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Psalm 1:1 NIV

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,

Matthew 7:13 NIV

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

...blessed...

"Blessed" does not mean "happy" but "joyful." When you are blessed, you always have joy, even when you you are not happy.

...walk...stand...sit...

Notice the three stages of apostasy in the same verse, as one comes closer and closer to God's enemies: Wicked ==> sinners ==> mockers

Not progression, but devolution.

Adam and Eve walked in the counsel of the Most Wicked.

Matthew 7:13-27 offers two choices three times: Godly vs. godless

Take your pick.