Walk Of Life – Day 22, April 2021 – Thoughts From The Book Of Proverbs – DON’T s

DO NOT SOW INIQUITY

He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, and the rod of his anger will fail. – Proverbs 22 : 8

Iniquity is a perversion of the truth and a twisted attitude that premeditates and makes plans to commit sin. Iniquities are second nature tendencies that drive us to repeatedly commit sin and defile our character.These perverse attitudes apparently can be passed down from one generation to another. Exodus 20:8 says, “I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me.” Micah 2:1 says, “Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds.” David planned to commit adultery with Bathsheba and plotted to kill her husband Uriah. After he repented, David cried out to God, “Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin” (Psalm 51:2).

Gossip, slander, cursing, and criticism are iniquities. James 3:6 says, “The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body.” Many words that we speak can cause roots of iniquity to flourish.Iniquity leads to rebellion, no fear of God, unnatural affections, and a depraved mind(Romans 1:28-32). “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry” (1 Sam. 15:23).

Job 4:8 says Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.