Kept

From: CareLines: Volume 4

By: Paul J. Pascoe

• 1 min. read • grade level: 4

PRO 2:10-22¹⁰When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; ¹¹Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: ¹²To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; ¹³Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; ¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; ¹⁵Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: ¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; ¹⁷Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. ¹⁸For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. ¹⁹None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. ²⁰That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. ²¹For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. ²²But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. (Proverbs 2:10‑22)

When wisdom entereth into thine heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul . . . to deliver thee from the way of the evil man . . . from the strange woman.

Prov. 2:10, 12, 22¹⁰When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; (Proverbs 2:10)
¹²To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; (Proverbs 2:12)
²²But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. (Proverbs 2:22)

We all want to be kept from evil men and women. But what is it that can do this? Only the knowledge and wisdom of God. Where can we get that? By prayerfully and carefully reading God’s Word and by listening to those who reverently teach God’s truth. Solomon got much of his wisdom from his father David. We need to learn from God our Father first of all, then also from those who have experience and wisdom to pass on to those who are younger. We are best kept from evil by learning and doing good.

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