Daily Audio Proverb March 11

0:00Welcome to the Daily Audio Proverb. Today is the 11th, I'm Brian Harden from DailyAudioBubble.com, and I'm pleased to have the honor of spending five minutes together with you around the ultimate Book of Wisdom, the Book of Proverbs, spending some time pouring unfiltered wisdom into our hearts today. It's the 11th, so we'll read the 11th chapter of the Book of Proverbs today from the Good News translation. The Lord hates people who use dishonest scales. He is happy with honest weights. People who are proud will soon be disgraced. It is why they're to be modest. If you are good, you are guided by honesty. People who can't be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty. Riches will do you no good on the day you face death, but honesty can save your life.

1:07Honesty makes a good person's life easier, but the wicked will cause their own downfall. Righteousness rescues those who are honest, but those who can't be trusted are trapped by their own greed. When the wicked die, their hope dies with them. Confidence placed in riches comes to nothing. The righteous are protected from trouble. It comes to the wicked instead. You can be ruined by the talk of Godless people, but the wisdom of the righteous can save you. A city is happy when honest people have good fortune, and there are joyful shouts when the wicked die. A city becomes great when the righteous give it their blessing, but a city is brought to ruin by the words of the wicked.

2:08It is foolish to speak scornfully of others. If you are smart, you will keep quiet. Someone who gossips can be trusted with the secret, but you can put confidence in someone who is trustworthy. A nation will fall if it has no guidance. Many advisors mean security. If you promise to pay a stranger's debt, you will regret it. You are better off if you don't get involved. A gracious woman is respected, but a woman without virtue is a disgrace. Lazy people will never have money, but aggressive people will get rich. You do yourself a favor when you are kind. If you are cruel, you only hurt yourself. Wicked people do not really gain anything, but if you do what is right, you are certain to be rewarded.

3:11Anyone who is determined to do right will live, but anyone who insists on doing wrong will die. The Lord hates evil-minded people, but loves those who do right. You can be sure that evil people will be punished, but the righteous will escape. Beauty in a woman without good judgment is like a gold ring in a pig's snout. What good people want always results in good. When the wicked get what they want, everyone is angry. Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious and yet grow poorer. Be generous and you will be prosperous, help others and you will be helped. People curse someone who hoards grain, waiting for a higher price, but they praise the one who puts it up for sale.

4:14If your goals are good, you will be respected, but if you are looking for trouble, that is what you will get. Those who depend on their wealth will fall like the leaves of autumn, but the righteous will prosper like the leaves of summer. Those who bring trouble on their families will have nothing at the end. Foolish people will always be servants to the wise. Righteousness gives life, but violence takes it away. Those who are good are rewarded here on earth, so you can be sure that wicked and sinful people will be punished. Thanks for being here today. I'm Brian. I love you and I'll be waiting for you here tomorrow.