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Don't Be Wicked

Proverbs 21:12

The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked, overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.

Gideon had 70 sons. One of them was Abimelech. When Gideon died, Abimelech killed all of his other brothers except Jotham, who managed to hide and escape. After that, he was made king by the people of Shechem. Abimelech was a very wicked man. 

One day, God sent an evil spirit to make a war between Abimelech and the men of Shechem. At the end of the war, a woman dropped a large stone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull. It was so humiliating when a king or a warrior died in the hand of a woman. In order to protect himself from this embarrassment, he asked his armor bearer to kill him. This was how God punished Abimelech for the evil thing he had done. 

Without doubt, God is a merciful God and He will always forgive those who repent from their wrong ways. On the contrary, God will repay the wickedness of those who do evil and refuse to turn away from their evil ways.

Prayer

Dear God, I want to guard my heart from all wickedness. I give You my heart and my soul. Amen.