Podcast E26 - Pursue the Righteous and Righteousness; Flee the Wicked and Wickedness

11:27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.

15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.

17:15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

17:26 To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

19:19 A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.

24:1-2 Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them, for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

24:15-16 Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home; for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

24:17-18 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.

24:19-20 Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

24:21-22 My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise, for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?

24:24-25 Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.

24:26 Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips.

25:19 Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

28:4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.

28:9 If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.