5:34I got hacked and that all my I I was the
5:37victim of credit card fraud and I lost
5:40thousands of thousands of dollars. Okay.
5:42All of us know that pain. None of us
5:45have ever been living in a city that was
5:47walled and got invaded. None of us. None
5:50of us. Maybe if you're watching this, I
5:53don't know, and you live in Bangladesh,
5:55but for many of us, right? That's just
5:58never happened, okay? You don't live in
5:59neighborhoods with castles. You don't
6:01live in fortified cities. You don't live
6:03in cities that have walls around them.
6:05And I have no idea if there are any of
6:06those in Bangladesh either. I just kind
6:08of named a random city, any random
6:10country. Anyway, all right. Time for the
6:12top 10. Let's get into our nerdy
6:14nuggets. Okay, time for the top 10. The
6:16first in order, not of or like
6:19importance, but in order of appearance,
6:22we got Proverbs 16:8. Proverbs 16:8.
6:25Now, this is a repeated theme all
6:27throughout the Proverbs. It's a really,
6:29really, really good proverb. Okay. 16:8.
6:32Better a little with righteousness than
6:34much gain with injustice. So again, the
6:37proverbs going to make it clear. Nothing
6:39wrong with wealth. Nothing wrong with
6:40wealth. There is not an anti-w wealth
6:44palemic being, you know, preached here
6:47in the proverbs. However, there is an
6:50anti-greed, anti- idolatry, anti-
6:53injustice, anti- laziness palemic being
6:57preached here in Proverbs. And we get to
6:59see it better a little. It's better to
7:01have less money. But but but no guilty
7:05conscience. You did it all right before
7:08the Lord. Okay. than much gain with
7:11injustice. And again, the word in
7:13injustice is not a liberal word. It's a
7:16Bible word. All right? So anyway, I
7:19don't want to go down that rabbit trail,
7:20but Proverbs 16:16, uh, it says this,
7:23"How much better to get wisdom than
7:25gold, to get insight rather than
7:28silver." This is a repeated theme all
7:30throughout the proverbs that if we were
7:33to put a monetary value on wisdom that
7:37you should value it more than you value,
7:40you know, things that bring monetary,
7:42you know, wealth and security. Wisdom is
7:46everything. And if you ever have to
7:48spend money to get wisdom, that's a
7:51great thing to spend money on because
7:54wisdom is more valuable than gold. It's
7:55more valuable than silver. So the
7:57question is, would you spend money on
7:58gold and silver? Yeah. All right. If I
8:01would spend money on gold and silver,
8:02then it makes sense to spend money on
8:05attaining wisdom. 1623 is in my top 10.
8:09It says this, "The hearts of the wise
8:11make their mouths prudent, and their
8:14lips promote instruction." Okay, hold
8:17up. Hold up. The hearts of the wise make
8:21their mouths prudent. So, so remember if
8:23you were here for yesterday's episode, I
8:26said that one of the things that I've
8:27learned in the last couple years is how
8:28to be more tactful, how to be more
8:30careful with my words, how to be more
8:32precise with my vocabulary, how to be
8:35more surgical. Well, also what's
8:38happened in the last two to three years
8:39is there's stuff in my heart that's
8:41gotten healed. And so, I'm not suffering
8:43from discontentment, self-hatred, self-
8:46judgment, self-loathing. And so the
8:48reason that a lot of my words were toxic
8:51was because my heart was toxic. And you
8:54can see here the link between a healthy
8:57heart and healthy words. What does it
8:59say? The hearts of the wise make their
9:03mouths prudent and their lips promote
9:06instruction. So the stuff that comes out
9:08of their mouth is healthy. Why? Because
9:11it comes from a healthy heart. And I
9:13think there's a lot of people who they
9:15don't know whether or not they have a
9:16healthy heart, which means you need a
9:18check engine light. And your words
9:20should become a check engine light. If
9:22your words are negative, if your words
9:24are toxic, if your words are damaging,
9:26then chances are you've got something
9:30going on in your heart. there's some
9:32negativity or some cynicism or some
9:34criticism or something that's happening
9:36in your heart that's making you, you
9:39know, say things that are ridiculous and
9:43rude. Okay, so let's keep going. The
9:46next one is a life verse for me. This is
9:47Proverbs 16:25. Family, the wait is
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10:41I think we wrote a good one. I think you
10:43should get a copy today. All right, back
10:46to the episode. It says this, "There is
10:48a way that appears to be right, but in
10:51the end it leads to death. That means
10:54that the way of life is
10:56counterintuitive. I'm never going to
10:58intuitively just figure out that I
11:01should be vulnerable." That's not
11:03intuitive. I'm not just going to
11:05intuitively figure out that I should be
11:08honoring. Okay? Humans in their natural
11:10state are stupid. We're foolish. We do
11:13dumb stuff. Okay? So it means there's a
11:16way that appears to be right.
