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Proverbs chapter 2 verses 9 through 15

then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity.

Every good path.

For wisdom will come into your heart

and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, delivering you from the way of evil, for men of perverted speech, who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness, who rejoice in doing

evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil, men whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

What a contrast in these verses

between someone who understands righteousness and justice and equity, good paths, wisdom

in their hearts, knowledge pleasant to their souls, discretion, watching over them, understanding, guarding them, delivering them

from the way of evil.

Then that introduces in verse 12 a contrast with those who have perverted speech who forsake

upright paths who walk in ways of darkness and rejoice in doing evil, delighting in the perverseness of evil.

People whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

So as we pray in these days leading up to an election in the United

States as followers of Jesus who live here, and hopefully in ways that apply to our brothers and sisters in other countries.

Proverbs chapter 2 verses 9 through 15 drive us to pray for wise leaders. That's what Proverbs is all about, particularly this part of Proverbs, for wise leaders who fear God and who discern

between good and evil, who walk in upright paths, who lead with justice and equity,

whose paths are not crooked, who are not devious in their ways.

God, we ask for this.

In your mercy, oh God, would you raise up leaders and give us wisdom as we play our part in voting and using

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