"Hearts That Deviseth Wicked Imaginations"

May 26, 2010

“Hearts That Deviseth Wicked Imaginations”

Blessings Folk!

Nothing changes when it comes to evil in the world.

Those things that are an abomination to the Lord change not.

People walk in pride, pride reflected in their countenance.
People lie.
People shed innocent blood.

Prov 6:16-19
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
KJV

“An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations”?

Other translations read...

Prov 6:16
18 A heart that devises wicked plans,
NASU

Prov 6:16
18 a heart that plots wicked schemes,
(from Holman Christian Standard Bible® Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 by Holman Bible Publishers.)

Prov 6:18
18 a heart that plots evil,
Holy Bible, New Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.


A heart that plots wicked things is an abomination unto the Lord.

Those of the world do such.
Here is the state of the world in Noah’s days just prior to the Flood...

Gen 6:5
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
KJV

Such is the same today, but not just in the world.

Many are the evil thoughts of those who profess to be believers.

I learned of a situation recently where a leader in a church seduced a woman with the line “the enemy had been after me...I know he will leave me alone if I have an affair with you.”

A heart devising an evil plan.
This is a mischievous person.

Prov 24:8
8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
KJV

We experience this evil daily...by those in the world and those who profess to be of the Lord.

There day is coming…

Mic 2:1-3
2 Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands.
2 They covet fields and then seize them, And houses, and take them away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord , "Behold, I am planning against this family a calamity From which you cannot remove your necks; And you will not walk haughtily, For it will be an evil time.
NASU

Political powers covet and consume.
Religious leaders covet and consume.

Calamity from the Lord awaits them.

Where do we stand?
What should we do?

Zech 8:16-17
16 'These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.
17 'Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,' declares the Lord ."
NASU

Therefore, let us do these things…

  • speak the truth to one another
  • judge with truth
  • judge for peace in your gates
  • let none of us devise evil in our hearts against another
  • do not love perjury

God hates…
  • evil
  • perjury

We are not powerless.
We have the Spirit.
We have the Word.
Take captive the thoughts.

2 Cor 10:3-6
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,
4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
6 and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.
NASU

Heb 4:11-12
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
KJV

Enter into the rest of the Lord.