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LAMED.
The Council of the Seven Sages of the World.
CHAPTER 56.
The seven sages of the world meet in
Alexandria. The purposes of the
meeting. The opening addresses.
IN every age since time began
have seven sages lived.
2 At first of every age these
sages meet to note the course of
nations,peoples, tribes and tongues;
3 To note how far toward justice,
love and righteousness the race
has gone;
4 To formulate the code of laws,
religious postulates and plans of
rule best suited to the coming age.
5 An age had passed, and, lo,
another age had come; the sages
must convene.
6 Now, Alexandria was the center
of the world's best thought, and
here in Philo's home the sages met.
7 From China came Meng-ste;
from India Vidyapati came; from
Persia Kaspar came; and from Assyria
Ashbina came; from Greece
Apollo came; Matheno was the
Egyptian sage, and Philo was the
chief of Hebrew thought.
8 The time was due; the council
met and sat in silence seven days.
9 And then Meng-ste arose and
said, The wheel of time has turned
once more; the race is on a higher
plane of thought.
10 The garments that our fathers
wove have given out; the
cherubim have woven a celestial
cloth; have placed it in our hands
and we must make for men new
garbs.
11 The sons of men are looking
up for greater light. No longer do
they care for gods hewn out of
wood, or made of clay. They seek
a God not made with hands.
12 They see the beams of coming
day, and yet they comprehend
them not.
13 The time is ripe, and we must
fashion well these garments for the
race.
14 And let us make for men new
garbs of justice, mercy, righteousness
and love, that they may hide
their nakedness when shines the
light of coming day.
15 And Vidyapati said, Our
priests have all gone mad; they saw
a demon in the wilds and at him
cast their lamps and they are broken
up, and not a gleam of light has any
priest for men.
16 The night is dark; the heart
of India calls for light.
17 The priesthood cannot be
reformed; it is already dead; its
greatest needs are graves and funeral
chants.
18 The new age calls for liberty;
the kind that makes each man a
priest, enables him to go alone, and
lay his offerings on the shrine of
God.
19 And Kaspar said, In Persia
people walk in fear; they do the
good for fear to do the wrong.
20 The devil is the greatest
power in our land, and though a
myth, he dandles on his knee both
youth and age.
21 Our land is dark, and evil
prospers in the dark.
22 Fear rides on every passing
breeze, and lurks in every form of
life.
23 The fear of evil is a myth, is
an illusion and a snare; but it will
Section XII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 89
live until some mighty power shall
come to raise the ethers to the plane
of light.
24 When this shall come to pass
the magian land will glory in the
light. The soul of Persia calls for
light.
CHAPTER 57.
Meeting of the sages, continued.
Opening addresses, Jesus with
the sages. Seven days' silence.
ASHBINA said, Assyria is the
land of doubt; the chariot of
my people, that in which they
mostly ride, is labeled Doubt.
2 Once Faith walked forth in
Babylon; and she was bright and
fair; but she was clothed in such
white robes that men became afraid
of her,
3 And every wheel began to
turn, and Doubt made war on her,
and drove her from the land; and
she came back no more.
4 In form men worship God,
the One; in heart they are not sure
that God exists.
5 Faith worships at the shrine
of one not seen; but Doubt must see
her God.
6 The greatest need of all Assyria
is faith—a faith that seasons
every thing that is, with certainty.
7 And then Apollo said, The
greatest needs of Greece are true
concepts of God.
8 Theogony in Greece is rudderless,
for every thought may be a
god, and worshipped as a god.
9 The plane of thought is broad,
and full of sharp antagonists; and
so the circle of the gods is filled with
enmity, with wars and base intrigues.
10 Greece needs a master mind
to stand above the gods; to raise
the thoughts of men away from
many gods to God the One.
11 We know that light is coming
o'er the hills. God speed the
light.
12 Matheno said, Behold this
land of mystery! this Egypt of the
dead!
13t Our temples long have been
the tombs of all the hidden things
of time; our temples, crypts and
caves are dark.
14 In light there are no secret
things. The sun reveals all hidden
truth. There are no mysteries in
God.
15 Behold the rising sun! His
beams are entering every door; yea,
every crevice of the mystic crypts
of Mizraim.
16 We hail the light! All Egypt
craves the light.
17 And Philo said, The need of
Hebrew thought and life is liberty.
18 The Hebrew prophets, seers,
and givers of the law, were men of
power, men of holy thought, and
they bequeathed to us a system of
philosophy that was ideal; one
strong enough and good enough to
lead our people to the goal of perfectness.
19 But carnal minds repudiated
holiness; a priesthood filled with
selfishness arose, and purity in
heart became a myth; the people
were enslaved.
20 The priesthood is the curse
of Israel; but when he comes, who
is to come, he will proclaim emancipation
for the slaves; my people will
be free.
21 Behold, for God has made
incarnate wisdom, love and light,
which he has called Immanuel.
22 To him is given the keys to
open up the dawn; and here, as
man, he walks with us.
23 And then the council chamber
door was opened and the Logos
90 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XII
stood among the sages of the world.
24 Again the sages sat in silence
seven days.
CHAPTER 58.
Meeting of the sages, continued.
Presentation of the seven universal
postulates.
NOW, when the sages were refreshed
they opened up the
Book of Life and read.
2 They read the story of the
life of man; of all his struggles,
losses, gains; and in the light of
past events and needs, they saw
what would be best for him in coming
years.
3 They knew the kind of laws
and precepts suited best to his estate;
they saw the highest God-ideal
that the race could comprehend.
4 Upon the seven postulates
these sages were to formulate, the
great philosophy of life and worship
of the coming age must rest.
5 Now Meng-ste was the oldest
sage; he took the chair of chief, and
said,
6 Man is not far enough advanced
to live by faith; he cannot
comprehend the things his eyes see
not,
7 He yet is child, and during all
the coming age he must be taught
by pictures, symbols, rites, and
forms.
8 His God must be a human
God; he cannot see a God by faith.
9 And then he cannot rule himself;
the king must rule; the man
must serve.
10 The age that follows this will
be the age of man, the age of faith.
11 In that blest age the human
race will see without the aid of carnal
eyes; will hear the soundless
sound; will know the Spirit-God.
12 The age we enter is the Preparation
age, and all the schools,
and governments and worship rites
must be designed in simple way
that men may comprehend.
13 And man cannot originate;
he builds by patterns that he sees;
so in this council we must carve out
pattern for the coming age.
14 And we must formulate the
gnosis of the Empire of the soul,
which rests on seven postulates.
15 Each sage in turn shall form
a postulate; and these shall be the
basis of the creeds of men until the
perfect age shall come.
16 Then Meng-ste wrote the
first:
17 All things are thought; all
life is thought activity. The multitude
of beings are but phases of
the one great thought made manifest.
Lo, God is Thought, and
Thought is God.
18 Then Vidyapati wrote the
second postulate:
19 Eternal Thought is one; in
essence it is two—Intelligence and
Force; and when they breathe a
child is born; this child is Love.
20 And thus the Triune God
stands forth, whom men calL Father-
Mother-Child.
21 This Triune God is one; but
like the one of light, in essence he
is seven.
22 And when the Triune God
breathes forth, lo, seven Spirits
stand before his face; these are creative
attributes.
23 Men call them lesser gods,
and in their image they made man.
24 And Kaspar wrote the third:
25 Man was a thought of God,,
formed in the image of the Septonate,
clothed in the substances of
soul.
26 And his desires were strong*
he sought to manifes'ton every plane
of life, and for himself he made a
Section XII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 91
body of the ethers of the earthy
forms, and so descended to the
plane of earth.
27 In this descent he lost his
birthright; lost his harmony with
God, and made discordant all the
notes of life.
28 Inharmony and evil are the
same; so evil is the handiwork of
man.
29 Ashbina wrote the fourth:
30 Seeds do not germinate in
light; they do not grow until they
find the soil, and hide themselves
away from light.
31 Man was evolved a seed of
everlasting life; but in the ethers of
the Triune God the light was far too
great for seeds to grow;
32 And so man sought the soil
of carnal life, and in the darksomeness
of earth he found a place
where he could germinate and grow.
33 The seed has taken root and
grown full well.
34 The tree of human life is rising
from the soil of earthy things,
and, under natural law, is reaching
up to perfect form.
35 There are no supernatural
acts of God to lift a man from carnal
life to spirit blessedness; he grows
as grows the plant, and in due time
is perfected.
36 The quality of soul that
makes it possible for man to rise to
spirit life is purity,
CHAPTER 59.
Meeting of the sages, continued. The
remaining postulates. The sages
bless Jesus. Seven days9 silence.
APOLLO wrote the fifth:
2 The soul is drawn to perfect
light by four white steeds, and
these are Will, and Faith, and
Helpfulness and Love.
3 That which one wills to do, he
has the power to do.
4 A knowledge of that power is
faith; and when faith moves, the
soul begins its flight.
5 A selfish faith leads not to
light. There is no lonely pilgrim
on the way to light. Men only gain
the heights by helping others gain
the heights.
6 The steed that leads the way
to spirit life is Love; is pure unselfish
Love.
7 Matheno wrote the sixth:
8 The universal Love of which
Apollo speaks is child of Wisdom
and of Will divine, and God has
sent it forth to earth in flesh that
man may know.
9 The universal Love of which
the sages speak, is Christ.
10 The greatest mystery of all
times lies in the way that Christ
lives in the heart.
11 Christ cannot live in clammy
dens of carnal things. The seven
battles must be fought, the seven
victories won before the carnal
things, like fear, and self, emotions
and desire, are put away.
12 When this is done the Christ
will take possession of the soul; the
work is done, and man and God are
one.
13 And Philo wrote the seventh:
14 A perfect man! To bring
before the Triune God a being such
as this was nature made.
15 This consummation is the
highest revelation of the mystery
of life.
16 When all the essences of carnal
things have been transmuted
into soul, and all the essences of
soul have been returned to Holy
Breath, and man is] made a perfect
God, the drama of Creation will
conclude. And this is all.
17 And all the sages said, Amen,
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18 Then Meiig-ste said, The
Holy One has sent to us a man illumined
by the efforts of unnumbered
years, to lead the thoughts of
men.
19 This man, approved by all
the master minds of heaven and
earth, this man from Galilee, this
Jesus, chief of all the sages of the
world, we gladly recognize.
20 In recognition of this wisdom
that he brings to men, we
crown him with the Lotus wreath.
21 We send him forth with all
the blessing of the seven sages of
the world.
22 Then all the sages laid their
hands on Jesus' head, and said with
one accord, Praise God!
23 For wisdom, honor, glory,
power, riches, blessing, strength, are
yours, O Christ, forever more.
24 And every living creature
said, Amen.
25 And then the sages sat in
silence seven days.
CHAPTER 60.
Jesus addresses the seven sages. The
address. Jesus goes to Galilee.
THE seven days of silence
passed and Jesus, sitting with
the sages said:
2 The history of life is well condensed
in these immortal postulates.
These are the seven hills on which
the holy city shall be built.
3 These are the seven sure foundation
stones on which the Universal
Church shall stand.
4 In taking up the work assigned
for me to do I am full conscious
of the perils of the way; the
cup will be a bitter one to drink and
human nature well might shrink.
5 But I have lost my will in that
of Holy Breath, and so I go my way
to speak and act as I am moved to
speak and act by Holy Breath.
6 The words I speak are not my
own; they are the words of him
whose will I do.
7 Man is not far enough advanced
in sacred thought to comprehend
the Universal Church, and so
the work that God has given me to
do is not the building of that Church.
8 I am a model maker, sent to
make a pattern of the Church that
is to be—a pattern that the age
may comprehend.
9 My task as model builder lies
within my native land, and there,
upon the postulate that Love is son
of God, that I am come to manifest
that Love, the Model Church will
stand.
10 And from the men of low estate
I will select twelve men, who
represent the twelve immortal
thoughts; and these will be the
Model Church.
11 The house of Judah, my own
kindred in the flesh, will comprehend
but little of my mission to the
world.
12 And they will spurn * me,
scorn my work, accuse me falsely,
bind me, take me to the judgment
seat of carnal men who will convict
and slay me on the cross.
13 But men can never slay the
truth; though banished it will come
again in greater power; for truth
will subjugate the world.
14 The Model Church will live.
Though carnal man will prostitute
its sacred laws, symbolic rites and
forms, for selfish ends, and make it
but an outward show, the few will
find through it the kingdom of the
soul.
15 And when the better age
shall come the Universal Church
will stand upon the seven postulates,
and will be built according
to the pattern given.
Section XIII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 93
16 The time has come; I go my
way unto Jerusalem, and by the
power of living faith, and by the
strength that you have given,
17 And in the name of God, our
Father-God, the kingdom of the
soul shall be established on the
seven hills,
18 And all the peoples, tribes
and tongues of earth shall enter in.
CHAPTER 61.
John, the harbinger, returns to Hebron.
Lives as a hermit in the
wilds. Visits Jerusalem and
' speaks to the people.
IT came to pass when John, the
son of Zacharias and Elizabeth,
had finished all his studies in the
Egyptian schools that he returned
to Hebron, where he abode for certain
days.
2 And then he sought the wilderness
and made his home in David's
cave where many years before,
he was instructed by the Egyptian
sage.
3 Some people called him Hermit
of Engedi; and others said, He
is the Wild Man of the hills.
4 He clothed himself with skins
of beasts; his food was carobs,
honey, nuts and fruits.
5 When John was thirty years
of age he went into Jerusalem, and
in the market place he sat in silence
seven days.
6 The common people and the
priests, the scribes and Pharisees
came out in multitudes to see the
silent hermit of the hills; but none
were bold enough to ask him who
he was.
19 The Prince of Peace will take
his seat upon the throne of power;
the Triune God will then be All in
All.
20 And all the sages said, Amen.
21 And Jesus went his way, and
after many days, he reached Jerusalem;
and then he sought his home
in Galilee.
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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2015%3A3-7&version=MSG
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Parables Thirty One
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Parables Thirty One
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
#Parables 31
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/31.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2015&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parables Thirty Two
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Parables Thirty Two
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
#Parables 32
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/32.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2016%3A1-8&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parables 26 and 27
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Parables Twenty Six and Twenty Seven
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
#Parables 26 and 27
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/26-27.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2014%3A7-14&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2014%3A15-24&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parables 24 and 25
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Parables Twenty Four and Twenty Five
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
#Parables 24 and 25
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/24-25.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2010%3A25-42&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2011%3A5-8&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parables 22 and 23
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Parables Twenty Two and Twenty Three
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
#Parables 22 and 23
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/22-23.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2017%3A7-10&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2018%3A23-35&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parables 20 and 21
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Parables Twenty and Twenty One
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
#Parables 20 and 21
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/20-21.pdff
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2018%3A12-14&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2010%3A1-18&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parables 17 18 19
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Parables Seventeen Eighteen and Nineteen
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
#Parables 15
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/16-19.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013%3A44-46&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013%3A47-50&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013%3A52&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parables 13 14 15
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Parable Thirteen, Fourteen and Fifteen
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
#Parables 13-15
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/13-15.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%204%3A26-29&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%204%3A30-32&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013%3A33&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2013%3A20-21&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parable 12
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Parable TWELVE
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
We have our #Second segment.
