To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O Lord. Take them away with those who do evil. May Israel have peace!
I know now that the Lord is greater than all other gods, because he rescued his people from the oppression of the proud Egyptians.”
“What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, ‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’ Does the pot exclaim, ‘How clumsy can you be?’
God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.
Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.
And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.