![]() The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers but his delight is in the law of the L ORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. The first way leads to Godly wisdom and mature fruitfulness versus the opposite way which produces bad fruit and spiritual decay. Psalm 1, which serves as an introduction to the Book of Psalms, contrasts the way of those who choose to do good with the way of those who choose to do evil. When these character traits become habitual they dispose us to do either evil (vice) or good (virtue). Holy Scripture shows us that there are two basic orientations to how we live our lives: to choose a life of vice and foolish living (bad character traits and dispositions which lead to moral weakness and evil practices) or to choose a life of virtue and wisdom (good character traits and dispositions which strengthen sound thinking (sound mind) and upright living. ![]()
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