Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
The verse commands against settling into and continuing in a wrong course. It forbids standing firm where the thing itself is evil, requiring withdrawal rather than persistence. The evil is not to be maintained, defended, or carried forward once its character is clear.
The verse commands against settling into and continuing in a wrong course. It forbids standing firm where the thing itself is evil, requiring withdrawal rather than persistence. The evil is not to be maintained, defended, or carried forward once its character is clear.