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Title: Robbery ------------- Date: 09/15/1998

Keywords: "final victims" "ill-gotten gain" "Proverbs 1"


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Read the following Bible passage, then answer the short questions. Consider the practical suggestions at the end of the study.

Passage: Proverbs 1:10-19*

10. My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.

11. If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;

12. let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

13. we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;

14. throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse" -

15. my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;

16. for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.

17. How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!

18. These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!

19. Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.

Questions

1. Who are the final victims in the scenario depicted in this passage?

 

2. According to verse 19, what is the ultimate consequence for these people?

 

3. How does "ill-gotten gain" take away "the lives of those who get it"?

 

Practical help

Like the "ill-gotten gain" in the above passage, web porn focuses on the present and blurs the future. If you're tempted by web porn, fast-forward to the future. Consider how viewing web porn will inevitably result in damaged relationships and lives.

With God's help, many people have resisted web porn by anticipating the consequences. They're cheering you on to do likewise. You can do it!


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