Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked, or stand in the way that sinners take, or sit in the company of mockers.
WALKING WITH THE WICKED
The wicked are themselves deceived and seek only to deceive others, including the righteous, if possible.
Proverbs 12:5
The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
THE WAY Of SINNERS - Proverbs 2:12-17
The way of sinners is the way of evil, and therefore, it is not The Way of the righteous. The evildoer lies and has a hypocritical tongue. The evildoer enjoys evil and takes great pleasure in it. Their path is not strait, and their words are perverse. The prostitute and the adulterer tempt and seduce. Their ways are traps and snares for the unwise, the unsuspecting.
THE COMPANY OF MOCKERS
A mocker is a person who derides The Truth of God's Word. The mocker is scornful of righteous ways. Intolerance and hate spew from the mocker's mouth. Pride, arrogance, and self-righteousness rise up in their hearts and violence perpetrates harm and death to the target of their derision.
To keep company with such is to keep company with death and destruction. This, too, is not The Way of the righteous. Contempt drips from their lips. Rebellion against The Authority of God has taken up residence in their hearts. Of such the believer is not to align themselves with, for they are corrupt and divisive.
The mockers persecute, torment, are scornful of, belittle, and ridicule the righteous. To mock is to lampoon, scoff, jibe, jeer, sneer. It is intended to dissuade the righteous from The Way by speaking words which could torment the mind and cause the weary heart to be discontent, fearful and doubting.
THE RIGHTEOUS ARE WISE
But the faithful, righteous, born-again believer who is filled with The Word of God daily and listens to God's Holy Spirit, The Voice of Wisdom, will not be so easily dissuaded, nor overcome by the evildoers, the workers of iniquity, of this world. The righteous are blessed by their God because they walk in His Way of Holiness, in The Path of Righteousness.
Psalm 40:4 - The righteous trust in The Lord. They listen not to the prideful, nor to the liars
Psalm 112:1 - The righteous fear The Lord and greatly delight in His commandments
Proverbs 3:13 - The righteous find wisdom and acquire understanding
Proverbs 12:5; 16:3 - The plans of the righteous are just
Proverbs 11:30; Daniel 12:3; James 5:19, 20; Jude 1:22, 23 - The righteous win souls to The Lord
BLESSED ARE THE RIGHTEOUS - A Few Scriptural References of Such:
Matthew 5:3-11 - Be Attitudes
Psalm 144:15 - Who Choose The Lord
Psalm 128:1 - Who Fear The Lord & Walk in His Ways
James 1:12 - Who Perseveres Under Trial
1 Peter 3:14 - Who Suffer For What Is Right
Luke 11:28 - Who Hear The Word & Obey It
Romans 4:7, 8 - Whose Sins Are Covered & Forgiven
And, ultimately,
Revelation 19:9 - Who Are Invited To The Marriage Supper of The Lamb
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