#Parable Twelve
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/12.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013%3A24-30%2CMatthew%2013%3A36-43&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parable 11
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Parable Eleven
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
We have our #Second segment.
#Parable ELEVEN
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/11.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013%3A3-23&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parables 9 and 10
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Parables Nine and Ten
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
We have our #Second segment.
#Parables 9 and 10
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://www.swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/9-10.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2012%3A42-48&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2013&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parables 7 and 8
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Parables Seven and Eight
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
We have our #Second segment.
#Parables 7 and 8
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://www.swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/7-8.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2012%3A15-21&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2012%3A35-40&version=MSG
https://rumble.com/playlists/VMOgQrc-e4M
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Parables 5 and 6
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Parables Five and Six
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
We have our #Second segment.
#Parables 5 and 6
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://www.swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/5-6.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%207%3A41-47&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%208%3A16-18&version=MSG
The #message translation - #narrative #reading of #scripture #PROVERBS
PARABLES 1, 2, 3, and 4
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Parables One, Two, Three and Four
As we read the Parables, as they were spoken by #JESUS .. the Great #teacher of #TRUTH ...
We have our #FIRST segment.
#Parables 1, 2, 3 and 4
PDF reference for NIV translation
https://www.swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/1-2-3-4.pdf
MESSAGE TRANSLATION LINKS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%209%3A16-17&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205%3A14-16&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%206%3A46-49&version=MSG
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Parables of Jesus, an Introduction
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The words of #JESUS the #CHRIST come in a torrent of riddles, as told in the #parables .. a presentation of this #scripture may be found in this series
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Parables - Timeless Wisdom
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An Introduction to #PARABLES the Teachings of #Christ to #WETHEPEOPLE in a language we can comprehend. What we see as historical teachings are situations and #challenges of the time of #Jesus .. normal people issues.
A reading of each parable will follow this post. Parables may be found in lost scripture (The #Aquarius text) and in the #sixtysix book Canon.
Jesus’ 46 Parables in Chronological Order
Christian Bible Study ~ Introduction and 26 Lessons
The parables of Jesus embody much of his fundamental teaching. They are quite simple, memorable stories, often with humble imagery, each with a single message. Jesus, for example, likened the Kingdom of God to yeast (an image usually meant as corruption) or a mustard seed. Like his aphorisms, Jesus’ parables were often surprising and paradoxical. The parable of the good Samaritan, for example, turned expectations on their head with the despised Samaritan proving to be the wounded man’s neighbor. The parables were simple and memorable enough to survive in an oral tradition before being written down years after Jesus’ death.
Most Bible scholars say that Jesus parables appear only in the three synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). However, if we broaden our view a bit, it seems that Jesus’ three-part story about the sheep, gate, and shepherd in John 10 can also be considered a parable especially as it chronologically falls right after the related parable of the lost sheep in Matthew 18:12-14.
The chronological order of the parables that I have used comes from the very excellent NIV Narrated Bible in Chronological Order (hardcover) and Daily Bible in Chronological Order (paperback) by Dr. F. LaGard Smith of Pepperdine University, published by Harvest House. There is another list of the parables in chronological order floating around on the web, but it lists only 35 parables and does not cite a source for the chronology.
collage of Jesus' parables The chronology is quite a lesson by itself. You can see that the first group of parables focuses on the fact that there’s a new story being told, that it’s not to be hidden, and it serves as a foundation for what’s coming next. We then have the very important Parables #12 (sower and four types of soil) and #13 (weeds among good plants). This is followed by a group of “Kingdom of Heaven” parables (growing seed, yeast, valuable pearl, etc.). Now that the foundation has been built, Jesus gets into the behavior parables—how he would have you act as a Christian in different situations as a disciple, worker, or tenant. He then moves into using your talents well, remaining watchful, and finally into judgement. Basically it’s the progression of a Christian life. Unfortunately, it’s a progression we miss out on when we read the parables in the order they appear in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
If you plan to lead a group in studying Jesus’ parables, I strongly recommend you look over and allow yourself some time to delve into the leader’s notes from the first lesson (Parables Introduction) before you get going. Also, print out the entire list of parables and give everyone in your group a copy that they can refer to as your study progresses.
I’ve found with my groups that each lesson or discussion takes about 45 minutes to go through. I’ve also found that people can get passionately involved in these lessons and they can easily run much longer if the leader doesn’t keep things moving along.
The discussion questions are slightly different from traditional Bible studies in that they emphasize the application of the scripture to your life today. Unlike some of my other studies, there are Leader’s Guides for only about one-half of the lessons. Many of the questions are designed to be a springboard to further discussion and there is often no truly right or wrong answer. If you have questions or comments, please use the “Contact Me” button on the menu below. I guarantee that I will read your comments, however, as this web site gets more than 3,000 visitors per day, I can’t possibly answer every one.
In response to your requests, these studies are in Adobe PDF format, so they can easily be printed out. The first page provides the NIV scripture verses, the second is the discussion questions. Pages 3 and higher are notes for leaders. For the Bible studies that I lead, I print the scripture verses on one side of a sheet and the discussion questions on the other side. However, if saving paper is not a consideration, print them on two sheets so people can refer to both the verses and the questions without excessive flipping over. If you cannot read PDF files, click to download Adobe Reader.
Some discussion questions are borrowed or adapted from the book New Testament Lesson Maker from NavPress (ISBN 0-89109-688-4). I highly recommend this book, which is available from CBD as well as most large Christian bookstores. The image above is a painting simply called Parables By James Christensen. James says, "I worked closely with my friend Robert Millet, Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University, in selecting these twelve and we feel that each conveys a special aspect of Jesus’ teachings." Reproductions of the image are available from many web sites.
Dave Ahl — April 2025
Parables Introduction Definitions, parable, fable, analogy, count of parables
List of Parables in Order Brief descriptions and scripture references for all 46 parables.
Parables #1-2-3-4 New cloth, New wine. Lamp on a stand. Wise & foolish builders.
Parables #5-6 Moneylender forgives unequal debts. Lamp on a stand (2nd time).
Parables #7-8 Rich man builds bigger barns. Servants must remain watchful.
Parables #9-10 Wise and foolish servants. Unfruitful fig tree.
Parable #11 Sower of seeds into four types of soil.
Parable #12 Weeds among good plants. “Kingdom of Heaven”.
Parables #13-15 Growing seed. Mustard seed. Yeast. “Kingdom of Heaven”.
Parables #16-19 Hidden treasure. Pearl. Fishing net. Owner of a house. “Kingdom of Heaven”.
Parables #20-21 Lost sheep. The sheep, gate, and shepherd.
Beyond the Walls info
Parables #22-23 Master and his servant. Unmerciful servant.
Parables #24-25 Good Samaritan. Friend in need.
Parables #26-27 Lowest seat at the feast. Invitation to a great banquet.
Parable #28 Cost of discipleship.
Parables #29-30 Lost sheep (sheep as sinners). Lost coin.
Parable #31 Lost (prodigal) son.
Parable #32 Shrewd manager.
Parable #33 Rich man and Lazarus.
Parable #34 Workers in the vineyard, early and late.
Parables #35-36 Persistent widow and crooked judge. Praying: Pharisee and tax collector.
Parable #37 King's servants given minas.
Parables #38-39 Two sons, one obeys, one does not. Wicked tenants.
Parable #40 Invitation to a wedding banquet.
Parables #41-42 Signs from a fig tree. Wise and foolish servants.
Parables #43-44 Wise and foolish virgins. Servants must remain watchful.
Parable #45 Three servants given talents.
Parable #46 Sheep and goats will be separated.
https://www.swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Parables/index.htm
MIND MATRIX 2.0
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GANDALPH AND MIKE PENNY GO AT IT AGAIN #Willow Computing and #Quantum
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BECOMING an Ambassador of FAITH - a DIVINE ROLE
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Becoming an Ambassador of Faith: Your Divine Role
Step into your divine role as an Ambassador of Faith! In this enlightening
5-minute video, we explore the powerful definition of an ambassador and
what it means to represent faith in our daily lives. Drawing inspiration
from biblical figures like Paul, we'll uncover the tools and preparation
needed for this critical role—highlighting verses from Colossians and
Ephesians that guide our journey.
Discover the importance of vigilance and community as we embrace our
responsibilities as ambassadors. Are you ready to represent something
greater?
Join us in this impactful discussion and empower others by liking and
sharing this video. Let’s inspire a movement of faith together!
#AmbassadorOfFaith #ChristianLiving #SpiritualJourney #FaithInAction
OUTLINE:
00:00:00 Understanding Our Role as Ambassadors
00:02:01 Equipped for the Task
00:04:03 A Heart Transformed
00:04:37 Putting on the Armor of God
00:05:10 Using Our God-Given Gifts
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The Armour of God
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Donning the #ARMOR of #GOD as described in #ephesians Six. This is our primary set of #spiritual tools. Enjoy the foundations of protection and #spiritual success, its only a heartbeat of #intention away.
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AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES
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GANDALPH AND TEAM INTRODUCE A BOOK WRITTEN BY JOHN DELAFIELD JR. IN 1839. #OurStory #AgeOfAquarious #AMERICA
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PROVERBS a Wisdom for the Ages
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Proverbs - the Original coaches manual for life
The history of proverbs
This seminal text was produced as the primary LIFE LIVING manual for newlyweds during the time of Christ. In the era a new couple went on - what we now call the HONEYMOON - but unlike current times this post wedding sojourn took a year.
The establishment of the NEW FAMILY UNIT was defined during this year. The young couple would be given less than a years worth of resources and ONE TEXT - Proverbs
This is LIFE LIVING guidance, thousands of years olde, available in digestable language.
PROVERBS text and narrative reference link - a Gandalph Playlist on RUMBLE
https://rumble.com/playlists/H6OfANMYU0g
IF you follow the regimen of the new Husbands and prospective Fathers, as told by the Sage judiac wisdom, then the PROVERBS are to be consumed Daily.
There are THIRTY ONE Proverbs and THIRTY ONE days in each month. Take heed of this sage advice, on a daily basis and REFLECT upon its impact.
High morale character is often the result, or that is at least the INTENT of the document scribes, thousands of years ago.
Psalms Day TWENTY NINE
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The #message translation - #narrative #reading of #scripture.
TEXT
psalms of the Day - 29th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2029&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2059&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2088&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20118&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20149&version=MSG
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Psalms day THIRTY
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TEXT
psalms of the Day - 30th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2030&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2060&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2090&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20120&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20150&version=MSG
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TEXT
psalms of the Day - 30th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2030&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2060&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2090&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20120&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20150&version=MSG
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Psalms Day Twenty Eight
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TEXT
psalms of the Day - 28th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2028&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2058&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2088&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20118&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20148&version=MSG
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Psalms Day Twenty Seven
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TEXT
psalms of the Day - 27th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2027&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2057&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2087&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20117&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20147&version=MSG
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Psalms Day Twenty Six
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TEXT
psalms of the Day - 26th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2026&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2056&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2086&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20116&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20146&version=MSG
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Psalms Day Twenty Five
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TEXT
psalms of the Day - 25th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2025&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2055&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2085&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20115&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20145&version=MSG
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Psalms Day TWENTY FOUR
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TEXT
psalms of the Day - 24th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2024&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2054&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2084&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20114&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20144&version=MSG
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Psalms Day Twenty Three
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The #message translation - #narrative #reading of #scripture.
TEXT
psalms of the Day - 29th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%2023&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%2053&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%2083&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%20113&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%20143&version=MSG
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Proverbs SIX
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The #message translation - #narrative #reading of #scripture.
TEXT
Proverbs 6
The Message
Like a Deer from the Hunter
6 1-5 Dear friend, if you’ve gone into hock with your neighbor
or locked yourself into a deal with a stranger,
If you’ve impulsively promised the shirt off your back
and now find yourself shivering out in the cold,
Friend, don’t waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess.
You’re in that man’s clutches!
Go, put on a long face; act desperate.
Don’t procrastinate—
there’s no time to lose.
Run like a deer from the hunter,
fly like a bird from the trapper!
A Lesson from the Ant
6-11 You lazy fool, look at an ant.
Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two.
Nobody has to tell it what to do.
All summer it stores up food;
at harvest it stockpiles provisions.
So how long are you going to laze around doing nothing?
How long before you get out of bed?
A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there,
sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next?
Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life,
poverty your permanent houseguest!
Always Cooking Up Something Nasty
12-15 Swindlers and scoundrels
talk out of both sides of their mouths.
They wink at each other, they shuffle their feet,
they cross their fingers behind their backs.
Their perverse minds are always cooking up something nasty,
always stirring up trouble.
Catastrophe is just around the corner for them,
a total wreck, their lives ruined beyond repair.
Seven Things God Hates
16-19 Here are six things God hates,
and one more that he loathes with a passion:
eyes that are arrogant,
a tongue that lies,
hands that murder the innocent,
a heart that hatches evil plots,
feet that race down a wicked track,
a mouth that lies under oath,
a troublemaker in the family.
Warning on Adultery
20-23 Good friend, follow your father’s good advice;
don’t wander off from your mother’s teachings.
Wrap yourself in them from head to foot;
wear them like a scarf around your neck.
Wherever you walk, they’ll guide you;
whenever you rest, they’ll guard you;
when you wake up, they’ll tell you what’s next.
For sound advice is a beacon,
good teaching is a light,
moral discipline is a life path.
24-35 They’ll protect you from promiscuous women,
from the seductive talk of some temptress.
Don’t lustfully fantasize on her beauty,
nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes.
You can buy an hour with a prostitute for a loaf of bread,
but a promiscuous woman may well eat you alive.
Can you build a fire in your lap
and not burn your pants?
Can you walk barefoot on hot coals
and not get blisters?
It’s the same when you have sex with your neighbor’s wife:
Touch her and you’ll pay for it. No excuses.
Hunger is no excuse
for a thief to steal;
When he’s caught he has to pay it back,
even if he has to put his whole house in hock.
