Tag: wicked
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A You More Like Boaz or Saul?
49At this, all Adonijah’s guests rose in alarm and dispersed. 50But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. 51Then Solomon was told, “Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon and is clinging to the horns of the altar. He says, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will…
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Compromise and Idols
12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse, 13who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways, 14who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil, 15whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways. 16Wisdom will save you also…
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Wickedness and the Righteous One
12The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.–Proverbs 21
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God’s Eyes
3The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.–Proverbs 15
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Two Choices, One Perspective
12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him. 13But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.–Ecclesiastes 8…
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Make This Your Psalm
2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,my steps had nearly slipped.–Psalm 73 Countless times when I journey with people, they utter some version of this complaint. “Why does God allow the wicked people to have it easier and make life harder for the ones who actually love Him?” Admit it, you’ve said something…