11:18Everybody's got opinions on what's
11:19right, but in the end it leads to death.
11:22So what do we all need? The humility to
11:24know that the way that appears right to
11:27me could 100% be wrong. And it's humble.
11:32It's good. It's godly to acknowledge. I
11:35probably don't know what I'm talking
11:36about. Okay. Next. Proverbs 16:28. This
11:40is good, man. This is a really, really
11:41good one. A perverse person stirs up
11:44conflict and a gossip separates close
11:47friends. I personally never struggle
11:49with the gossip, but conflict, oh yeah,
11:51I would have described myself as a very
11:53confrontational person. I'm still
11:55confrontational, but I'm now
11:57confrontational, but also warm, like
12:01friendly, pastoral, kind, and even when
12:04I have confrontation, it doesn't equal
12:07conflict. I used to be confrontational
12:09to the point of conflict, but Proverbs
12:13makes makes it pretty clear that that's
12:15perversion. A perverse person stirs up
12:18conflict. Okay? Healthy people like
12:20peace and gossip separates close
12:22friends. Gossip's a sin. Period. You
12:25shouldn't be gossiping. And uh I hope
12:28that if you do gossip, your pastor
12:30corrects you, disciplines you, and if
12:32you keep doing it, I hope they kick you
12:34out of the church, cuz that's what
12:36should happen. Gossip. Gossip will break
12:38up. Break up a community of believers.
12:40Gossip's toxic, man. And gossip is one
12:43of those things where people who are
12:45moral think that they can get away with
12:46gossip because it's not immoral. But
12:48it's a it it's a sign of bad character.
12:51And I think sometimes in Christian
12:53circles, we think that God is all about
12:55morals when really he's all about morals
12:57and character. And because gossip isn't
13:01immoral, it's almost like you think you
13:04can get a pass. But I know people who
13:06don't drink, don't smoke, don't party,
13:09don't take drugs, don't whatever, don't
13:12do this, don't do that, don't do that.
13:13But they gossip and it's like, that's
13:15crazy, man. Gossip's crazy. First of
13:17all, mind your business. Second of all,
13:19like, if you're offended, just go to the
13:21person you're offended. You know, gossip
13:23comes from a place of offense and not
13:25minding your business. Mind your
13:26business. Drink drink water, stay
13:28hydrated, do your skincare routine, and
13:30and you got to you got to you got to
13:32mind your business. you can't be
13:33gossiping. And you know, I always told
13:36my wife, we were on staff together for
13:38eight years, told her, you know, the
13:40number one person that people typically
13:41gossip to is their spouse. And so,
13:44anytime my pastor offended me, which was
13:46often, you know, I would never tell my
13:48wife about my pastor offending me
13:50because why would I gossip to like my
13:52wife? That's crazy. Gossip is telling
13:55anyone who's equal to you or below you
13:59in authority something that you should
14:01be communicating up. So, anytime you're
14:03offended, the person to talk to is your
14:06boss or your superior or your team lead
14:09or your accountability person who's who
14:13you're beneath them in terms of
14:16spiritual maturity. You should never be
14:18communicating across or down. Anytime
14:21you communicate across or down, it's a
14:23wrap. By the way, if you should type in
14:26Dave Ramsey gossip and anything that
14:28pops up on YouTube, you should watch it
14:30because they'll warn somebody one time
14:32and then they'll fire you. The Ramsay
14:35Solutions will fire you for gossiping.
14:37And I agree with that. I'm I can rock
14:38with that. I think people who gossip
14:40should be fired cuz first of all, you
14:42can't do your job and gossip at the same
14:44time. Like, you should be too busy to
14:45gossip. You You got work to do, bro.
14:48Like, why are you gossiping anyway?
14:50gossiping just gets under my my skin.