Adultery is a brainless act,
soul-destroying, self-destructive;
Expect a bloody nose, a black eye,
and a reputation ruined for good.
For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband;
wild for revenge, he won’t make allowances.
Nothing you say or pay will make it all right;
neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him.
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Don’t Assume You Know It All
3 1-2 Good friend, don’t forget all I’ve taught you;
take to heart my commands.
They’ll help you live a long, long time,
a long life lived full and well.
3-4 Don’t lose your grip on Love and Loyalty.
Tie them around your neck; carve their initials on your heart.
Earn a reputation for living well
in God’s eyes and the eyes of the people.
5-12 Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
he’s the one who will keep you on track.
Don’t assume that you know it all.
Run to God! Run from evil!
Your body will glow with health,
your very bones will vibrate with life!
Honor God with everything you own;
give him the first and the best.
Your barns will burst,
your wine vats will brim over.
But don’t, dear friend, resent God’s discipline;
don’t sulk under his loving correction.
It’s the child he loves that God corrects;
a father’s delight is behind all this.
The Very Tree of Life
13-18 You’re blessed when you meet Lady Wisdom,
when you make friends with Madame Insight.
She’s worth far more than money in the bank;
her friendship is better than a big salary.
Her value exceeds all the trappings of wealth;
nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her.
With one hand she gives long life,
with the other she confers recognition.
Her manner is beautiful,
her life wonderfully complete.
She’s the very Tree of Life to those who embrace her.
Hold her tight—and be blessed!
19-20 With Lady Wisdom, God formed Earth;
with Madame Insight, he raised Heaven.
They knew when to signal rivers and springs to the surface,
and dew to descend from the night skies.
Never Walk Away
21-26 Dear friend, guard Clear Thinking and Common Sense with your life;
don’t for a minute lose sight of them.
They’ll keep your soul alive and well,
they’ll keep you fit and attractive.
You’ll travel safely,
you’ll neither tire nor trip.
You’ll take afternoon naps without a worry,
you’ll enjoy a good night’s sleep.
No need to panic over alarms or surprises,
or predictions that doomsday’s just around the corner,
Because God will be right there with you;
he’ll keep you safe and sound.
27-29 Never walk away from someone who deserves help;
your hand is God’s hand for that person.
Don’t tell your neighbor “Maybe some other time”
or “Try me tomorrow”
when the money’s right there in your pocket.
Don’t figure ways of taking advantage of your neighbor
when he’s sitting there trusting and unsuspecting.
30-32 Don’t walk around with a chip on your shoulder,
always spoiling for a fight.
Don’t try to be like those who shoulder their way through life.
Why be a bully?
“Why not?” you say. Because God can’t stand twisted souls.
It’s the straightforward who get his respect.
33-35 God’s curse blights the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the home of the righteous.
He gives proud skeptics a cold shoulder,
but if you’re down on your luck, he’s right there to help.
Wise living gets rewarded with honor;
stupid living gets the booby prize.
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Proverb of the Day - 27th Day
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If People Can’t See What God Is Doing
29 For people who hate discipline
and only get more stubborn,
There’ll come a day when life tumbles in and they break,
but by then it’ll be too late to help them.
2 When good people run things, everyone is glad,
but when the ruler is bad, everyone groans.
3 If you love wisdom, you’ll delight your parents,
but you’ll destroy their trust if you run with prostitutes.
4 A leader of good judgment gives stability;
an exploiting leader leaves a trail of waste.
5 A flattering neighbor is up to no good;
he’s probably planning to take advantage of you.
6 Evil people fall into their own traps;
good people run the other way, glad to escape.
7 The good-hearted understand what it’s like to be poor;
the hardhearted haven’t the faintest idea.
8 A gang of cynics can upset a whole city;
a group of sages can calm everyone down.
9 A sage trying to work things out with a fool
gets only scorn and sarcasm for his trouble.
10 Murderers hate honest people;
moral folks encourage them.
11 A fool lets it all hang out;
a sage quietly mulls it over.
12 When a leader listens to malicious gossip,
all the workers get infected with evil.
13 The poor and their abusers have at least something in common:
they can both see—their sight, God’s gift!
14 Leadership gains authority and respect
when the voiceless poor are treated fairly.
15 Wise discipline imparts wisdom;
spoiled adolescents embarrass their parents.
16 When degenerates take charge, crime runs wild,
but the righteous will eventually observe their collapse.
17 Discipline your children; you’ll be glad you did—
they’ll turn out delightful to live with.
18 If people can’t see what God is doing,
they stumble all over themselves;
But when they attend to what he reveals,
they are most blessed.
19 It takes more than talk to keep workers in line;
mere words go in one ear and out the other.
20 Observe the people who always talk before they think—
even simpletons are better off than they are.
21 If you let people treat you like a doormat,
you’ll be quite forgotten in the end.
22 Angry people stir up a lot of discord;
the intemperate stir up trouble.
23 Pride lands you flat on your face;
humility prepares you for honors.
24 Befriend an outlaw
and become an enemy to yourself.
When the victims cry out,
you’ll be included in their curses
if you’re a coward to their cause in court.
25 The fear of human opinion disables;
trusting in God protects you from that.
26 Everyone tries to get help from the leader,
but only God will give us justice.
27 Good people can’t stand the sight of deliberate evil;
the wicked can’t stand the sight of well-chosen goodness.
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Proverb of the Day - 27th Day
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If You Desert God’s Law
28 The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off
even when no one’s after them;
Honest people are relaxed and confident,
bold as lions.
2 When the country is in chaos,
everybody has a plan to fix it—
But it takes a leader of real understanding
to straighten things out.
3 The wicked who oppress the poor
are like a hailstorm that beats down the harvest.
4 If you desert God’s law, you’re free to embrace depravity;
if you love God’s law, you fight for it tooth and nail.
5 Justice makes no sense to the evilminded;
those who seek God know it inside and out.
6 It’s better to be poor and direct
than rich and crooked.
7 Practice God’s law—get a reputation for wisdom;
hang out with a loose crowd—embarrass your family.
8 Get as rich as you want
through cheating and extortion,
But eventually some friend of the poor
is going to give it all back to them.
9 God has no use for the prayers
of the people who won’t listen to him.
10 Lead good people down a wrong path
and you’ll come to a bad end;
do good and you’ll be rewarded for it.
11 The rich think they know it all,
but the poor can see right through them.
12 When good people are promoted, everything is great,
but when the bad are in charge, watch out!
13 You can’t whitewash your sins and get by with it;
you find mercy by admitting and leaving them.
14 A tenderhearted person lives a blessed life;
a hardhearted person lives a hard life.
15 Lions roar and bears charge—
and the wicked lord it over the poor.
16 Among leaders who lack insight, abuse abounds,
but for one who hates corruption, the future is bright.
17 A murderer haunted by guilt
is doomed—there’s no helping him.
18 Walk straight—live well and be saved;
a devious life is a doomed life.
Doing Great Harm in Seemingly Harmless Ways
19 Work your garden—you’ll end up with plenty of food;
play and party—you’ll end up with an empty plate.
20 Committed and persistent work pays off;
get-rich-quick schemes are ripoffs.
21 Playing favorites is always a bad thing;
you can do great harm in seemingly harmless ways.
22 A miser in a hurry to get rich
doesn’t know that he’ll end up broke.
23 In the end, serious reprimand is appreciated
far more than bootlicking flattery.
24 Anyone who robs father and mother
and says, “So, what’s wrong with that?”
is worse than a pirate.
25 A grasping person stirs up trouble,
but trust in God brings a sense of well-being.
26 If you think you know it all, you’re a fool for sure;
real survivors learn wisdom from others.
27 Be generous to the poor—you’ll never go hungry;
shut your eyes to their needs, and run a gauntlet of curses.
28 When corruption takes over, good people go underground,
but when the crooks are thrown out, it’s safe to come out.
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Proverb of the Day - 27th Day
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You Don’t Know Tomorrow
27 Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow;
you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow.
2 Don’t call attention to yourself;
let others do that for you.
3 Carrying a log across your shoulders
while you’re hefting a boulder with your arms
Is nothing compared to the burden
of putting up with a fool.
4 We’re blasted by anger and swamped by rage,
but who can survive jealousy?
5 A spoken reprimand is better
than approval that’s never expressed.
6 The wounds from a lover are worth it;
kisses from an enemy do you in.
7 When you’ve stuffed yourself, you refuse dessert;
when you’re starved, you could eat a horse.
8 People who won’t settle down, wandering hither and yon,
are like restless birds, flitting to and fro.
9 Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight,
a sweet friendship refreshes the soul.
10 Don’t leave your friends or your parents’ friends
and run home to your family when things get rough;
Better a nearby friend
than a distant family.
11 Become wise, dear child, and make me happy;
then nothing the world throws my way will upset me.
12 A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks;
a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.
13 Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger;
be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned.
14 If you wake your friend in the early morning
by shouting “Rise and shine!”
It will sound to him
more like a curse than a blessing.
15-16 A nagging spouse is like
the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;
You can’t turn it off,
and you can’t get away from it.
Your Face Mirrors Your Heart
17 You use steel to sharpen steel,
and one friend sharpens another.
18 If you care for your orchard, you’ll enjoy its fruit;
if you honor your boss, you’ll be honored.
19 Just as water mirrors your face,
so your face mirrors your heart.
20 Hell has a voracious appetite,
and lust just never quits.
21 The purity of silver and gold is tested
by putting them in the fire;
The purity of human hearts is tested
by giving them a little fame.
22 Pound on a fool all you like—
you can’t pound out foolishness.
23-27 Know your sheep by name;
carefully attend to your flocks;
(Don’t take them for granted;
possessions don’t last forever, you know.)
And then, when the crops are in
and the harvest is stored in the barns,
You can knit sweaters from lambs’ wool,
and sell your goats for a profit;
There will be plenty of milk and meat
to last your family through the winter.
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Proverb of the Day - 26th Day
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Fools Recycle Silliness
26 We no more give honors to fools
than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest.
2 You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse
as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow.
3 A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat—
and a stick for the back of fools!
4 Don’t respond to the stupidity of a fool;
you’ll only look foolish yourself.
5 Answer a fool in simple terms
so he doesn’t get a swelled head.
6 You’re only asking for trouble
when you send a message by a fool.
7 A proverb quoted by fools
is limp as a wet noodle.
8 Putting a fool in a place of honor
is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.
9 To ask a moron to quote a proverb
is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk.
10 Hire a fool or a drunk
and you shoot yourself in the foot.
11 As a dog eats its own vomit,
so fools recycle silliness.
12 See that man who thinks he’s so smart?
You can expect far more from a fool than from him.
13 Loafers say, “It’s dangerous out there!
Tigers are prowling the streets!”
and then pull the covers back over their heads.
14 Just as a door turns on its hinges,
so a lazybones turns back over in bed.
15 A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie,
but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth.
Like Glaze on Cracked Pottery
16 Dreamers fantasize their self-importance;
they think they are smarter
than a whole college faculty.
17 You grab a mad dog by the ears
when you butt into a quarrel that’s none of your business.
18-19 People who shrug off deliberate deceptions,
saying, “I didn’t mean it, I was only joking,”
Are worse than careless campers
who walk away from smoldering campfires.
20 When you run out of wood, the fire goes out;
when the gossip ends, the quarrel dies down.
21 A quarrelsome person in a dispute
is like kerosene thrown on a fire.
22 Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy;
do you want junk like that in your belly?
23 Smooth talk from an evil heart
is like glaze on cracked pottery.
24-26 Your enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend,
all the while plotting against you.
When he speaks warmly to you, don’t believe him for a minute;
he’s just waiting for the chance to rip you off.
No matter how shrewdly he conceals his malice,
eventually his evil will be exposed in public.
27 Malice backfires;
spite boomerangs.
28 Liars hate their victims;
flatterers sabotage trust.
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Psalms of the Day - 22st Day
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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2022&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2052&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2082&version=MSG
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Psalms of the Day - 21st Day
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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2021&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2081&version=MSG
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Psalms of the Day - 20th Day
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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2020&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2050&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2080&version=MSG
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Proverb of the Day - 25th Day
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Further Wise Sayings of Solomon
The Right Word at the Right Time
25 There are also these proverbs of Solomon,
collected by scribes of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
2 God delights in concealing things;
scientists delight in discovering things.
3 Like the horizons for breadth and the ocean for depth,
the understanding of a good leader is broad and deep.
4-5 Remove impurities from the silver
and the silversmith can craft a fine chalice;
Remove the wicked from leadership
and authority will be credible and God-honoring.
6-7 Don’t work yourself into the spotlight;
don’t push your way into the place of prominence.
It’s better to be promoted to a place of honor
than face humiliation by being demoted.
8 Don’t jump to conclusions—there may be
a perfectly good explanation for what you just saw.
9-10 In the heat of an argument,
don’t betray confidences;
Word is sure to get around,
and no one will trust you.
11-12 The right word at the right time
is like a custom-made piece of jewelry,
And a wise friend’s timely reprimand
is like a gold ring slipped on your finger.
13 Reliable friends who do what they say
are like cool drinks in sweltering heat—refreshing!
14 Like billowing clouds that bring no rain
is the person who talks big but never produces.
15 Patient persistence pierces through indifference;
gentle speech breaks down rigid defenses.
A Person Without Self-Control
16-17 When you’re given a box of candy, don’t gulp it all down;
eat too much chocolate and you’ll make yourself sick;
And when you find a friend, don’t outwear your welcome;
show up at all hours and he’ll soon get fed up.
18 Anyone who tells lies against the neighbors
in court or on the street is a loose cannon.
19 Trusting a double-crosser when you’re in trouble
is like biting down on an abscessed tooth.
20 Singing light songs to the heavyhearted
is like pouring salt in their wounds.
21-22 If you see your enemy hungry, go buy him lunch;
if he’s thirsty, bring him a drink.
Your generosity will surprise him with goodness,
and God will look after you.
23 A north wind brings stormy weather,
and a gossipy tongue stormy looks.
24 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack
than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.
25 Like a cool drink of water when you’re worn out and weary
is a letter from a long-lost friend.
26 A good person who gives in to a bad person
is a muddied spring, a polluted well.
27 It’s not smart to stuff yourself with sweets,
nor is glory piled on glory good for you.
28 A person without self-control
is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out.
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24 1-2 Don’t envy bad people;
don’t even want to be around them.
All they think about is causing a disturbance;
all they talk about is making trouble.
20
3-4 It takes wisdom to build a house,
and understanding to set it on a firm foundation;
It takes knowledge to furnish its rooms
with fine furniture and beautiful draperies.
21
5-6 It’s better to be wise than strong;
intelligence outranks muscle any day.
