Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Proverbs 4:10–23; Gal 5:16–24

<p><strong>Proverbs 4:10–23 (NKJV)</strong></p><p><strong>10</strong> Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,</p><p>And the years of your life will be many.</p><p><strong>11</strong> I have taught you in the way of wisdom;</p><p>I have led you in right paths.</p><p><strong>12</strong> When you walk, your steps will not be hindered,</p><p>And when you run, you will not stumble.</p><p><strong>13</strong> Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go;</p><p>Keep her, for she <em>is</em> your life.</p><p><strong>14</strong> Do not enter the path of the wicked,</p><p>And do not walk in the way of evil.</p><p><strong>15</strong> Avoid it, do not travel on it;</p><p>Turn away from it and pass on.</p><p><strong>16</strong> For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;</p><p>And their sleep is taken away unless they make <em>someone</em> fall.</p><p><strong>17</strong> For they eat the bread of wickedness,</p><p>And drink the wine of violence.</p><p><strong>18</strong> But the path of the just <em>is</em> like the shining sun,</p><p>That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.</p><p><strong>19</strong> The way of the wicked <em>is</em> like darkness;</p><p>They do not know what makes them stumble.</p><p><strong>20</strong> My son, give attention to my words;</p><p>Incline your ear to my sayings.</p><p><strong>21</strong> Do not let them depart from your eyes;</p><p>Keep them in the midst of your heart;</p><p><strong>22</strong> For they <em>are</em> life to those who find them,</p><p>And health to all their flesh.</p><p><strong>23</strong> Keep your heart with all diligence,</p><p>For out of it <em>spring</em> the issues of life.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>READING</strong></p><p><strong>Galatians 5:16–24 (NKJV)</strong></p><p><strong>16</strong> I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. <strong>17</strong> For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. <strong>18</strong> But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.</p><p><strong>19</strong> Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, <strong>20</strong> idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, <strong>21</strong> envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told <em>you</em> in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.</p><p><strong>22</strong> But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, <strong>23</strong> gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. <strong>24</strong> And those <em>who are</em> Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.</p>