Pro 2:13-15 | KingComments | STEP | In the father gives the first example of protection from evil. His son will not get on “the way of evil” if he is guided by ‘discretion’ and ‘understanding’ ( ). The way of evil is a wrong, sinful walk of life. The second line of the verse indicates where the evil lies and that is listening to “the man who speaks perverse things”. That man is just as perverse as the things that he speaks. He comes to the youngster with false, distorted words, lies. He and what he speaks contrast with what is just and pure. This man presents the son the easy, sunny path. But if wisdom has entered the heart of the son and knowledge is pleasant to his soul, he will not succumb to the temptation of that easy path. True wisdom expressed in discretion and understanding, is the protection against listening to the fake wisdom of the man with his fancy talking. give a further description of this evil man and all evil men who speak perverse things. What kind of people they are is shown in the way they go. You see that they “leave the right way” ( ). He who speaks perverse things is not going the right paths, the paths of the good, the paths of God. They consciously choose to “go on the paths of darkness”. Their ways lack light. They do not know God and do not want to know Him. Therefore, they do not walk in the light, but in the darkness of sin. At the same time, this also marks where they will end up, in eternal darkness. They love to do evil, to sin ( ). They take “pleasure in wickedness” ( ). It is so strong that they applaud when they see perverse things happen. We see this more and more today. Evil is glorified. The vilest, dirtiest drawings and the most debauched texts should be allowed to be published. Freedom of speech is the highest good. The right to it must never be given up, even if God and all His commandments are mocked in the most horrible way. The masses run screaming after this. The father warns his son about this mass hysteria. describes their corrupt ways in various terms. These arch villains are cunning and false in the paths that they walk. Here it also regards their whole behavior. They continually ignore the right paths. The way they live is not in any way coherent with the right paths. Nothing is in line with the path of God. If you follow their path, you will walk in darkness and you will end up in darkness. They follow the path of destruction, they leave behind them a trail of destruction, and they end up in the eternal destruction. The son needs wisdom to protect himself from these men. They turn the ways of the Lord upside down and try to draw others in it They do this by creating chaos regarding what is good or evil. This is how man without God likes it. But the son who is guided by discretion and understanding keeps far from these men and their talk.

‏ Proverbs 2:13-15

Wisdom Delivers From the Way of Evil

In Pro 2:12 the father gives the first example of protection from evil. His son will not get on “the way of evil” if he is guided by ‘discretion’ and ‘understanding’ (Pro 2:11). The way of evil is a wrong, sinful walk of life.

The second line of the verse indicates where the evil lies and that is listening to “the man who speaks perverse things”. That man is just as perverse as the things that he speaks. He comes to the youngster with false, distorted words, lies. He and what he speaks contrast with what is just and pure.

This man presents the son the easy, sunny path. But if wisdom has entered the heart of the son and knowledge is pleasant to his soul, he will not succumb to the temptation of that easy path. True wisdom expressed in discretion and understanding, is the protection against listening to the fake wisdom of the man with his fancy talking.

Pro 2:13-15 give a further description of this evil man and all evil men who speak perverse things. What kind of people they are is shown in the way they go. You see that they “leave the right way” (Pro 2:13). He who speaks perverse things is not going the right paths, the paths of the good, the paths of God.

They consciously choose to “go on the paths of darkness”. Their ways lack light. They do not know God and do not want to know Him. Therefore, they do not walk in the light, but in the darkness of sin. At the same time, this also marks where they will end up, in eternal darkness.

They love to do evil, to sin (Pro 2:14). They take “pleasure in wickedness” (2Thes 2:12). It is so strong that they applaud when they see perverse things happen. We see this more and more today. Evil is glorified. The vilest, dirtiest drawings and the most debauched texts should be allowed to be published. Freedom of speech is the highest good. The right to it must never be given up, even if God and all His commandments are mocked in the most horrible way. The masses run screaming after this. The father warns his son about this mass hysteria.

Pro 2:15 describes their corrupt ways in various terms. These arch villains are cunning and false in the paths that they walk. Here it also regards their whole behavior. They continually ignore the right paths. The way they live is not in any way coherent with the right paths. Nothing is in line with the path of God. If you follow their path, you will walk in darkness and you will end up in darkness. They follow the path of destruction, they leave behind them a trail of destruction, and they end up in the eternal destruction.

The son needs wisdom to protect himself from these men. They turn the ways of the Lord upside down and try to draw others in it They do this by creating chaos regarding what is good or evil. This is how man without God likes it. But the son who is guided by discretion and understanding keeps far from these men and their talk.