Strategic planning is the key to warfare;
to win, you need a lot of good counsel.
22
7 Wise conversation is way over the head of fools;
in a serious discussion they haven’t a clue.
23
8-9 The person who’s always cooking up some evil
soon gets a reputation as prince of rogues.
Fools incubate sin;
cynics desecrate beauty.
Rescue the Perishing
24
10 If you fall to pieces in a crisis,
there wasn’t much to you in the first place.
25
11-12 Rescue the perishing;
don’t hesitate to step in and help.
If you say, “Hey, that’s none of my business,”
will that get you off the hook?
Someone is watching you closely, you know—
Someone not impressed with weak excuses.
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13-14 Eat honey, dear child—it’s good for you—
and delicacies that melt in your mouth.
Likewise knowledge,
and wisdom for your soul—
Get that and your future’s secured,
your hope is on solid rock.
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15-16 Don’t interfere with good people’s lives;
don’t try to get the best of them.
No matter how many times you trip them up,
God-loyal people don’t stay down long;
Soon they’re up on their feet,
while the wicked end up flat on their faces.
28
17-18 Don’t laugh when your enemy falls;
don’t gloat over his collapse.
God might see, and become very provoked,
and then take pity on his plight.
29
19-20 Don’t bother your head with braggarts
or wish you could succeed like the wicked.
Those people have no future at all;
they’re headed down a dead-end street.
30
21-22 Fear God, dear child—respect your leaders;
don’t be defiant or mutinous.
Without warning your life can turn upside down,
and who knows how or when it might happen?
More Sayings of the Wise
An Honest Answer
23 It’s wrong, very wrong,
to go along with injustice.
24-25 Whoever whitewashes the wicked
gets a black mark in the history books,
But whoever exposes the wicked
will be thanked and rewarded.
26 An honest answer
is like a warm hug.
27 First plant your fields;
then build your barn.
28-29 Don’t talk about your neighbors behind their backs—
no slander or gossip, please.
Don’t say to anyone, “I’ll get back at you for what you did to me.
I’ll make you pay for what you did!”
30-34 One day I walked by the field of an old lazybones,
and then passed the vineyard of a slob;
They were overgrown with weeds,
thick with thistles, all the fences broken down.
I took a long look and pondered what I saw;
the fields preached me a sermon and I listened:
“A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there,
sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next?
Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life,
with poverty as your permanent houseguest!”
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Proverb of the Day - 23nd Day
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Restrain Yourself
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23 1-3 When you go out to dinner with an influential person,
mind your manners:
Don’t gobble your food,
don’t talk with your mouth full.
And don’t stuff yourself;
bridle your appetite.
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4-5 Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich;
restrain yourself!
Riches disappear in the blink of an eye;
wealth sprouts wings
and flies off into the wild blue yonder.
8
6-8 Don’t accept a meal from a tightwad;
don’t expect anything special.
He’ll be as stingy with you as he is with himself;
he’ll say, “Eat! Drink!” but won’t mean a word of it.
His miserly serving will turn your stomach
when you realize the meal’s a sham.
9
9 Don’t bother talking sense to fools;
they’ll only poke fun at your words.
10
10-11 Don’t stealthily move back the boundary lines
or cheat orphans out of their property,
For they have a powerful Advocate
who will go to bat for them.
11
12 Give yourselves to disciplined instruction;
open your ears to tested knowledge.
12
13-14 Don’t be afraid to correct your young ones;
a spanking won’t kill them.
A good spanking, in fact, might save them
from something worse than death.
13
15-16 Dear child, if you become wise,
I’ll be one happy parent.
My heart will dance and sing
to the tuneful truth you’ll speak.
14
17-18 Don’t for a minute envy careless rebels;
soak yourself in the Fear-of-God—
That’s where your future lies.
Then you won’t be left with an armload of nothing.
15
19-21 Oh listen, dear child—become wise;
point your life in the right direction.
Don’t drink too much wine and get drunk;
don’t eat too much food and get fat.
Drunks and gluttons will end up on skid row,
in a stupor and dressed in rags.
Buy Wisdom, Education, Insight
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22-25 Listen with respect to the father who raised you,
and when your mother grows old, don’t neglect her.
Buy truth—don’t sell it for love or money;
buy wisdom, buy education, buy insight.
Parents rejoice when their children turn out well;
wise children become proud parents.
So make your father happy!
Make your mother proud!
17
26 Dear child, I want your full attention;
please do what I show you.
27-28 A prostitute is a bottomless pit;
a loose woman can get you in deep trouble fast.
She’ll take you for all you’ve got;
she’s worse than a pack of thieves.
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29-35 Who are the people who are always crying the blues?
Who do you know who reeks of self-pity?
Who keeps getting beaten up for no reason at all?
Whose eyes are bleary and bloodshot?
It’s those who spend the night with a bottle,
for whom drinking is serious business.
Don’t judge wine by its label,
or its bouquet, or its full-bodied flavor.
Judge it rather by the hangover it leaves you with—
the splitting headache, the queasy stomach.
Do you really prefer seeing double,
with your speech all slurred,
Reeling and seasick,
drunk as a sailor?
“They hit me,” you’ll say, “but it didn’t hurt;
they beat on me, but I didn’t feel a thing.
When I’m sober enough to manage it,
bring me another drink!”
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Proverbs TWENTYTWO
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Proverb of the Day - 22nd Day
The Message Translation
The Cure Comes Through Discipline
22 A sterling reputation is better than striking it rich;
a gracious spirit is better than money in the bank.
2 The rich and the poor shake hands as equals—
God made them both!
3 A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks;
a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.
4 The payoff for meekness and Fear-of-God
is plenty and honor and a satisfying life.
5 The perverse travel a dangerous road, potholed and mud-slick;
if you know what’s good for you, stay clear of it.
6 Point your kids in the right direction—
when they’re old they won’t be lost.
7 The poor are always ruled over by the rich,
so don’t borrow and put yourself under their power.
8 Whoever sows sin reaps weeds,
and bullying anger sputters into nothing.
9 Generous hands are blessed hands
because they give bread to the poor.
10 Kick out the troublemakers and things will quiet down;
you need a break from bickering and griping!
11 God loves the pure-hearted and well-spoken;
good leaders also delight in their friendship.
12 God guards knowledge with a passion,
but he’ll have nothing to do with deception.
13 The loafer says, “There’s a lion on the loose!
If I go out I’ll be eaten alive!”
14 The mouth of a prostitute is a bottomless pit;
you’ll fall in that pit if you’re on the outs with God.
15 Young people are prone to foolishness and fads;
the cure comes through tough-minded discipline.
16 Exploit the poor or glad-hand the rich—whichever,
you’ll end up the poorer for it.
The Thirty Precepts of the Sages
Don’t Move Back the Boundary Lines
17-21 Listen carefully to my wisdom;
take to heart what I can teach you.
You’ll treasure its sweetness deep within;
you’ll give it bold expression in your speech.
To make sure your foundation is trust in God,
I’m laying it all out right now just for you.
I’m giving you thirty sterling principles—
tested guidelines to live by.
Believe me—these are truths that work,
and will keep you accountable
to those who sent you.
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22-23 Don’t walk on the poor just because they’re poor,
and don’t use your position to crush the weak,
Because God will come to their defense;
the life you took, he’ll take from you and give back to them.
2
24-25 Don’t hang out with angry people;
don’t keep company with hotheads.
Bad temper is contagious—
don’t get infected.
3
26-27 Don’t gamble on the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,
pawning your house against a lucky chance.
The time will come when you have to pay up;
you’ll be left with nothing but the shirt on your back.
4
28 Don’t stealthily move back the boundary lines
staked out long ago by your ancestors.
5
29 Observe people who are good at their work—
skilled workers are always in demand and admired;
they don’t take a backseat to anyone.
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Proverbs TWENTYONE
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Proverb of the Day - 21th Day
The Message Translation
God Examines Our Motives
21 Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by God;
he directs it to whatever ends he chooses.
2 We justify our actions by appearances;
God examines our motives.
3 Clean living before God and justice with our neighbors
mean far more to God than religious performance.
4 Arrogance and pride—distinguishing marks in the wicked—
are just plain sin.
5 Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run;
hurry and scurry puts you further behind.
6 Make it to the top by lying and cheating;
get paid with smoke and a promotion—to death!
7 The wicked get buried alive by their loot
because they refuse to use it to help others.
8 Mixed motives twist life into tangles;
pure motives take you straight down the road.
Do Your Best, Prepare for the Worst
9 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack
than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.
10 Wicked souls love to make trouble;
they feel nothing for friends and neighbors.
11 Simpletons only learn the hard way,
but the wise learn by listening.
12 A God-loyal person will see right through the wicked
and undo the evil they’ve planned.
13 If you stop your ears to the cries of the poor,
your cries will go unheard, unanswered.
14 A quietly given gift soothes an irritable person;
a heartfelt present cools a hot temper.
15 Good people celebrate when justice triumphs,
but for the workers of evil it’s a bad day.
16 Whoever wanders off the straight and narrow
ends up in a congregation of ghosts.
17 You’re addicted to thrills? What an empty life!
The pursuit of pleasure is never satisfied.
18 What a bad person plots against the good, boomerangs;
the plotter gets it in the end.
19 Better to live in a tent in the wild
than with a cross and petulant spouse.
20 Valuables are safe in a wise person’s home;
fools put it all out for yard sales.
21 Whoever goes hunting for what is right and kind
finds life itself—glorious life!
22 One sage entered a whole city of armed soldiers—
their trusted defenses fell to pieces!
23 Watch your words and hold your tongue;
you’ll save yourself a lot of grief.
24 You know their names—Brash, Impudent, Blasphemer—
intemperate hotheads, every one.
25 Lazy people finally die of hunger
because they won’t get up and go to work.
26 Sinners are always wanting what they don’t have;
the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.
27 Religious performance by the wicked stinks;
it’s even worse when they use it to get ahead.
28 A lying witness is unconvincing;
a person who speaks truth is respected.
29 Unscrupulous people fake it a lot;
honest people are sure of their steps.
30 Nothing clever, nothing conceived, nothing contrived,
can get the better of God.
31 Do your best, prepare for the worst—
then trust God to bring victory.
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Berisheet Prophecy
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Gandalph and team discussion about prophecy and other topics
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Proverbs FIFTEEN
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Proverbs 15
The Message Translation
God Doesn’t Miss a Thing
15 A gentle response defuses anger,
but a sharp tongue kindles a temper-fire.
2 Knowledge flows like spring water from the wise;
fools are leaky faucets, dripping nonsense.
3 God doesn’t miss a thing—
he’s alert to good and evil alike.
4 Kind words heal and help;
cutting words wound and maim.
5 Moral dropouts won’t listen to their elders;
welcoming correction is a mark of good sense.
6 The lives of God-loyal people flourish;
a misspent life is soon bankrupt.
7 Perceptive words spread knowledge;
fools are hollow—there’s nothing to them.
8 God can’t stand pious poses,
but he delights in genuine prayers.
9 A life frittered away disgusts God;
he loves those who run straight for the finish line.
10 It’s a school of hard knocks for those who leave God’s path,
a dead-end street for those who hate God’s rules.
11 Even hell holds no secrets from God—
do you think he can’t read human hearts?
Life Ascends to the Heights
12 Know-it-alls don’t like being told what to do;
they avoid the company of wise men and women.
13 A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face;
a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day.
14 An intelligent person is always eager to take in more truth;
fools feed on fast-food fads and fancies.
15 A miserable heart means a miserable life;
a cheerful heart fills the day with song.
16 A simple life in the Fear-of-God
is better than a rich life with a ton of headaches.
17 Better a bread crust shared in love
than a slab of prime rib served in hate.
18 Hot tempers start fights;
a calm, cool spirit keeps the peace.
19 The path of lazy people is overgrown with briers;
the diligent walk down a smooth road.
20 Intelligent children make their parents proud;
lazy students embarrass their parents.
21 The empty-headed treat life as a plaything;
the perceptive grasp its meaning and make a go of it.
22 Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail;
take good counsel and watch them succeed.
23 Congenial conversation—what a pleasure!
The right word at the right time—beautiful!
24 Life ascends to the heights for the thoughtful—
it’s a clean about-face from descent into hell.
25 God smashes the pretensions of the arrogant;
he stands with those who have no standing.
26 God can’t stand evil scheming,
but he puts words of grace and beauty on display.
27 A greedy and grasping person destroys community;
those who refuse to exploit live and let live.
28 Prayerful answers come from God-loyal people;
the wicked are sewers of abuse.
29 God keeps his distance from the wicked;
he closely attends to the prayers of God-loyal people.
30 A twinkle in the eye means joy in the heart,
and good news makes you feel fit as a fiddle.
31 Listen to good advice if you want to live well,
an honored guest among wise men and women.
32 An undisciplined, self-willed life is puny;
an obedient, God-willed life is spacious.
33 Fear-of-God is a school in skilled living—
first you learn humility, then you experience glory.
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Proverbs SIXTEEN
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Proverbs 16
The Message Translation
Everything with a Place and a Purpose
16 Mortals make elaborate plans,
but God has the last word.
2 Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good;
God probes for what is good.
3 Put God in charge of your work,
then what you’ve planned will take place.
4 God made everything with a place and purpose;
even the wicked are included—but for judgment.
5 God can’t stomach arrogance or pretense;
believe me, he’ll put those braggarts in their place.
6 Guilt is banished through love and truth;
Fear-of-God deflects evil.
7 When God approves of your life,
even your enemies will end up shaking your hand.
8 Far better to be right and poor
than to be wrong and rich.
9 We plan the way we want to live,
but only God makes us able to live it.
It Pays to Take Life Seriously
10 A good leader motivates,
doesn’t mislead, doesn’t exploit.
11 God cares about honesty in the workplace;
your business is his business.
12 Good leaders abhor wrongdoing of all kinds;
sound leadership has a moral foundation.
13 Good leaders cultivate honest speech;
they love advisors who tell them the truth.
14 An intemperate leader wreaks havoc in lives;
you’re smart to stay clear of someone like that.
15 Good-tempered leaders invigorate lives;
they’re like spring rain and sunshine.
16 Get wisdom—it’s worth more than money;
choose insight over income every time.
17 The road of right living bypasses evil;
watch your step and save your life.
18 First pride, then the crash—
the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.
19 It’s better to live humbly among the poor
than to live it up among the rich and famous.
20 It pays to take life seriously;
things work out when you trust in God.
21 A wise person gets known for insight;
gracious words add to one’s reputation.
22 True intelligence is a spring of fresh water,
while fools sweat it out the hard way.
23 They make a lot of sense, these wise folks;
whenever they speak, their reputation increases.