14:53But let's move on to the next one. Uh,
14:56Proverbs 17:3. Okay, Proverbs 17:3 says
14:59this, "The crucible for silver, the
15:01furnace for gold." So, this now this
15:03talking about refining choice metals,
15:06silver and gold. How do you refine
15:07silver? The crucible. How do you refine
15:10gold? Furnace. But the Lord tests the
15:13heart, man. So, your heart doesn't need
15:15the crucible or the furnace. It needs
15:17God. God begins in God's presence. That
15:23is where God begins to refine your heart
15:26so that you can get to the place where
15:28you don't say crazy stuff. That's where
15:30God wants to heal your heart. He wants
15:32to mold your heart. He wants to shape
15:33your heart. He wants to he wants to he
15:36wants to have [snorts] your heart so
15:37that he can get a handle on the words
15:40that you speak. Okay. All right. 1719
15:43is going to equate quarreling with
15:47sinfulness. 17:19 it says this, "Whoever
15:50loves a quarrel loves sin." Now, this
15:52used to be me, man. I used to love
15:54quarreling, which meant I love sin. It's
15:56terrible. Whoever builds a high gate
15:59invites destruction. Okay. Whoever loves
16:03a quarrel loves sin. That means like
16:05love an argument, love a debate. I was
16:07on that train, you know. I would say
16:09that the reason that um I was wired for
16:14quarreling is because I grew up in a
16:16home where we formed intimacy through
16:19arguing with each other. And so I kind
16:21of got married and assumed that's the
16:23healthy way that people have intimate
16:26relationships. They confront each other.
16:27They fight. They argue only to realize
16:30that that's toxic. Like that's nuts. And
16:33so I would pick fights, pick arguments
16:35cuz that's the only way I felt like I
16:37could really know my wife was to catch
16:40her off guard and know what was really
16:42in her heart, you know? And that's
16:46crazy. Like I was like wanting to be
16:48offended. I just wanted to know. I was
16:50like, "Yeah, I know she got some crazy
16:52thoughts. I want to know what they are."
16:54And so I would pick fights. That's dumb.
16:56Like thank God I'm not dumb no more.
16:58Like I'm not stupid anymore. Like I just
17:00kind of got wise and realized, wait a
17:04second, like that's just a dumb way to
17:06live life. And who who wants to do that?
17:09Like why spend that amount of emotional
17:12energy on stupidity when I could do
17:15things that could cause my life to
17:16thrive and flourish? Um, okay. Those who
17:19love to quarrel. Okay. 1719. Let's go
17:22back to it. Whoever loves a quarrel
17:24loves sin. Whoever builds a high gate
17:26invites destruction. We don't need the
17:28second half of the verse. Proverbs
17:3017:28. We only got a couple minutes
17:32left. Proverbs 17:28 says this, "Even
17:36fools are thought wise if they keep
17:38silent and discerning if they hold their
17:40tongues. If you're not wise, just don't
17:43talk a lot." Done. Like if you're dumb,
17:46don't talk. There are a couple times
17:47where I've had someone that I'm
17:49discipling like go with me to a meeting
17:51and I've told them straight up, "Hey,
17:53just you're here to listen, not talk."
17:55And the reason I said that is because I
17:58don't need everybody at the table to
17:59know that they're foolish. You know,
18:01it's okay that I know that they're
18:02foolish. I'm pastoring them. I'm trying
18:04to pastor them out of being foolish. But
18:07my pet peeve are people who talk more
18:08than they listen when really they should
18:11be listening. Like talking doesn't make
18:13you wise, but listening does. And so at
18:16some point you're going to have to
18:17realize, you know, talking talking only
18:20reveals all the things you don't know.
18:23But listening to other people who are
18:26wise talk, that's that's where the
18:28gold's at, man. All right. Proverbs
18:3118:9, one of my favorites. It says this,
18:33"One who is slack in his work is brother
18:36to the one who destroys." Destroys. The
18:40the verse here is equating someone
18:43coming and destroying a construction
18:45site with the person who's building it
18:47half-hearted. If you cut corners, you're
18:50you're no better than the person who is
18:52is demolishing it. Like I I want that
18:55verse in the employee handbook for every
18:57organization I lead. If you slack, you
19:00are sibling to the person who destroys.
19:03That's great. First of all, it a
19:06slacker, you know, doesn't take pride in
19:08their work. A slacker is not excellent.
19:10You know, a slacker wants to mooch off
19:12everybody else's hard work. a slacker.
