Crime Does
Not Pay!
Do you want to know why criminals are the way they are or why crime
does not pay?
“For the
leader. By David, the servant of ADONAI!
Crime speaks
to the wicked, I perceive this in my heart; before his eyes there is no fear of
GOD. For, the way he sees it, crimes makes his life easy – that is, until his
wrongdoings are discovered; then, he is hated. His words are wrong and
deceitful; he has stopped being wise and doing good. He devises trouble as he
lies in bed; so set is he in his own way that he doesn’t hate evil…Don’t let
the foot of the proud tread on me or the hands of the wicked drive me away. There
they lie fallen, those evil doers, flung down and unable to arise.” Psalm 36
1-5 & 12-13 CJB
Now this is
not about those who commit a crime in a moment of desperation like those in
Proverbs 6:30-31 CJB, “A thief is not despised if he steals only to satisfy his
appetite when hungry; but even he, if caught, must pay back sevenfold; he may
have to give up all the wealth he owns.”
This is why
crime does not pay!
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