Saturday, May 23, 2015

Proverbs 12

Proverbs 12:12
The wicked man desires the booty of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields fruit.
This serves as a dual warning.  First, there is the advisory of the evil man.  He wants what others have, and often it's another evil man who has more, or what the other evil man has is more desirable.  Good men, on the other hand, get what they've planned for, and are better for it.

However, there's another warning in this, as well.  If you get what you have by evil, then you will attract the attention of other evil men.  They will want what you now have.  So even though you've gotten stuff, you're immediately at risk of losing it to someone else, which perpetuates the cycle.

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