19:15Just a slacker. Just, you know, could
19:18give a 100% effort, but it's like
19:20they're so talented that like 70%
19:22effort's enough. It's like that's a
19:24slacker, man. No one wants a slacker.
19:26Don't don't be that. Don't don't be
19:28slack in your work. And then last of my
19:31last one on my top 10, Proverbs 18:22.
19:34Wives are freaking awesome. Okay, here's
19:36what it says. He who finds a wife finds
19:38a finds what is good and receives mercy,
19:42favor from the Lord. Okay, a man who
19:44finds a wife finds what is good and
19:48receives favor from the Lord. Let me
19:49give some dating advice to all the men
19:51and women out there. Okay, it doesn't
19:53say he who finds a girlfriend finds what
19:56is good, but finds a wife. Which means
19:59when when a man finds you, there should
20:02already be wely characteristics. Like
20:05when I met my wife, she wasn't yet my
20:08wife, but she was definitely a wife. She
20:10was a wife material. When I met her, I
20:14didn't meet someone who I was like, "All
20:16right, let's roll up my sleeves, get
20:17busy with this project called Tia." Nah,
20:20I met someone who was wife material. If
20:24a man is like looking for a wife, he
20:27shouldn't find a girlfriend or like a
20:29baby mama or like drama or like a
20:33project. He should find a wife. And and
20:37I think that I know this isn't true all
20:39the time, but generally speaking, women
20:43can tend to date for potential. So like
20:45a a woman will see potential in a guy
20:48and like we'll take on a project. I just
20:50want all the ladies out there to know
20:52that's not how men date. And also men
20:54don't date women cuz they love them.
20:56They date them because they need them.
20:58If I could give like really really good
21:00relationship advice to any woman out
21:02there who actually wants to be married,
21:05not just it says it, but actually wants
21:07that for real and wants to be a wife,
21:09like become indispensable in some young
21:12man's life. If you want someone to put a
21:15ring on your finger, become valuable.
21:17[clears throat] Become indispensable.
21:19Men don't marry women because they like
21:22them or love them. They marry them
21:24because they can't see themselves living
21:26without them. which means those women
21:28add real value to those men's lives. So
21:32like like but we currently live in a
21:35culture that's very much like girl don't
21:37let no man take advantage of you and
21:39abuse you like well so you're just going
21:41to you're just going to play defense.
21:43You're never going to score. You're just
21:45going to you're going to live your life
21:46playing defense. That's you're living
21:48your life from a place of fear. You're
21:50living your life from a place of I'm
21:52scared to get hurt. You should never
21:54live your life from a place of fear. I I
21:56don't care if people take advantage of
21:58me. I don't I don't care. Like at the
22:00end, guess what? God's going to tally it
22:02all up. And there there is no one who's
22:04ever going to get over on me. That that
22:06doesn't exist. You know, even right now
22:08like we're building a church and some of
22:10the people on the team are like, you
22:12know, I'm just nervous about that
22:13person. Like I think they want to lead
22:14worship cuz they want to take advantage
22:16of your platform, Pastor Manny. And I'm
22:18like, let them do that then. I don't I
22:20don't care what I'm supposed to live my
22:22life in defense mode. Just constantly
22:25like I'm scared of their motive and
22:27their motive and their motive. So, I'm
22:28just going to protect myself. That's
22:29crazy. Actually, I just want to live my
22:31life generous. I'm going to add value.
22:33I'm going to add value. I'm going to add
22:34value. I'm going to take big risks on
22:36people. I'm going to trust people. And
22:37people aren't guilty until proven
22:39innocent with me. They're innocent until
22:42proven guilty. I give people trust and
22:44it's up to them to lose it. And so if
22:46you're a young woman, I would say no,
22:48no, no, like make yourself
22:49indispensable.
22:51Like find a guy like help that man and
22:55like make his life so much better that
22:59that guy decides I need to lock this
23:01down. Cuz like if I lose this woman, I'm
23:06going to lose money making potential.
23:08I'm going to lose wealth. I'm going to
23:10lose my ability to be effective at my
23:13job. I'm going to lose out. I've told
23:15the story a couple times, but me and
23:17Pastor Tia, we were dating and uh I was
23:20probably like 23 at the time and I quit
23:22my job in Boston. I was moving to North
23:24Carolina and I needed to find a job in
23:26North Carolina and you know I I've only
23:29ever gotten jobs based on networking and
23:32just like relationships and had never
23:35really needed to like apply for a job.