24 Gracious speech is like clover honey—
good taste to the soul, quick energy for the body.
25 There’s a way that looks harmless enough;
look again—it leads straight to hell.
26 Appetite is an incentive to work;
hunger makes you work all the harder.
27 Mean people spread mean gossip;
their words smart and burn.
28 Troublemakers start fights;
gossips break up friendships.
29 Calloused climbers betray their very own friends;
they’d stab their own grandmothers in the back.
30 A shifty eye betrays an evil intention;
a clenched jaw signals trouble ahead.
31 Gray hair is a mark of distinction,
the award for a God-loyal life.
32 Moderation is better than muscle,
self-control better than political power.
33 Make your motions and cast your votes,
but God has the final say.
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Psalms Day EIGHTEEN
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Psalms of the Day - 18th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2018&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2048&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2078&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20108&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20138&version=MSG
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Psalms Day SEVENTEEN
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Psalms of the Day - 17th Day
The Message Translation
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2017&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2047&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2077&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20107&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20137&version=MSG
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Psalms Day Sixteen
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Psalms of the Day - 16th Day
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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%2016&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%2046&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%2076&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%20106&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%20136&version=MSG
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Proverbs TWENTY
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Proverbs 20
The Message Translation
Deep Water in the Heart
20 Wine makes you mean, beer makes you quarrelsome—
a staggering drunk is not much fun.
2 Quick-tempered leaders are like mad dogs—
cross them and they bite your head off.
3 It’s a mark of good character to avert quarrels,
but fools love to pick fights.
4 A farmer too lazy to plant in the spring
has nothing to harvest in the fall.
5 Knowing what is right is like deep water in the heart;
a wise person draws from the well within.
6 Lots of people claim to be loyal and loving,
but where on earth can you find one?
7 God-loyal people, living honest lives,
make it much easier for their children.
8-9 Leaders who know their business and care
keep a sharp eye out for the shoddy and cheap,
For who among us can be trusted
to be always diligent and honest?
10 Switching price tags and padding the expense account
are two things God hates.
11 Young people eventually reveal by their actions
if their motives are on the up and up.
Drinking from the Chalice of Knowledge
12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—
we get our basic equipment from God!
13 Don’t be too fond of sleep; you’ll end up in the poorhouse.
Wake up and get up; then there’ll be food on the table.
14 The shopper says, “That’s junk—I’ll take it off your hands,”
then goes off boasting of the bargain.
15 Drinking from the beautiful chalice of knowledge
is better than adorning oneself with gold and rare gems.
16 Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger;
beware of accepting what a transient has pawned.
17 Stolen bread tastes sweet,
but soon your mouth is full of gravel.
18 Form your purpose by asking for counsel,
then carry it out using all the help you can get.
19 Gossips can’t keep secrets,
so never confide in blabbermouths.
20 Anyone who curses father and mother
extinguishes light and exists benighted.
The Very Steps We Take
21 A bonanza at the beginning
is no guarantee of blessing at the end.
22 Don’t ever say, “I’ll get you for that!”
Wait for God; he’ll settle the score.
23 God hates cheating in the marketplace;
rigged scales are an outrage.
24 The very steps we take come from God;
otherwise how would we know where we’re going?
25 An impulsive vow is a trap;
later you’ll wish you could get out of it.
26 After careful scrutiny, a wise leader
makes a clean sweep of rebels and dolts.
27 God is in charge of human life,
watching and examining us inside and out.
28 Love and truth form a good leader;
sound leadership is founded on loving integrity.
29 Youth may be admired for vigor,
but gray hair gives prestige to old age.
30 A good thrashing purges evil;
punishment goes deep within us.
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Proverbs NINETEEN
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Proverbs 19
The Message Translation
If You Quit Listening
19 Better to be poor and honest
than a rich person no one can trust.
2 Ignorant zeal is worthless;
haste makes waste.
3 People ruin their lives by their own stupidity,
so why does God always get blamed?
4 Wealth attracts friends as honey draws flies,
but poor people are avoided like a plague.
5 Perjury won’t go unpunished.
Would you let a liar go free?
6 Lots of people flock around a generous person;
everyone’s a friend to the philanthropist.
7 When you’re down on your luck, even your family avoids you—
yes, even your best friends wish you’d get lost.
If they see you coming, they look the other way—
out of sight, out of mind.
8 Grow a wise heart—you’ll do yourself a favor;
keep a clear head—you’ll find a good life.
9 The person who tells lies gets caught;
the person who spreads rumors is ruined.
10 Blockheads shouldn’t live on easy street
any more than workers should give orders to their boss.
11 Smart people know how to hold their tongue;
their grandeur is to forgive and forget.
12 Mean-tempered leaders are like mad dogs;
the good-natured are like fresh morning dew.
13 A parent is worn to a frazzle by an irresponsible child;
a nagging spouse is a leaky faucet.
14 House and land are handed down from parents,
but a congenial spouse comes straight from God.
15 Life collapses on loafers;
lazybones go hungry.
16 Keep the rules and keep your life;
careless living kills.
17 Mercy to the needy is a loan to God,
and God pays back those loans in full.
18 Discipline your children while you still have the chance;
indulging them destroys them.
19 Let angry people endure the backlash of their own anger;
if you try to make it better, you’ll only make it worse.
20 Take good counsel and accept correction—
that’s the way to live wisely and well.
21 We humans keep brainstorming options and plans,
but God’s purpose prevails.
22 It’s only human to want to make a buck,
but it’s better to be poor than a liar.
23 Fear-of-God is life itself,
a full life, and serene—no nasty surprises.
24 Some people dig a fork into the pie
but are too lazy to raise it to their mouth.
25 Punish the insolent—make an example of them.
Who knows? Somebody might learn a good lesson.
26 Kids who lash out against their parents
are an embarrassment and disgrace.
27 If you quit listening, dear child, and strike off on your own,
you’ll soon be out of your depth.
28 An unprincipled witness desecrates justice;
the mouths of the wicked spew malice.
29 The irreverent have to learn reverence the hard way;
only a slap in the face brings fools to attention.
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Proverbs Eighteen
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Words Kill, Words Give Life
18 Loners who care only for themselves
spit on the common good.
2 Fools care nothing for thoughtful discourse;
all they do is run off at the mouth.
3 When wickedness arrives, shame’s not far behind;
contempt for life is contemptible.
4 Many words rush along like rivers in flood,
but deep wisdom flows up from artesian springs.
5 It’s not right to go easy on the guilty,
or come down hard on the innocent.
6 The words of a fool start fights;
do him a favor and gag him.
7 Fools are undone by their big mouths;
their souls are crushed by their words.
8 Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy;
do you really want junk like that in your belly?
9 Slack habits and sloppy work
are as bad as vandalism.
10 God’s name is a place of protection—
good people can run there and be safe.
11 The rich think their wealth protects them;
they imagine themselves safe behind it.
12 Pride first, then the crash,
but humility is precursor to honor.
13 Answering before listening
is both stupid and rude.
14 A healthy spirit conquers adversity,
but what can you do when the spirit is crushed?
15 Wise men and women are always learning,
always listening for fresh insights.
16 A gift gets attention;
it buys the attention of eminent people.
17 The first speech in a court case is always convincing—
until the cross-examination starts!
18 You may have to draw straws
when faced with a tough decision.
19 Do a favor and win a friend forever;
nothing can untie that bond.
20 Words satisfy the mind as much as fruit does the stomach;
good talk is as gratifying as a good harvest.
21 Words kill, words give life;
they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.
22 Find a good spouse, you find a good life—
and even more: the favor of God!
23 The poor speak in soft supplications;
the rich bark out answers.
24 Friends come and friends go,
but a true friend sticks by you like family.
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Proverbs SEVENTEEN
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A Whack on the Head of a Fool
17 A meal of bread and water in contented peace
is better than a banquet spiced with quarrels.
2 A wise servant takes charge of an unruly child
and is honored as one of the family.
3 As silver in a crucible and gold in a pan,
so our lives are refined by God.
4 Evil people relish malicious conversation;
the ears of liars itch for dirty gossip.
5 Whoever mocks poor people insults their Creator;
gloating over misfortune is a punishable crime.
6 Old people are distinguished by grandchildren;
children take pride in their parents.
7 We don’t expect eloquence from fools,
nor do we expect lies from our leaders.
8 Receiving a gift is like getting a rare gemstone;
any way you look at it, you see beauty refracted.
9 Overlook an offense and bond a friendship;
fasten on to a slight and—good-bye, friend!
10 A quiet rebuke to a person of good sense
does more than a whack on the head of a fool.
11 Criminals out looking for nothing but trouble
won’t have to wait long—they’ll meet it coming and going!
12 Better to meet a grizzly robbed of her cubs
than a fool hellbent on folly.
13 Those who return evil for good
will meet their own evil returning.
14 The start of a quarrel is like a leak in a dam,
so stop it before it bursts.
15 Whitewashing bad people and throwing mud on good people
are equally abhorrent to God.
16 What’s this? Fools out shopping for wisdom!
They wouldn’t recognize it if they saw it!
One Who Knows Much Says Little
17 Friends love through all kinds of weather,
and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.
18 It’s stupid to try to get something for nothing,
or run up huge bills you can never pay.
19 The person who courts sin marries trouble;
build a wall, invite a burglar.
20 A bad motive can’t achieve a good end;
double-talk brings you double trouble.
21 Having a fool for a child is misery;
it’s no fun being the parent of a dolt.
22 A cheerful disposition is good for your health;
gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.
23 The wicked take bribes under the table;
they show nothing but contempt for justice.
24 The perceptive find wisdom in their own front yard;
fools look for it everywhere but right here.
25 A surly, stupid child is sheer pain to a father,
a bitter pill for a mother to swallow.
26 It’s wrong to penalize good behavior,
or make good citizens pay for the crimes of others.
27 The one who knows much says little;
an understanding person remains calm.
28 Even dunces who keep quiet are thought to be wise;
as long as they keep their mouths shut, they’re smart.
The Shephard Hermas - Narrative Reading
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An introduction to the Dead Sea Scroll Text by the author and publisher of the text in Eighteen Seventy.
This text was once used prolifically in the early church.
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Gandalph - Abandon Italian Castle
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Gandalph & Brandyfoot take a look at an Abandon Castle that probably had free energy from the Tartarian Area. One thousand years old or more.
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Gospel of Aquarius - Part 1 - Narrative Reading
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The Gospel of Aquarius - Jesus The Christ.
A different view of the Age and Times of Christ, his message, and his Life here with us ... a few thousand years ago.
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The Gospel Aquarius - Part 3 - Narrative Reading
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Christ doing his thing, a Superman of the times, according to this text
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The Gospel of Aquarius - Part 2 - Narrative Reading
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Christ and his time here from a different perspective. The Age of Aquarius ushered in by the provider of spiritual leadership for ALL OF US
Merry Christmas
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Gandalph Rides Again
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Gandalph has a conversation with Brandyfoot while checking out some old maps
Old California Maps & Buildings
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In this Show Gandalph & Brandyfoot look at old maps of California along with some very interesting architecture. Filmed using StreamYard and Live on Twitch.TV this show brings you a little of the history of California and some Buildings that were way more advanced for that period of time.
CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKES CHRISTMAS 2022
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GANDALPH RIDES AGAIN WITH BRANDYFOOT ON THE EARTHQUAKES THAT HAPPEN ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2022 IN THE CALIFORNIA AND ALASKA AREA
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Old Maps - New Orleans - Old Pics - Alaska & West Coast
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Gandalph & Brandy continue to discuss the way America has changed speaking about the Louisiana New Orleans area and other old Pics of Alaska & West Coast Area. A Live Show from Twitch.TV that was filmed using StreamYard. Look for other up and coming Gandalph content on Twitch.TV with announcements on Locals & Twitch
Declaration Of Independence
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Learn how the Declaration of Independence told us what it would protect us from which could be the very things that we are going through in current times. Along with some additional information on maps a show that was filmed on StreamYard and shown Live on Twitch.TV - Look For Future Shows by Gandalph & Brandyfoot
James Madison Eulogy - Part 4
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Madison, one of our countries most storied founders, writer of the Federalist papers. He was the first of many to sell us out.
James Madison Eulogy - Part 3
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The Eulogy as read accounts for the deeds and misdeeds done to WE THE PEOPLE. The original shadow government is formed by Madison.
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James Madison Eulogy - Part 2
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Narrative Reading of the account of the life of Madison. He sold us out early and hard.
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James Madison Eulogy - Part 1
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The reading of the account of James Madison.
Deadman tells no lies.
Maricopa County Attorney General - Verdict In
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December 24 2022 Maricopa County Voter Fraud Case.
Disappointing to watch the "Good Guy" Atty crap his pants.
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Maricopa County ATTY GENERAL Race. Day of Judgement Part 1
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The video feed from the ZOOM call. Maricopa County LawFare at its finest
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Revenging the Christ. Tiberius gets religion
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A Dead Sea Scrolls Narrative Reading.
The leadership in Rome gets healed and moves an army to wipe out those responsible for his crucifixion. ALL OF EM.
Not gonna get this text in the approved SIXTY SIX book text.
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Pontius Pilate Meets his end. Narrative reading of Dead Sea Scrolls
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Pilate writes his letter of defence as the Governor of Judea to Tiberius Ceaser in Rome. It does not turn out well for Pilate.
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George Washington Eulogy. Narrative Reading
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The recanting of the life and times of a Man at his funeral tells much.
Great Reset 1811-1812
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Lost History - 1811-1812 During the 1800's there were a series of violent earthquakes. This event has been erased from our history. Narrative read through. This story takes place at the junctions of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
Mud Flood in the US 1811-1812
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The #MudFlood happened much more recently than thought. As recently as 1811 a series of #earthquakes rocked the Central US.
