Proverbs 6: 12-19
Have you ever wondered, when meeting a new person, whether or not they are someone who will help you grow or even just be a good friend to have? Have you ever asked yourself, “What are worthless and wicked people like?” In Proverbs chapter 6, Solomon gives us many lessons for our daily lives. He warms us about wicked people and their perverted hearts, and also many things that the Lord hates.
To answer the question of ‘what are worthless people like’, Solomon answers with this, “…they are constant liars, signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye, a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.” Solomon doesn’t say that wicked people are going to be so obvious that if you don’t realize that they are wicked then you are absolutely crazy, but instead he puts an image that wicked people won’t always be so obvious, they will be sneaky and hard to read. But he goes on to say that “their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble.” Instead of joining in on their wicked ways, I believe that Solomon gives us this warning because he wants us to be aware that these people will not help you grow, but instead they will stop you from the growth that is needed.
“BUT they will be destroyed suddenly, broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.” (Emphasis added on ‘but’). This is another warning that Solomon was sharing with us, to stay away from the ways of the wicked, otherwise we will also be destroyed, and broken in an instant.
“There are six things the Lord hates no, seven things he detests:”
before we jump into what God hates, we must understand that God hates these things because He did not intend for them to be in this world, but because we as humans sinned, this world became a broken place full of these things.
“haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that kill the innocent,
a heart that plots evil,
feet that race to do wrong,
a false witness who pours out lies
a person who sows discord in a family.”
The book of Proverbs notes different types of people and actions that God hates, they are guidelines of what not to be and do. I want to encourage you to take a deeper look into the book of Proverbs so that you can be aware of these things that Solomon talks about.
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