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Proverbs 2:1-22

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My son, if you accept My words, ... and if you call out for insight ... and if you look for it as ... for hidden treasure, Then you will understand the fear of the Lord ... then you will understand what is just and right and fair--every good path.

Guard you, protect you, save you ... from wicked, perverse, dark ways, crooked paths; also from seductive, sexual sin.

For the upright, the blameless, will live in the land and remain in it; but the wicked, the unfaithful, will be cut off and torn from the land.

God always gives us the choice, whether we want to do right and trust that what He says really is true. It's our own decision to want what is wise or to seek out worldly things and attitudes, which is foolishness. This world is very seductive, in both its attitudes and philosophies, and also in its moral standards that ignore the harm that results from the perverseness and worldly pleasures.

It's our choice.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!