Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

whole. you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with the Fool's Proverbs, as we pick up in Proverbs chapter 26 verse one and now with today's

message here's pastor chock.

So we turn now to Proverbs 26?

The first 12 verses of Proverbs 26,

we trust doesn't apply to any of you tonight because it's sort of addressed

towards fools. As snow in summer and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.

The thing about snow and summer and rain in harvest is that they are just out of place. So honor is out of place for a fool.

So it's just something that is out of place.

As the bird by wandering and as the swallow by flying, so the

curse causeless shall not come. The swallow's flight seems to be quite erratic. The word translated bird is the word for

sparrow. And the idea is that if a person tries to curse you without a cause, don't worry about it,

it's not going to be fulfilled or come to pass anyhow. A lot of people are worried because someone's

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