Proverbs 1:31

Of their own way. It is not an act of arbitrary power on the part of God that removes the wicked from His presence (Hosea 13:9; 14:1). It is the impenitent themselves who have placed their wills at cross-purposes with the Source of life, so that His loving presence will be to them a consuming fire (see DA 764, 107; GC 36). The careless and the obdurate suffer a similar fate, for neither is fit to live in a perfect world. To them, eternal life in sinless surroundings would be eternal torment; death is a merciful release from the pangs of vain regret (see SC 20).