Today’s passage emphasizes the importance of living with integrity and wisdom, and warns us to stay away from dishonesty and laziness. God wants us to have respect for authority, whether that authority is our parents or our government. However, God’s authority trumps all others. Discipline and punishment for defying God’s authority cultivates wisdom and yields righteousness in us. Please open your Bible to Proverbs twenty, verse twelve, and listen to the conclusion of Pastor Ray Viola’s discussion of this chapter.