So Solomon answered, “If Adonijah shows that he is a good man, then I promise that not even a hair on his head will be hurt. But if he does anything wrong, then he will die.”
Proverbs 13:6 - Easy To Read Version Goodness protects a good, honest person. But evil defeats the person that loves to sin. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: But wickedness overthroweth the sinner. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Righteousness (rightness and justice in every area and relation) guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness plunges into sin and overthrows the sinner. American Standard Version (1901) Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner. Common English Bible Righteousness guards the innocent on the path, but wickedness misleads sinners. Catholic Public Domain Version Justice guards the way of the innocent. But impiety undermines the sinner. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Justice keepeth the way of the innocent: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. |
So Solomon answered, “If Adonijah shows that he is a good man, then I promise that not even a hair on his head will be hurt. But if he does anything wrong, then he will die.”
That was the sin that caused the destruction and ruin of his kingdom.
He offered sacrifices {\cf2\super [327]} to the gods the people of Damascus worshiped. The people of Damascus had defeated Ahaz. So he thought to himself, “The gods the people of Aram worship helped them. So if I offer sacrifices to those gods, maybe they will help me also.” Ahaz worshiped those gods. In this way he sinned, and he made the people of Israel sin.
People living pure lives are happy.\par Those people follow the Lord’s teachings.\par
Lord, don’t let those liars live.\par Make bad things happen\par to those bad people.\par
Only a person who lives a pure life,\par and does good things,\par and speaks truth from the heart\par \{can live on your mountain\}.\par
Lord, judge me.\par Prove that I have lived a pure life.\par I never stopped trusting the Lord.\par
The Lord protects good people. But the Lord destroys people that do wrong.
The Lord hates people that love to do evil. But he is happy with people that try to do right.
Good, honest people are guided by honesty. But evil people destroy themselves when they cheat other people.
God is good. God knows what evil people are doing, and he will punish them.
The sins of an evil person will trap him. His sins will be like ropes holding him.