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Magna Carta 101 AI rev
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SHOW NOTES .. Including PDF of ENTIRE #MagnaCarta
Show Notes
Is Legalese a REAL THING?
https://thelawdictionary.org/legalese/
Magna Carta sections sixty and sixty one summary
https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Magna-Carta/section-60-section-61-summary/
Magna Carta COMPLETE PDF
https://archive.csac.history.wisc.edu/1_Magna_Charta.pdf
Blacks Law Dictionary - Commmon Law Definitions and Citations
https://thelawdictionary.org/common-law/
INDEX of Common Law types in our CURRENT SYSTEM of Government
https://thelawdictionary.org/?s=Common+Law
This is the core of what was submitted to the AI engine with a ten minute time target of synopsis
Blacks Law Dictionary COMMON LAW vs Civil Law
https://thelawdictionary.org/article/common-law-vs-civil-law/
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LEGALESE 101
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LINKS for AI Generation . a FOUR Minute expectation from the Invedio Engine
Show Notes
Is Legalese a REAL THING?
https://thelawdictionary.org/legalese/
Magna Carta sections sixty and sixty one summary
https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Magna-Carta/section-60-section-61-summary/
Magna Carta COMPLETE PDF
https://archive.csac.history.wisc.edu/1_Magna_Charta.pdf
Blacks Law Dictionary - Commmon Law Definitions and Citations
https://thelawdictionary.org/common-law/
INDEX of Common Law types in our CURRENT SYSTEM of Government
https://thelawdictionary.org/?s=Common+Law
Blacks Law Dictionary COMMON LAW vs Civil Law
https://thelawdictionary.org/article/common-law-vs-civil-law/
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Psalms Day FIFTEEN
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The #Psalms of the day. on the FIFTEENS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2015&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2045&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2075&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20105&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20135&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day FOURTEEN
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The #Psalms of the day. on the FOURTEENS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2014&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2044&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2073&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20103&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20134&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day THIRTEEN
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The #Psalms of the day. on the THIRTEENS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2013&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2043&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2073&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20103&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20133&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
Psalms, Scripture, message, gandalph, gandalf, TTS88, NCSWIC, WWG1WGA
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Psalm Day TWELVE
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The #Psalms of the day. on the TWELVES
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2012&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2042&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2072&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20102&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20132&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day ELEVEN
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The #Psalms of the day. on the ELEVENS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2011&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2041&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2071&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20101&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20131&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day TEN
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The #Psalms of the day. on the TENS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2010&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2040&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2070&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20100&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20130&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day NINE
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The #Psalms of the day. on the NINES
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%209&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2039&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2069&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2099&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20129&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day EIGHT
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The #Psalms of the day. on the EIGHTS
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%208&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2038&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2068&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2098&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20128&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day SEVEN
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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%207&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2037&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2067&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2097&version=MSG
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20127&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day SIX
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Psalms of the Day DAY SIX
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day FIVE
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The #Psalms of the day.
25st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%205&version=MSG
35st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2035&version=MSG
65st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2065&version=MSG
95st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2095&version=MSG
125st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20125&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalm DAY FOUR
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The #Psalms of the day.
24st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%204&version=MSG
34st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2034&version=MSG
64st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2064&version=MSG
94st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2094&version=MSG
124st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20124&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day THREE
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The #Psalms of the day.
23st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%203&version=MSG
33st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2033&version=MSG
63st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2062&version=MSG
93st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2093&version=MSG
123st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20123&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalm DAY TWO
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The #Psalms of the day.
2st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%201&version=MSG
32st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2031&version=MSG
62st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2061&version=MSG
92st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2091&version=MSG
122st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20121&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
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Psalms Day ONE
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The #Psalms of the day.
1st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%201&version=MSG
31st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2031&version=MSG
61st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2061&version=MSG
91st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2091&version=MSG
121st https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20121&version=MSG
There are One Hundred and Fifty Psalms in the complete work. Reading all the "days", on a thirty day cycle. Each month ALL the Psalms are consumed.
Proverbs FOURTEEN
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TEXT
Proverbs 14
The Message
A Way That Leads to Hell
14 Lady Wisdom builds a lovely home;
Sir Fool comes along and tears it down brick by brick.
2 An honest life shows respect for God;
a degenerate life is a slap in his face.
3 Frivolous talk provokes a derisive smile;
wise speech evokes nothing but respect.
4 No cattle, no crops;
a good harvest requires a strong ox for the plow.
5 A true witness never lies;
a false witness makes a business of it.
6 Cynics look high and low for wisdom—and never find it;
the open-minded find it right on their doorstep!
7 Escape quickly from the company of fools;
they’re a waste of your time, a waste of your words.
8 The wisdom of the wise keeps life on track;
the foolishness of fools lands them in the ditch.
9 The stupid ridicule right and wrong,
but a moral life is a favored life.
10 The person who shuns the bitter moments of friends
will be an outsider at their celebrations.
11 Lives of careless wrongdoing are run-down shacks;
holy living builds soaring cathedrals.
12-13 There’s a way of life that looks harmless enough;
look again—it leads straight to hell.
Sure, those people appear to be having a good time,
but all that laughter will end in heartbreak.
Sift and Weigh Every Word
14 A mean person gets paid back in meanness,
a gracious person in grace.
15 The gullible believe anything they’re told;
the prudent sift and weigh every word.
16 The wise watch their steps and avoid evil;
fools are headstrong and reckless.
17 The hotheaded do things they’ll later regret;
the coldhearted get the cold shoulder.
18 Foolish dreamers live in a world of illusion;
wise realists plant their feet on the ground.
19 Eventually, evil will pay tribute to good;
the wicked will respect God-loyal people.
20 An unlucky loser is shunned by all,
but everyone loves a winner.
21 It’s criminal to ignore a neighbor in need,
but compassion for the poor—what a blessing!
22 Isn’t it obvious that conspirators lose out,
while the thoughtful win love and trust?
23 Hard work always pays off;
mere talk puts no bread on the table.
24 The wise accumulate wisdom;
fools get stupider by the day.
25 Souls are saved by truthful witness
and betrayed by the spread of lies.
26 The Fear-of-God builds up confidence,
and makes a world safe for your children.
27 The Fear-of-God is a spring of living water
so you won’t go off drinking from poisoned wells.
28 The mark of a good leader is loyal followers;
leadership is nothing without a following.
29 Slowness to anger makes for deep understanding;
a quick-tempered person stockpiles stupidity.
30 A sound mind makes for a robust body,
but runaway emotions corrode the bones.
31 You insult your Maker when you exploit the powerless;
when you’re kind to the poor, you honor God.
32 The evil of bad people leaves them out in the cold;
the integrity of good people creates a safe place for living.
33 Lady Wisdom is at home in an understanding heart—
fools never even get to say hello.
34 God-devotion makes a country strong;
God-avoidance leaves people weak.
35 Diligent work gets a warm commendation;
shiftless work earns an angry rebuke.
Proverbs THIRTEEN
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Proverbs 13
The Message
Walk with the Wise
13 Intelligent children listen to their parents;
foolish children do their own thing.
2 The good acquire a taste for helpful conversation;
bullies push and shove their way through life.
3 Careful words make for a careful life;
careless talk may ruin everything.
4 Indolence wants it all and gets nothing;
the energetic have something to show for their lives.
5 A good person hates false talk;
a bad person wallows in gibberish.
6 A God-loyal life keeps you on track;
sin dumps the wicked in the ditch.
7 A pretentious, showy life is an empty life;
a plain and simple life is a full life.
8 The rich can be sued for everything they have,
but the poor are free of such threats.
9 The lives of good people are brightly lit streets;
the lives of the wicked are dark alleys.
10 Arrogant know-it-alls stir up discord,
but wise men and women listen to each other’s counsel.
11 Easy come, easy go,
but steady diligence pays off.
12 Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick,
but a sudden good break can turn life around.
13 Ignore the Word and suffer;
honor God’s commands and grow rich.
14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
so, no more drinking from death-tainted wells!
15 Sound thinking makes for gracious living,
but liars walk a rough road.
16 A commonsense person lives good sense;
fools litter the country with silliness.
17 Irresponsible talk makes a real mess of things,
but a reliable reporter is a healing presence.
18 Refuse discipline and end up homeless;
embrace correction and live an honored life.
19 Souls who follow their hearts thrive;
fools bent on evil despise matters of soul.
20 Become wise by walking with the wise;
hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.
21 Disaster entraps sinners,
but God-loyal people get a good life.
22 A good life gets passed on to the grandchildren;
ill-gotten wealth ends up with good people.
23 Banks foreclose on the farms of the poor,
or else the poor lose their shirts to crooked lawyers.
24 A refusal to correct is a refusal to love;
love your children by disciplining them.
25 An appetite for good brings much satisfaction,
but the belly of the wicked always wants more.
Proverbs TWELVE
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Proverbs 12
The Message
If You Love Learning
12 If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it—
how shortsighted to refuse correction!
2 A good person basks in the delight of God,
and he wants nothing to do with devious schemers.
3 You can’t find firm footing in a swamp,
but life rooted in God stands firm.
4 A hearty wife invigorates her husband,
but a frigid woman is cancer in the bones.
5 The thinking of principled people makes for justice;
the plots of degenerates corrupt.
6 The words of the wicked kill;
the speech of the upright saves.
7 Wicked people fall to pieces—there’s nothing to them;
the homes of good people hold together.
8 A person who talks sense is honored;
airheads are held in contempt.
9 Better to be ordinary and work for a living
than act important and starve in the process.
10 Good people are good to their animals;
the “good-hearted” bad people kick and abuse them.
11 The one who stays on the job has food on the table;
the witless chase whims and fancies.
12 What the wicked construct finally falls into ruin,
while the roots of the righteous give life, and more life.
Wise People Take Advice
13 The gossip of bad people gets them in trouble;
the conversation of good people keeps them out of it.
14 Well-spoken words bring satisfaction;
well-done work has its own reward.
15 Fools are headstrong and do what they like;
wise people take advice.
16 Fools have short fuses and explode all too quickly;
the prudent quietly shrug off insults.
17 Truthful witness by a good person clears the air,
but liars lay down a smoke screen of deceit.
18 Rash language cuts and maims,
but there is healing in the words of the wise.
19 Truth lasts;
lies are here today, gone tomorrow.
20 Evil scheming distorts the schemer;
peace-planning brings joy to the planner.
21 No evil can overwhelm a good person,
but the wicked have their hands full of it.
22 God can’t stomach liars;
he loves the company of those who keep their word.
23 Prudent people don’t flaunt their knowledge;
talkative fools broadcast their silliness.
24 The diligent find freedom in their work;
the lazy are oppressed by work.
25 Worry weighs us down;
a cheerful word picks us up.
26 A good person survives misfortune,
but a wicked life invites disaster.
27 A lazy life is an empty life,
but “early to rise” gets the job done.
28 Good men and women travel right into life;
sin’s detours take you straight to h
Proverbs ELEVEN
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Proverbs 11
The Message
Without Good Direction, People Lose Their Way
11 God hates cheating in the marketplace;
he loves it when business is aboveboard.
2 The stuck-up fall flat on their faces,
but down-to-earth people stand firm.
3 The integrity of the honest keeps them on track;
the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin.
4 A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart,
but a principled life can stand up to the worst.
5 Moral character makes for smooth traveling;
an evil life is a hard life.
6 Good character is the best insurance;
crooks get trapped in their sinful lust.
7 When the wicked die, that’s it—
the story’s over, end of hope.
8 A good person is saved from much trouble;
a bad person runs straight into it.
9 The loose tongue of the godless spreads destruction;
the common sense of the godly preserves them.
10 When it goes well for good people, the whole town cheers;
when it goes badly for bad people, the town celebrates.
11 When right-living people bless the city, it flourishes;
evil talk turns it into a ghost town in no time.
12 Mean-spirited slander is heartless;
quiet discretion accompanies good sense.
13 A gadabout gossip can’t be trusted with a secret,
but someone of integrity won’t violate a confidence.
14 Without good direction, people lose their way;
the more wise counsel you follow, the better your chances.
15 Whoever makes deals with strangers is sure to get burned;
if you keep a cool head, you’ll avoid rash bargains.
16 A woman of gentle grace gets respect,
but men of rough violence grab for loot.
A God-Shaped Life
17 When you’re kind to others, you help yourself;
when you’re cruel to others, you hurt yourself.
18 Bad work gets paid with a bad check;
good work gets solid pay.
19 Take your stand with God’s loyal community and live,
or chase after phantoms of evil and die.
20 God can’t stand deceivers,
but oh how he relishes integrity.
21 Count on this: The wicked won’t get off scot-free,
and God’s loyal people will triumph.
22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
is a beautiful face on an empty head.
23 The desires of good people lead straight to the best,
but wicked ambition ends in angry frustration.
24 The world of the generous gets larger and larger;
the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.
25 The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed;
those who help others are helped.
26 Curses on those who drive a hard bargain!
Blessings on all who play fair and square!
27 The one who seeks good finds delight;
the student of evil becomes evil.
28 A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump;
a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.
29 Exploit or abuse your family, and end up with a fistful of air;
common sense tells you it’s a stupid way to live.
30 A good life is a fruit-bearing tree;
a violent life destroys souls.
31 If good people barely make it,
what’s in store for the bad!
Proverbs TEN
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Proverbs 10
The Message
The Wise Sayings of Solomon
An Honest Life Is Immortal
10 Wise son, glad father;
stupid son, sad mother.
2 Ill-gotten gain gets you nowhere;
an honest life is immortal.
3 God won’t starve an honest soul,
but he frustrates the appetites of the wicked.
4 Sloth makes you poor;
diligence brings wealth.
5 Make hay while the sun shines—that’s smart;
go fishing during harvest—that’s stupid.
6 Blessings accrue on a good and honest life,
but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse.
7 A good and honest life is a blessed memorial;
a wicked life leaves a rotten stench.
8 A wise heart takes orders;
an empty head will come unglued.
9 Honesty lives confident and carefree,
but Shifty is sure to be exposed.
10 An evasive eye is a sign of trouble ahead,
but an open, face-to-face meeting results in peace.
11 The mouth of a good person is a deep, life-giving well,
but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse.
12 Hatred starts fights,
but love pulls a quilt over the bickering.
13 You’ll find wisdom on the lips of a person of insight,
but the shortsighted needs a slap in the face.
14 The wise accumulate knowledge—a true treasure;
know-it-alls talk too much—a sheer waste.
The Road to Life Is a Disciplined Life
15 The wealth of the rich is their security;
the poverty of the indigent is their ruin.
16 The wage of a good person is exuberant life;
an evil person ends up with nothing but sin.
17 The road to life is a disciplined life;
ignore correction and you’re lost for good.
18 Liars secretly hoard hatred;
fools openly spread slander.
19 The more talk, the less truth;
the wise measure their words.
20 The speech of a good person is worth waiting for;
the blabber of the wicked is worthless.
21 The talk of a good person is rich fare for many,
but chatterboxes die of an empty heart.
Fear-of-God Expands Your Life
22 God’s blessing makes life rich;
nothing we do can improve on God.
23 An empty-head thinks mischief is fun,
but a mindful person relishes wisdom.
24 The nightmares of the wicked come true;
what the good people desire, they get.
25 When the storm is over, there’s nothing left of the wicked;
good people, firm on their rock foundation, aren’t even fazed.
26 A lazy employee will give you nothing but trouble;
it’s vinegar in the mouth, smoke in the eyes.
