Day Four: Proverbs Road Trip

Proverbs 4:14-16 "Do not do as the wicket do or follow the path of evil doers. Avoid their haunts. Turn away and go somewhere else, for evil people cannot sleep until they have done their evil deed for the day. They cannot rest unless they have caused someone to stumble."

This is another on of those days when taking just one verse is going to be tough. I’ve never really “noticed” verses fourteen through sixteen before. Those three words at the beginning of verse fifteen really stand out in the New Living Translation of Proverbs 14: “Avoid their haunts.”

But if you really want to get the point, read the verse in the Old English (King James) translation: “Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.” Do you think he’s trying to make a point here?

As I journey through “today” I want to keep my eyes open so that I do not fall for the detours and paths of those who choose the morally wrong. Their only purpose is to cause me to stumble.

So today, LORD, let me keep my eyes open, looking straight ahead keeping to Your path that is safe!