Violence
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I. Soliciting Evil
I. Soliciting Evil
1. Starts with Peer Pressure
1. Starts with Peer Pressure
10 My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
2. They Appeal to Their Power
2. They Appeal to Their Power
11 If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
3. They Appeal to Easy Money
3. They Appeal to Easy Money
13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;
14 Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,”
4. Don’t Trust Them
4. Don’t Trust Them
15 My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,
5. They Can’t Deliver
5. They Can’t Deliver
16 For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.
17 Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.
The feet or way of living should run away from these liers as they run twoard trouble
II. Violence
II. Violence
1. Don’t Want What They Have
1. Don’t Want What They Have
31 Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways.
32 For the devious are an abomination to the Lord; But He is intimate with the upright.
2. Don’t Get Caught In Their Trap
2. Don’t Get Caught In Their Trap
Proverbs 21:7 (NASB95)
7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice.
3. Don’t Fall for Their Act
3. Don’t Fall for Their Act
29 A wicked man displays a bold face, But as for the upright, he makes his way sure.
Dad as a Detroit cop arresting a wanna be tough guy.
III. Murders
III. Murders
17 A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.
IV. Causing Harm
IV. Causing Harm
29 Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.
30 Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.
V. Revenge
V. Revenge
22 Do not say, “I will repay evil”; Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.
28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”
VI. Dissension and Strife
VI. Dissension and Strife
A. Evaluation of Strife
A. Evaluation of Strife
16 There are six things which the Lord hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,
19 A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
B. Preference to Strife
B. Preference to Strife
1 Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.
C. Solution to Strife
C. Solution to Strife
18 The cast lot puts an end to strife And decides between the mighty ones.
D. Consequence of Strife
D. Consequence of Strife
19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
VII. Meddling
VII. Meddling
1. Will Get You Bit
1. Will Get You Bit
17 Like one who takes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him.
2. Will Pollute You
2. Will Pollute You
26 Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
3. Will Weigh You Down
3. Will Weigh You Down
3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
4. Will Get You Stuck
4. Will Get You Stuck
10 He who leads the upright astray in an evil way Will himself fall into his own pit, But the blameless will inherit good.