27 The Fear-of-God expands your life;
a wicked life is a puny life.
28 The aspirations of good people end in celebration;
the ambitions of bad people crash.
29 God is solid backing to a well-lived life,
but he calls into question a shabby performance.
30 Good people last—they can’t be moved;
the wicked are here today, gone tomorrow.
31 A good person’s mouth is a clear fountain of wisdom;
a foul mouth is a stagnant swamp.
32 The speech of a good person clears the air;
the words of the wicked pollute it.
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Proverbs 9
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Lady Wisdom Gives a Dinner Party
9 1-6 Lady Wisdom has built and furnished her home;
it’s supported by seven hewn timbers.
The banquet meal is ready to be served: lamb roasted,
wine poured out, table set with silver and flowers.
Having dismissed her serving maids,
Lady Wisdom goes to town, stands in a prominent place,
and invites everyone within sound of her voice:
“Are you confused about life, don’t know what’s going on?
Come with me, oh come, have dinner with me!
I’ve prepared a wonderful spread—fresh-baked bread,
roast lamb, carefully selected wines.
Leave your impoverished confusion and live!
Walk up the street to a life with meaning.”
* * *
7-12 If you reason with an arrogant cynic, you’ll get slapped in the face;
confront bad behavior and get a kick in the shins.
So don’t waste your time on a scoffer;
all you’ll get for your pains is abuse.
But if you correct those who care about life,
that’s different—they’ll love you for it!
Save your breath for the wise—they’ll be wiser for it;
tell good people what you know—they’ll profit from it.
Skilled living gets its start in the Fear-of-God,
insight into life from knowing a Holy God.
It’s through me, Lady Wisdom, that your life deepens,
and the years of your life ripen.
Live wisely and wisdom will permeate your life;
mock life and life will mock you.
Madame Prostitute Calls Out, Too
13-18 Then there’s this other woman, Madame Prostitute—
brazen, empty-headed, frivolous.
She sits on the front porch
of her house on Main Street,
And as people walk by minding
their own business, calls out,
“Are you confused about life, don’t know what’s going on?
Steal off with me, I’ll show you a good time!
No one will ever know—I’ll give you the time of your life.”
But they don’t know about all the skeletons in her closet,
that all her guests end up in hell.
Proverbs EIGHT
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Proverbs 8
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Lady Wisdom Calls Out
8 1-11 Do you hear Lady Wisdom calling?
Can you hear Madame Insight raising her voice?
She’s taken her stand at First and Main,
at the busiest intersection.
Right in the city square
where the traffic is thickest, she shouts,
“You—I’m talking to all of you,
everyone out here on the streets!
Listen, you idiots—learn good sense!
You blockheads—shape up!
Don’t miss a word of this—I’m telling you how to live well,
I’m telling you how to live at your best.
My mouth chews and savors and relishes truth—
I can’t stand the taste of evil!
You’ll only hear true and right words from my mouth;
not one syllable will be twisted or skewed.
You’ll recognize this as true—you with open minds;
truth-ready minds will see it at once.
Prefer my life-disciplines over chasing after money,
and God-knowledge over a lucrative career.
For Wisdom is better than all the trappings of wealth;
nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her.
12-21 “I am Lady Wisdom, and I live next to Sanity;
Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street.
The Fear-of-God means hating Evil,
whose ways I hate with a passion—
pride and arrogance and crooked talk.
Good counsel and common sense are my characteristics;
I am both Insight and the Virtue to live it out.
With my help, leaders rule,
and lawmakers legislate fairly;
With my help, governors govern,
along with all in legitimate authority.
I love those who love me;
those who look for me find me.
Wealth and Glory accompany me—
also substantial Honor and a Good Name.
My benefits are worth more than a big salary, even a very big salary;
the returns on me exceed any imaginable bonus.
You can find me on Righteous Road—that’s where I walk—
at the intersection of Justice Avenue,
Handing out life to those who love me,
filling their arms with life—armloads of life!
22-31 “God sovereignly made me—the first, the basic—
before he did anything else.
I was brought into being a long time ago,
well before Earth got its start.
I arrived on the scene before Ocean,
yes, even before Springs and Rivers and Lakes.
Before Mountains were sculpted and Hills took shape,
I was already there, newborn;
Long before God stretched out Earth’s Horizons,
and tended to the minute details of Soil and Weather,
And set Sky firmly in place,
I was there.
When he mapped and gave borders to wild Ocean,
built the vast vault of Heaven,
and installed the fountains that fed Ocean,
When he drew a boundary for Sea,
posted a sign that said no trespassing,
And then staked out Earth’s Foundations,
I was right there with him, making sure everything fit.
Day after day I was there, with my joyful applause,
always enjoying his company,
Delighted with the world of things and creatures,
happily celebrating the human family.
32-36 “So, my dear friends, listen carefully;
those who embrace these my ways are most blessed.
Mark a life of discipline and live wisely;
don’t squander your precious life.
Blessed the man, blessed the woman, who listens to me,
awake and ready for me each morning,
alert and responsive as I start my day’s work.
When you find me, you find life, real life,
to say nothing of God’s good pleasure.
But if you wrong me, you damage your very soul;
when you reject me, you’re flirting with death.”
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Proverbs 7
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Dressed to Seduce
7 1-5 Dear friend, do what I tell you;
treasure my careful instructions.
Do what I say and you’ll live well.
My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it!
Write it out on the back of your hands;
etch it on the chambers of your heart.
Talk to Wisdom as to a sister.
Treat Insight as your companion.
They’ll be with you to fend off the Temptress—
that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.
6-12 As I stood at the window of my house
looking out through the shutters,
Watching the mindless crowd stroll by,
I spotted a young man without any sense
Arriving at the corner of the street where she lived,
then turning up the path to her house.
It was dusk, the evening coming on,
the darkness thickening into night.
Just then, a woman met him—
she’d been lying in wait for him, dressed to seduce him.
Brazen and brash she was,
restless and roaming, never at home,
Walking the streets, loitering in the mall,
hanging out at every corner in town.
13-20 She threw her arms around him and kissed him,
boldly took his arm and said,
“I’ve got all the makings for a feast—
today I made my offerings, my vows are all paid,
So now I’ve come to find you,
hoping to catch sight of your face—and here you are!
I’ve spread fresh, clean sheets on my bed,
colorful imported linens.
My bed is aromatic with spices
and exotic fragrances.
Come, let’s make love all night,
spend the night in ecstatic lovemaking!
My husband’s not home; he’s away on business,
and he won’t be back for a month.”
21-23 Soon she has him eating out of her hand,
bewitched by her honeyed speech.
Before you know it, he’s trotting behind her,
like a calf led to the butcher shop,
Like a stag lured into ambush
and then shot with an arrow,
Like a bird flying into a net
not knowing that its flying life is over.
24-27 So, friends, listen to me,
take these words of mine most seriously.
Don’t fool around with a woman like that;
don’t even stroll through her neighborhood.
Countless victims come under her spell;
she’s the death of many a poor man.
She runs a halfway house to hell,
fits you out with a shroud and a coffin.
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Proverbs 5
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Nothing but Sin and Bones
5 1-2 Dear friend, pay close attention to this, my wisdom;
listen very closely to the way I see it.
Then you’ll acquire a taste for good sense;
what I tell you will keep you out of trouble.
3-6 The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet,
her soft words are oh so smooth.
But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth,
a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart.
She’s dancing down the perfumed path to Death;
she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her.
She hasn’t a clue about Real Life,
about who she is or where she’s going.
7-14 So, my friend, listen closely;
don’t treat my words casually.
Keep your distance from such a woman;
absolutely stay out of her neighborhood.
You don’t want to squander your wonderful life,
to waste your precious life among the hardhearted.
Why should you allow strangers to take advantage of you?
Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you?
You don’t want to end your life full of regrets,
nothing but sin and bones,
Saying, “Oh, why didn’t I do what they told me?
Why did I reject a disciplined life?
Why didn’t I listen to my mentors,
or take my teachers seriously?
My life is ruined!
I haven’t one blessed thing to show for my life!”
Never Take Love for Granted
15-16 Do you know the saying, “Drink from your own rain barrel,
draw water from your own spring-fed well”?
It’s true. Otherwise, you may one day come home
and find your barrel empty and your well polluted.
17-20 Your spring water is for you and you only,
not to be passed around among strangers.
Bless your fresh-flowing fountain!
Enjoy the wife you married as a young man!
Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose—
don’t ever quit taking delight in her body.
Never take her love for granted!
Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a prostitute?
for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger?
21-23 Mark well that God doesn’t miss a move you make;
he’s aware of every step you take.
The shadow of your sin will overtake you;
you’ll find yourself stumbling all over yourself in the dark.
Death is the reward of an undisciplined life;
your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.
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Your Life Is at Stake
4 1-2 Listen, friends, to some fatherly advice;
sit up and take notice so you’ll know how to live.
I’m giving you good counsel;
don’t let it go in one ear and out the other.
3-9 When I was a boy at my father’s knee,
the pride and joy of my mother,
He would sit me down and drill me:
“Take this to heart. Do what I tell you—live!
Sell everything and buy Wisdom! Forage for Understanding!
Don’t forget one word! Don’t deviate an inch!
Never walk away from Wisdom—she guards your life;
love her—she keeps her eye on you.
Above all and before all, do this: Get Wisdom!
Write this at the top of your list: Get Understanding!
Throw your arms around her—believe me, you won’t regret it;
never let her go—she’ll make your life glorious.
She’ll garland your life with grace,
she’ll festoon your days with beauty.”
10-15 Dear friend, take my advice;
it will add years to your life.
I’m writing out clear directions to Wisdom Way,
I’m drawing a map to Righteous Road.
I don’t want you ending up in blind alleys,
or wasting time making wrong turns.
Hold tight to good advice; don’t relax your grip.
Guard it well—your life is at stake!
Don’t take Wicked Bypass;
don’t so much as set foot on that road.
Stay clear of it; give it a wide berth.
Make a detour and be on your way.
16-17 Evil people are restless
unless they’re making trouble;
They can’t get a good night’s sleep
unless they’ve made life miserable for somebody.
Perversity is their food and drink,
violence their drug of choice.
18-19 The ways of right-living people glow with light;
the longer they live, the brighter they shine.
But the road of wrongdoing gets darker and darker—
travelers can’t see a thing; they fall flat on their faces.
Learn It by Heart
20-22 Dear friend, listen well to my words;
tune your ears to my voice.
Keep my message in plain view at all times.
Concentrate! Learn it by heart!
Those who discover these words live, really live;
body and soul, they’re bursting with health.
23-27 Keep vigilant watch over your heart;
that’s where life starts.
Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth;
avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip.
Keep your eyes straight ahead;
ignore all sideshow distractions.
Watch your step,
and the road will stretch out smooth before you.
Look neither right nor left;
leave evil in the dust.
Proverbs ONE
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
A Manual for Living
1 1-6 These are the wise sayings of Solomon,
David’s son, Israel’s king—
Written down so we’ll know how to live well and right,
to understand what life means and where it’s going;
A manual for living,
for learning what’s right and just and fair;
To teach the inexperienced the ropes
and give our young people a grasp on reality.
There’s something here also for seasoned men and women,
still a thing or two for the experienced to learn—
Fresh wisdom to probe and penetrate,
the rhymes and reasons of wise men and women.
Start with God
7 Start with God—the first step in learning is bowing down to God;
only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
8-19 Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you;
never forget what you learned at your mother’s knee.
Wear their counsel like a winning crown,
like rings on your fingers.
Dear friend, if bad companions tempt you,
don’t go along with them.
If they say—“Let’s go out and raise some hell.
Let’s beat up some old man, mug some old woman.
Let’s pick them clean
and get them ready for their funerals.
We’ll load up on top-quality loot.
We’ll haul it home by the truckload.
Join us for the time of your life!
With us, it’s share and share alike!”—
Oh, friend, don’t give them a second look;
don’t listen to them for a minute.
They’re racing to a very bad end,
hurrying to ruin everything they lay hands on.
Nobody robs a bank
with everyone watching,
Yet that’s what these people are doing—
they’re doing themselves in.
When you grab all you can get, that’s what happens:
the more you get, the less you are.
Lady Wisdom
20-21 Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts.
At the town center she makes her speech.
In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand.
At the busiest corner she calls out:
22-24 “Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance?
Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism?
Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn?
About face! I can revise your life.
Look, I’m ready to pour out my spirit on you;
I’m ready to tell you all I know.
As it is, I’ve called, but you’ve turned a deaf ear;
I’ve reached out to you, but you’ve ignored me.
25-28 “Since you laugh at my counsel
and make a joke of my advice,
How can I take you seriously?
I’ll turn the tables and joke about your troubles!
What if the roof falls in,
and your whole life goes to pieces?
What if catastrophe strikes and there’s nothing
to show for your life but rubble and ashes?
You’ll need me then. You’ll call for me, but don’t expect an answer.
No matter how hard you look, you won’t find me.
29-33 “Because you hated Knowledge
and had nothing to do with the Fear-of-God,
Because you wouldn’t take my advice
and brushed aside all my offers to train you,
Well, you’ve made your bed—now lie in it;
you wanted your own way—now, how do you like it?
Don’t you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots?
Carelessness kills; complacency is murder.
First pay attention to me, and then relax.
Now you can take it easy—you’re in good hands.”
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Make Insight Your Priority
2 1-5 Good friend, take to heart what I’m telling you;
collect my counsels and guard them with your life.
Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom;
set your heart on a life of Understanding.
That’s right—if you make Insight your priority,
and won’t take no for an answer,
Searching for it like a prospector panning for gold,
like an adventurer on a treasure hunt,
Believe me, before you know it Fear-of-God will be yours;
you’ll have come upon the Knowledge of God.
6-8 And here’s why: God gives out Wisdom free,
is plainspoken in Knowledge and Understanding.
He’s a rich mine of Common Sense for those who live well,
a personal bodyguard to the candid and sincere.
He keeps his eye on all who live honestly,
and pays special attention to his loyally committed ones.
9-15 So now you can pick out what’s true and fair,
find all the good trails!
Lady Wisdom will be your close friend,
and Brother Knowledge your pleasant companion.
Good Sense will scout ahead for danger,
Insight will keep an eye out for you.
They’ll keep you from making wrong turns,
or following the bad directions
Of those who are lost themselves
and can’t tell a trail from a tumbleweed,
These losers who make a game of evil
and throw parties to celebrate perversity,
Traveling paths that go nowhere,
wandering in a maze of detours and dead ends.
16-19 Wise friends will rescue you from the Temptress—
that smooth-talking Seductress
Who’s faithless to the husband she married years ago,
never gave a second thought to her promises before God.
