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Proverbs 1:15-19

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

15. My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16. For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 17. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18. And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives. 19. So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 1:15-19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 1:15

Theological / Devotional

Walk not thou. The author sets forth the reasons why a life of crime — or even an attempt to make excessive profits within the law — does not pay. There is danger in even a casual acquaintance with evildoers, for they seem to be impelled to their evil deeds by a power beyond themselves, and association with them will so warp a man’s views of right and wrong that he may find himself joining in their way of life.

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