23:38Uh a lot of that's just based on my
23:40charisma and my level of charm and I so
23:43I didn't have a resume. I was like 25
23:45years old. I didn't have a resume and I
23:46was at a Starbucks. I was stressed out
23:48about needing this resume because I
23:49needed to find a job when I got to North
23:50Carolina and I had like a 25 minute
23:53drive home and uh I I'm about to date
23:56myself. Here we go. I was on Skype with
23:59Pastor Tia. I was on Skype with this
24:01woman and I was just kind of stressed
24:02out about needing a resume and it was a
24:0525minute drive. This is prior to chat
24:08GBT. Okay. No AI involved. I drove home
24:11and when I got she always used to tell
24:13me when you get home let me know so I
24:15know you're safe. So I got home I let
24:17her know I was home and she said check
24:19your email and in my email was a resume.
24:22That woman typed up a whole resume for
24:24me so that I could get a job. You want
24:26to know what I did? I put a ring on that
24:28woman's finger because she added value
24:31to me. She became indispensable to me.
24:34One time this is why we were dating. The
24:36church that I was at in North Carolina
24:37wanted me to teach a whole course on
24:39John and uh they needed me to submit my
24:41notes before I could teach the course.
24:43But all I had was a whiteboard of a time
24:46where I had taught the course cuz I
24:47don't teach from notes. I don't really
24:49have notes. And so she found the the
24:52pictures of the whiteboard on Facebook
24:55and turned the pictures of the
24:57whiteboard into notes and submitted it
25:00to my boss so that I could get a job at
25:02that church. And you want to know what I
25:04did to that woman? I put a freaking ring
25:06on her finger because she added value to
25:10my life. Men don't marry women who they
25:13love. They marry women that they need.
25:17So if you want a man to marry you, you
25:21have to convince that man through your
25:23actions that they need you, that they
25:28need you. But too many women in our
25:31culture right now just want to be arm
25:32candy. They just kind of want to be a
25:35trophy. They they want to be an
25:36accessory. They just want to be cute.
25:38They want to be a Disney princess. And
25:40the reality is that men marry women that
25:44they cannot live without. And so if
25:47you're a woman and you want to be a
25:51wife, you've got to be a wife. And and
25:55wives create budgets. Wives organize the
25:59life of the men that they care about and
26:02that they love. They have a servant's
26:03heart. And don't let society make you so
26:06defenseoriented
26:08that you don't do the things that would
26:11actually make a man lock it down. Okay?
26:15There's musicians right now in Houston.
26:17They're so good. I'm willing to pay a
26:20premium price so that they're not
26:22gigging at other churches. They add so
26:24much value. I'm willing to lock them
26:26down. Okay? So, you should be adding so
26:29much value to the man that you're
26:31interested in that that dude decides,
26:33let's lock this down. Can't risk losing
26:36this. This woman adds too much value in
26:38my life. All right. Golly, we got to
26:41like I don't know. Oh, no. Was that 10?
26:43WE GOT TO ALL 10. LET'S GO. OKAY.
26:46TIMELESS TRUTH FOR THE DAY. Proverbs
26:48chapter 18:16 is not a bribe. Why?
26:52Because Proverbs 17:23
26:54says, "The wicked accept bribes in
26:57secret to pervert the course of
27:00justice." So, Proverbs is anti-bribery.
27:03So, the context of 18:16 cannot be a
27:07bribe. It actually just means a gift.
27:10So, the generous, if people are
27:13generous, if you show up everywhere you
27:15go with gifts for people, guess what
27:17happens? Verse 16 of chapter 18. A gift
27:20opens the way and ushers the giver into
27:24the presence of the great. Again, this
27:27is not a pro bribery verse. This is a
27:29progenerosity verse. And this is good
27:32for me and you. This autonomous truth.
27:35TOMORROW we got day 308. We're going to
27:38be looking at Proverbs chapters 19 20
27:40and 21. It's going TO BE FANTASTIC. WHY?
27:43CUZ PROVERBS may just be one of the best
27:45books of the dang on Bible. I'll be
27:48right here. The question is, are you
27:50going to be here? Same day, same not
27:53same day, different day. Same time, same
27:56place. I love you. I'm proud of you.
27:57I'll see you tomorrow. Peace. Thanks so
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