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… Who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of the wicked. Whose ways are crooked. and who are devious in their paths. Verse 16, to deliver you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words. Who forsakes the companion. of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. For her house leads down to death and her paths to the dead. None who go to her return, nor do they regain the paths of life. And here's what we'll be today. So you may walk in the way of goodness and keep to the paths of righteousness. For the upright will come on the land and the blameless will remain in it. But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the unfaithful will be uprooted from it. Father, we pray today that you would take your holy, pure, perfect word, the Bible, that you would lift these few verses we'll be looking at in the closing of this chapter up off the pages and have them, Lord, be embossed upon our hearts. …
… and delight in the perversity of the wicked. Whose ways are crooked and who are devious in their paths. To deliver you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words. Who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. For her house leads down to death and her paths to the dead. None who go to her return, nor do they regain the paths of life. So you may walk in the way of goodness and keep the paths of righteousness. For the upright will dwell in the land and the blameless will remain in it. But the wicked will be cut off from the earth and the unfaithful will be uprooted from it. And all God's people said, amen. You may be seated. So we're looking at this series, this chapter, we've titled, themed out, will save your life. You'll see, obviously, you're starting to see a hint of it even now in the reading. The wisdom of God will, in fact, save your life. …
… We'll come back to it. It's Proverbs 2, verses 10 to 22. and we'll read it. So I'll take verse 10 if you guys pick it up in verse 11. When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul. Discretion will preserve you. Understanding will keep you. To deliver you from the way of evil. From the man who speaks perverse things. From those who lead the paths of uprightness. To walk in the ways of darkness. Who rejoice in doing evil. And delight in the perversity of the wicked. Whose ways are crooked. and who are devious in their paths. Verse 16, to deliver you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words, who forsakes the companion of her. For her house leads down to death and her paths to the dead. So you may walk in the way of goodness and keep the paths of righteousness. Verse 22, we'll end here. But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the unfaithful will be uprooted from it. …
… to walk in the ways of darkness. whose ways are crooked and who are devious in their paths. who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. None who go to her return, nor do they regain the paths of life. So you may walk in the way of goodness and heed to the path of righteousness. For the upright will dwell in the land, and the blameless will remain in it. But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the unpaid will be unruited from you. And all God's people said, Amen. You may be seated. So God is announcing, God is saying, there is justice, there is equity, there is the right path, there is the good way. Down deep inside, even if you're not familiar with the Bible, you know that that's true. There is a way. In fact, I know this about you, though I may not know you personally. I know this about the God that made us, that he has written onto the human heart what is the right way and what is the wrong way. …
… And I'll start it off in verse 1, if you'll pick it up in verse 2. Proverbs chapter 2, verses 1 to 22. The way of wisdom will save your life. Solomon says, my son, if you receive my words and treasure my commands within you. So that you incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding. Yes, if you cry out for discernment and lift up your voice for understanding. If you seek her as silver. and search for her, ask for hidden treasures. Then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find knowledge or the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom. Verse 7. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path. Discretion will preserve you. Understanding will keep you. To deliver you. From the way of evil, from the man who speaks of perverse things. From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness. …