Prayer – Lord God, I want to live to please and serve
You. Give me wisdom to see the things that please You and the things You hate.
Help me to apply the good and avoid the evil in my life.
Rise above the darkness...evil.
Do good.
Seek the Light of the Lord.
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There are six things the LORD hates—no, seven things
he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart
that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out
lies, a person who sows discord in a family. Proverbs 6:16-19
Meditate. Consider what God hates and avoid that.
There is wisdom in God’s words…and only by knowing what
pleases Him can we do that. Here’s a verse for each of the seven things that
the Lord hates so that we can gain some wisdom and seek to please Him in our
lives.
Haughty eyes:
LORD, my heart is
not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I don't concern myself with matters too
great or too awesome for me to grasp. Instead, I have calmed and quieted
myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother's milk. Yes,
like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, put your hope in the LORD—now
and always. Psalm 131:1-3
Lying tongue:
Don't let me be
disgraced, O LORD, for I call out to you for help. Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them lie silent in the grave. Silence their lying lips--those proud and
arrogant lips that accuse the godly. How great is the goodness you have stored
up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for
protection, blessing them before the watching world. Psalm 31:17-19
Hands that kill innocent:
My child, if sinners
entice you, turn your back on them! They may say, "Come and join us. Let's
hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let's ambush the innocent! ... My child,
don't go along with them! Stay far away from their paths. Proverbs 1:10-11,
15
Heart that plots evil:
Sin whispers to the
wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all. In their
blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are. Everything they say
is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good. They lie awake at
night, hatching sinful plots. Their actions are never good. They make no
attempt to turn from evil. Psalm 36:1-4
Feet racing to do wrong:
But you, Timothy,
are a man of God; so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a
godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. Fight the
good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God
has called you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses. 1
Timothy 6:11-12
False witness:
You must not pass
along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the
witness stand. You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you are
called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist justice.
Exodus 23:1-2
Person who sows discord in the family:
The words of the
godly are a life-giving fountain; the words of the wicked conceal violent
intentions. Hatred stirs up quarrels, but love makes up for all offenses. Proverbs
10:11-12
These are only a verse for each of the things the Lord abhors.
Search for yourselves for other verses to gain more insight and wisdom. Leave a
comment in the section below as to what scripture passages you discovered that
were applicable.
Do you want to please God? Seek the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.
Be wise.
Verse of Salvation ~ But we are looking forward to the
new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God's
righteousness. And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to
happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and
blameless in his sight. And remember, our Lord's patience gives people time
to be saved. This is what our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you with
the wisdom God gave him—speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of
his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable
have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do
with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their destruction. 2
Peter 3:13-16 (Underlined for emphasis.)
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