Proverbs 2:14
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
BSB
ASV
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
KJV
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
For seeing the city, he wept over it, saying: If you had known, even you. This he did once, when he announced that the city would perish. This our Redeemer never ceases to do daily through his elect, when he considers that certain people have passed from a good life to wicked ways. For he mourns those who do not know why they are mourned, because, according to the words of Solomon: They rejoice when they have done evil and exult in the worst things.
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The walk8
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Through
1 Corinthians 13:6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
leads to
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.
I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.
Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
Through
Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
leads to
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.