Her whole way of life is doomed;
every step she takes brings her closer to hell.
No one who joins her company ever comes back,
ever sets foot on the path to real living.
20-22 So—join the company of good men and women,
keep your feet on the tried-and-true paths.
It’s the men who walk straight who will settle this land,
the women with integrity who will last here.
The corrupt will lose their lives;
the dishonest will be gone for good.
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Speak Out for Justice
31 The words of King Lemuel,
the strong advice his mother gave him:
2-3 “Oh, son of mine, what can you be thinking of!
Child whom I bore! The son I dedicated to God!
Don’t dilute your strength on fortune-hunting women,
promiscuous women who shipwreck leaders.
4-7 “Leaders can’t afford to make fools of themselves,
gulping wine and swilling beer,
Lest, hung over, they don’t know right from wrong,
and the people who depend on them are hurt.
Use wine and beer only as sedatives,
to kill the pain and dull the ache
Of the terminally ill,
for whom life is a living death.
8-9 “Speak up for the people who have no voice,
for the rights of all the misfits.
Speak out for justice!
Stand up for the poor and destitute!”
Hymn to a Good Wife
10-31 A good woman is hard to find,
and worth far more than diamonds.
Her husband trusts her without reserve,
and never has reason to regret it.
Never spiteful, she treats him generously
all her life long.
She shops around for the best yarns and cottons,
and enjoys knitting and sewing.
She’s like a trading ship that sails to faraway places
and brings back exotic surprises.
She’s up before dawn, preparing breakfast
for her family and organizing her day.
She looks over a field and buys it,
then, with money she’s put aside, plants a garden.
First thing in the morning, she dresses for work,
rolls up her sleeves, eager to get started.
She senses the worth of her work,
is in no hurry to call it quits for the day.
She’s skilled in the crafts of home and hearth,
diligent in homemaking.
She’s quick to assist anyone in need,
reaches out to help the poor.
She doesn’t worry about her family when it snows;
their winter clothes are all mended and ready to wear.
She makes her own clothing,
and dresses in colorful linens and silks.
Her husband is greatly respected
when he deliberates with the city fathers.
She designs gowns and sells them,
brings the sweaters she knits to the dress shops.
Her clothes are well-made and elegant,
and she always faces tomorrow with a smile.
When she speaks she has something worthwhile to say,
and she always says it kindly.
She keeps an eye on everyone in her household,
and keeps them all busy and productive.
Her children respect and bless her;
her husband joins in with words of praise:
“Many women have done wonderful things,
but you’ve outclassed them all!”
Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades.
The woman to be admired and praised
is the woman who lives in the Fear-of-God.
Give her everything she deserves!
Adorn her life with praises!
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God? Who Needs Him?
30 1-2 The skeptic swore, “There is no God!
No God!—I can do anything I want!
I’m more animal than human;
so-called human intelligence escapes me.
3-4 “I flunked ‘wisdom.’
I see no evidence of a holy God.
Has anyone ever seen Anyone
climb into Heaven and take charge?
grab the winds and control them?
gather the rains in his bucket?
stake out the ends of the earth?
Just tell me his name, tell me the names of his sons.
Come on now—tell me!”
5-6 The believer replied, “Every promise of God proves true;
he protects everyone who runs to him for help.
So don’t second-guess him;
he might take you to task and show up your lies.”
7-9 And then he prayed, “God, I’m asking for two things
before I die; don’t refuse me—
Banish lies from my lips
and liars from my presence.
Give me enough food to live on,
neither too much nor too little.
If I’m too full, I might get independent,
saying, ‘God? Who needs him?’
If I’m poor, I might steal
and dishonor the name of my God.”
* * *
10 Don’t blow the whistle on your fellow workers
behind their backs;
They’ll accuse you of being underhanded,
and then you’ll be the guilty one!
11 Don’t curse your father
or fail to bless your mother.
12 Don’t imagine yourself to be quite presentable
when you haven’t had a bath in weeks.
13 Don’t be stuck-up
and think you’re better than everyone else.
14 Don’t be greedy,
merciless and cruel as wolves,
Tearing into the poor and feasting on them,
shredding the needy to pieces only to discard them.
15-16 A freeloader has twin daughters
named “Gimme” and “Gimme more.”
Four Insatiables
Three things are never satisfied,
no, there are four that never say, “That’s enough, thank you!”—
hell,
a barren womb,
a parched land,
a forest fire.
* * *
17 An eye that disdains a father
and despises a mother—
that eye will be plucked out by wild vultures
and consumed by young eagles.
Four Mysteries
18-19 Three things amaze me,
no, four things I’ll never understand—
how an eagle flies so high in the sky,
how a snake glides over a rock,
how a ship navigates the ocean,
why adolescents act the way they do.
* * *
20 Here’s how a prostitute operates:
she has sex with her client,
Takes a bath,
then asks, “Who’s next?”
Four Intolerables
21-23 Three things are too much for even the earth to bear,
yes, four things shake its foundations—
when the janitor becomes the boss,
when a fool gets rich,
when a prostitute is voted “woman of the year,”
when a “girlfriend” replaces a faithful wife.
Four Small Wonders
24-28 There are four small creatures,
wisest of the wise they are—
ants—frail as they are,
get plenty of food in for the winter;
marmots—vulnerable as they are,
manage to arrange for rock-solid homes;
locusts—leaderless insects,
yet they strip the field like an army regiment;
lizards—easy enough to catch,
but they sneak past vigilant palace guards.
Four Dignitaries
29-31 There are three solemn dignitaries,
four that are impressive in their bearing—
a lion, king of the beasts, deferring to none;
a rooster, proud and strutting;
a billy goat;
a head of state in stately procession.
* * *
32-33 If you’re dumb enough to call attention to yourself
by offending people and making rude gestures,
Don’t be surprised if someone bloodies your nose.
Churned milk turns into butter;
riled emotions turn into fist fights.
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Gandalph and team review Pollution Solutions shows with Dr. Young
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Dr. Robert O. Young shares with Jen Kimberly How To Prepare Live and Dried Blood Sample
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Truth Handler gtr Dr. Robert Young
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#DrRobertYoung with some #TRUTH #MOABS with the #gandalph team #WWG1WGA #NCSWIC #HEALTH
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The validation of power lies within an urgency of message. #drrobertyoung with a #sunday message of #power and #redemption #WETHEPEOPLE of the Risen #christ must come together. #WWg1WGA #ncswic #gandalph
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,#thebeatles once composed a tune about #drrobertyoung Hear the story, as told on a recent Team #gandalph cast #WWg1WGA #ncswic #thor #redemptionshield
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GANDALPH AND TEAM WELCOME BACK MIKE PENNY FOR A #FREQUENCY DISCUSSION #HERTZSOGOOD #RIFE
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GANDALPH AND TEAM RECONNECT TO DISCUSS PROCESSED FOOD AND HOW TO DETOX
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VAGUS JACKPOT
What makes us tick? DE Programming takes a physical component.
Join the Gandalph team as we discuss the physical component of @trustyourgut #technology #medbeds #healing #mentalhealth
Vagus Nerve animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSjHvaGnX5A
Five easy ways to stimulate your Vagus Nerve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSN2CeDkslg
AI response to TMS vs ...
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain. It's also known as repetitive TMS (rTMS) because it involves delivering hundreds or thousands of pulses in a single session. TMS is used to treat a variety of psychiatric and neurological disorders, including:
Depression
TMS is often used as an alternative treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) in patients who haven't responded well to antidepressants. It's usually only used when other treatments haven't been effective.
Other disorders
TMS may also be used to treat PTSD, OCD, Tourette syndrome, migraines, strokes, Parkinson's disease, dystonia, tinnitus, and auditory hallucinations.
During TMS, an electric pulse generator, or stimulator, is connected to a magnetic coil that's placed on the patient's scalp. The coil produces high and low-intensity magnetic fields that induce an electric current in the brain, stimulating specific regions. The stimulator has controls to adjust the number of pulses, pulse frequency, and pulse intensity. A technician or doctor determines the stimulation intensity.
TMS is performed in an office setting and doesn't require sedation or surgery. Sessions typically last 20–50 minutes and are conducted five days a week for several weeks. TMS is generally well tolerated, but the most common side effect is headache. It can also be dangerous for people with cochlear implants or metal plates on their skull, as the magnetic field can pull on the implants and cause injury
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ADHD cure with MUSE / MyndLyft
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The Brain Driver product review
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Caputron 3x3 activadose tDCS device starter kit reviews
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Pulsetto Vagus Nerve Stimulator
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PRP buyers guide
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BrainsWay Products
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Caputron on Amazon
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Take a journey down the #rabbithole of #success with the #gandalph team .. #WWG1WGA #Tool #NCSWIC #ascension #relatonship #mentalHealth #escapethematrix #Matrix #documentary
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Take a journey down the #rabbithole of #success with the #gandalph team .. #WWG1WGA #Tool #NCSWIC #ascension #relatonship #mentalHealth #escapethematrix #Matrix #documentary
EQ 2.0 Success Habits
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Take a journey down the #rabbithole of #success with the #gandalph team .. #WWG1WGA #Tool #NCSWIC #ascension #relatonship #mentalHealth #escapethematrix #Matrix #documentary
Khazarian History Pt1
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Team #Gandalph covers #Khazarian #history #hidden from the public eye by the #MSM for an #ageofchrist period The #occult (hidden) path from recorded narrative is a #falseflag event that has always been #truth to the #uselesseaters #WWG1WGA #ncswic
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Khazarian History Pt 2
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Team #Gandalph covers #Khazarian #history #hidden from the public eye by the #MSM for an #ageofchrist period The #occult (hidden) path from recorded narrative is a #falseflag event that has always been #truth to the #uselesseaters #WWG1WGA #ncswic
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FIREBALL 🔥
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GANDALPH AND TEAM RECONVENE FOR A SHORT CATCH UP ON AS THE WORLD BURNS #FIREBALL #RINGOFFIRE #HBDGANDALPH
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Gospel of The Holy Twelve S40 thru S70
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The Gospel of the Holy Twelve, known as the Gospel of the Nazarenes is the original teachings of the Nazarene called Christ. The language of this text is reminiscent of the KJV verbiage of the 66 book version of scripture
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Marriage Counseling
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The program we are trapped in - one of the levels is downloading the VOW relationship. The deceit of the enemy is threaded into this core relationship. NOT the Bride of Christ truth we seek
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Puppy Love
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The first video in the series.
Explore the wonder of a relationship that is possessed by LOVE so anxious - like your Dog waiting at the window - waiting and watching.
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REMOTE VIEWING 2.0
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GANDALPH AND TEAM RECONVENE OVER ANOTHER EXCITING TOPIC
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WAYWARD WIZARD
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Gandalph attends an HOA meeting with our friends at TTS88
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3D WAR
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Gandalph and #Dream Team reconvene for a day show with a follow up show tonight with TTS88
#AlbertPike #ThreeWars #DryBonesRattle
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WAYWARD WIZARD
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Gandalph attends an HOA meeting with our friends at TTS88
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WAYWARD WIZARD
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Gandalph on the run. A wayward Wizard is not readily ... predictable
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NIXON DOCTRINE
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Gandalph and team reconnect and dig into #37th President Nixon and his 1968 campaign "Peace with Honor" for ending the Vietnam War
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THE GOOD, BAD & UGLY OF NPO'S
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GANDALPH AND #DREAM TEAM RECONVENE #TUNE IN @3:00 MST
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ROBOTS AND CLONES
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GANDALPH AND TEAM RECONVENE FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF ANYTHING BUT THE CURRENT NARRATIVE #GANDALPH #HOBBITS #DREAMTEAM
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Proverbs EIGHT
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The #message translation - #narrative #reading of #scripture.
TEXT
Proverbs 8
The Message
Lady Wisdom Calls Out
8 1-11 Do you hear Lady Wisdom calling?
Can you hear Madame Insight raising her voice?
She’s taken her stand at First and Main,
at the busiest intersection.
Right in the city square
where the traffic is thickest, she shouts,
“You—I’m talking to all of you,
everyone out here on the streets!
Listen, you idiots—learn good sense!
You blockheads—shape up!
Don’t miss a word of this—I’m telling you how to live well,
I’m telling you how to live at your best.
My mouth chews and savors and relishes truth—
I can’t stand the taste of evil!
You’ll only hear true and right words from my mouth;
not one syllable will be twisted or skewed.
You’ll recognize this as true—you with open minds;
truth-ready minds will see it at once.
Prefer my life-disciplines over chasing after money,
and God-knowledge over a lucrative career.
For Wisdom is better than all the trappings of wealth;
nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her.
12-21 “I am Lady Wisdom, and I live next to Sanity;
Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street.
The Fear-of-God means hating Evil,
whose ways I hate with a passion—
pride and arrogance and crooked talk.
Good counsel and common sense are my characteristics;
I am both Insight and the Virtue to live it out.
With my help, leaders rule,
and lawmakers legislate fairly;
With my help, governors govern,
along with all in legitimate authority.
I love those who love me;
those who look for me find me.
Wealth and Glory accompany me—
also substantial Honor and a Good Name.
My benefits are worth more than a big salary, even a very big salary;
the returns on me exceed any imaginable bonus.
You can find me on Righteous Road—that’s where I walk—
at the intersection of Justice Avenue,
Handing out life to those who love me,
filling their arms with life—armloads of life!
22-31 “God sovereignly made me—the first, the basic—
before he did anything else.
I was brought into being a long time ago,
well before Earth got its start.
I arrived on the scene before Ocean,
yes, even before Springs and Rivers and Lakes.
Before Mountains were sculpted and Hills took shape,
I was already there, newborn;
Long before God stretched out Earth’s Horizons,
and tended to the minute details of Soil and Weather,
And set Sky firmly in place,
I was there.
When he mapped and gave borders to wild Ocean,
built the vast vault of Heaven,
and installed the fountains that fed Ocean,
When he drew a boundary for Sea,
posted a sign that said no trespassing,
And then staked out Earth’s Foundations,
I was right there with him, making sure everything fit.
Day after day I was there, with my joyful applause,
always enjoying his company,
Delighted with the world of things and creatures,
happily celebrating the human family.
32-36 “So, my dear friends, listen carefully;
those who embrace these my ways are most blessed.
Mark a life of discipline and live wisely;
don’t squander your precious life.
Blessed the man, blessed the woman, who listens to me,
awake and ready for me each morning,
alert and responsive as I start my day’s work.
When you find me, you find life, real life,
to say nothing of God’s good pleasure.
But if you wrong me, you damage your very soul;
when you reject me, you’re flirting with death.”
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