The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Following the way of righteousness directs a person's path in integrity, giving direction and uprightness to his course. In contrast, the wicked fall by their own wickedness, brought down not by outward force but by the evil they themselves commit. Transgression of a just and righteous law inevitably results in misery and ruin, for violation carries its own destructive consequence.
Judgment against an evil work may not be executed speedily, yet wickedness is steadily working out doom and treasuring up wrath until iniquity is full and divine patience is worn out. Those who choose the service of rebellion are left to reap its fruits, abandoned to the harvest of their own choice. France openly set aside the law of God and then reaped devastation, crime, and bitter anguish in the Revolution and the Reign of Terror, a national example of falling by one's own wickedness.
Following the way of righteousness directs a person's path in integrity, giving direction and uprightness to his course. In contrast, the wicked fall by their own wickedness, brought down not by outward force but by the evil they themselves commit. Transgression of a just and righteous law inevitably results in misery and ruin, for violation carries its own destructive consequence.
Judgment against an evil work may not be executed speedily, yet wickedness is steadily working out doom and treasuring up wrath until iniquity is full and divine patience is worn out. Those who choose the service of rebellion are left to reap its fruits, abandoned to the harvest of their own choice. France openly set aside the law of God and then reaped devastation, crime, and bitter anguish in the Revolution and the Reign of Terror, a national example of falling by one's own wickedness.