Avoiding Evil Men

“Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths.” (Proverbs 2: 14-15).
Not only do ungodly men commit evil, but they rejoice to do evil. They love to do wrong and do not care who knows it. God says that even when men know “the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” (Romans 1: 28-32). Ungodly men justify their sins and love to see others commit sin as well. “Misery loves company” applies easily to ungodly men who recruit others to engage in debauchery and lasciviousness. Today’s proverb says: they “delight in the frowardness (perverseness) of the wicked.” Godly men, on the other hand, know that “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Proverbs 14:12). They realize that “wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14). Whereas ungodly men actively seek evil, godly men do everything in their power to avoid it. “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” (Psalms 1:1-2) Men of God, may we “walk worthy of God, who hath called [us] into his kingdom and glory.” (I Thessalonians 2:12)