Chris R. Quinlan

PART 1 can be found here Proverbs 2:12-15 ESV Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse, who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways, who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil, whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways. In part one I dealt only with the warning about men whose words are perverse. In part two I want to look at the other wicked behaviors that wisdom will save us from. To Summarize: Those that turned toward evil behaviors that previously had behaved morally. Those that seem to take pleasure and delight in the doing of wrong. Those that seem to not only enjoy behaving badly, but love to talk about the details of their evil deeds. Those that choose to regularly engage immoral activities and hang out with people that do the same. Those that plot and plan evil acts and are especially deceptive and crafty with their schemes.

Proverbs 2:12-15 ESV Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse, who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways, who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil, whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways. There are two main ideas presented here. One is that there are wicked men . The other is that they have bad ways that we need to be saved from. Wisdom , in these proverbs, is the personification of God. But more specifically, I would say that wisdom is a person's conscience that has been filled up with the truth of God, so that when temptations come along, decisions can be made that will keep us from falling into the traps of Satan. Since wicked men are often the tools Satan uses to try to tempt us, these verses tell us how to identify these men. Of course, this doesn't exclude women. In this post, I'm just going to take a close look at the first bit of advice we ...