Do you get joy when a criminal is punished, or you pray for them to Jesus?

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Do you get joy when a criminal is punished, or you pray for them to Jesus?

• Pro 20:17 -> “Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.”.

When someone take some advantage in a business, they boast (Prov 20:14). The truth is that the wicked can’t find peace:

• Isa 57:21 -> “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”.

While they don’t see someone suffering some harm, they don’t get elation:

• Pro 4:14-17 -> “Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.”.
• Mic 2:1 -> “Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.”.
• Hos 7:6 -> “For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.”.

It is regrettable that they have delight in the sufferings of people (as the whore of Proverbs 9):

• Pro 9:17 -> “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

What people don’t know is:

• Pro 9:18 -> “But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.”.

Hence the Holy Scripture says:

• Pro 22:24,25 -> “Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.”.

We ought to adopt the same deportment as Moses:

• Heb 11:24,25 -> “By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.”.

So, have a good day finding pleasure only in the company of those who find delight in what is good to Jesus’ eyes. Even when they deserve nemesis, may us find in our heart room for Jesus’ compassion, mercy and grace.
 
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kaylagrl

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Do you get joy when a criminal is punished, or you pray for them to Jesus?

So, have a good day finding pleasure only in the company of those who find delight in what is good to Jesus’ eyes. Even when they deserve nemesis, may us find in our heart room for Jesus’ compassion, mercy and grace.

No, I do not get "joy" but I am glad when a criminal is punished. You can do both.
 

Moses_Young

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Does anyone find it strange how so many leftists care so much for the criminals, but never for the victims?