Let me describe for you a worthless and a wicked man; first, he is a
constant liar; he signals his true intentions to his friends with eyes and feet
and fingers.
He is always
thinking up new schemes to swindle people. He stirs up trouble everywhere. But he will be destroyed suddenly, broken
beyond hope of healing. There are six
things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that
shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run
to evil, a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a
family. Proverbs 6:12-19
(NRSV)
It’s a pretty
odious list – lying, killing the innocent, plotting; but note the Hebrew mind presents
this list as if building a mountain. The peak of the mountain would be what the Lord
hates most, #7 – sowing discord in a family. I call it the “art of division”.
The phrase brings
up the picture of a worthless man with a broadcast spreader, showering words of
flattery, deceit and misdirection over people who should be cooperating for good.
These are “weed words” designed to divide
friends, co-workers, neighbors and nations. Instead of sowing confidence and truth among people,
a worthless person divides and weakens.
…and God says
he HATES
that!
And whatever God says He hates has
a tendency to run into trouble…big trouble!
Today…for you
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