Lord, we pray that our minds be opened through the Holy Spirit to receive truth from your word about ourselves. God let us accept your instruction with joy and gladness. Heal the broken hearts of those who are joining us today from around the world. In Jesus name we pray.

Wisdom of God Delivered Through Proverbs, Chapter 14

Pro 14:1 The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
Pro 14:2 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.
Pro 14:3 By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
Pro 14:4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
Pro 14:5 A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.
Pro 14:6 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
Pro 14:7 Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
Pro 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
Pro 14:9 Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.
Pro 14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.
Pro 14:11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Pro 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
Pro 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
Pro 14:14 The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
Pro 14:15 The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
Pro 14:16 One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.
Pro 14:17 A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.
Pro 14:18 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Pro 14:19 The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Pro 14:20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.
Pro 14:21 Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.
Pro 14:22 Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meet steadfast love and faithfulness.
Pro 14:23 In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
Pro 14:24 The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the folly of fools brings folly.
Pro 14:25 A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.
Pro 14:26 In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.
Pro 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
Pro 14:28 In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.
Pro 14:29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Pro 14:30 A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
Pro 14:31 Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Pro 14:32 The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
Pro 14:33 Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.
Pro 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
Pro 14:35 A servant who deals wisely has the king’s favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

Getting to Know God Through His Son Jesus - Gospel of John, Chapter 14

Joh 14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
Joh 14:2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
Joh 14:4 And you know the way to where I am going.”
Joh 14:5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
Joh 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Joh 14:7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
Joh 14:8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
Joh 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Joh 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
Joh 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
Joh 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
Joh 14:13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Joh 14:14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
Joh 14:15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
Joh 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
Joh 14:17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Joh 14:18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Joh 14:19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
Joh 14:20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
Joh 14:21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
Joh 14:22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?”
Joh 14:23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Joh 14:24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
Joh 14:25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you.
Joh 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Joh 14:28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
Joh 14:29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe.
Joh 14:30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,
Joh 14:31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

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