What does Proverbs 4:19 mean, The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble?
What is the meaning of Proverbs 4:19?
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble(ことわざ 4:19)
Who are the wicked? The wicked are those, who live without God in sin. They are prideful and don’t want to submit to God and obey His words, so they live in rebellion against God and disobey His words.
The wicked don’t trust God and rely on His knowledge, wisdom and understanding. その代わり, they trust in themselves and the worldly knowledge and wisdom of people.
They do what they want to do and what they think is right to do.
Because the wicked (sinners) live from their darkened minds, their way is as darkness.
They don’t know where they are going and in what direction their lives are headed.
They don’t see the deceptions and lies of the enemy and the stumbling blocks on their way, because they rejected God and His truth. したがって, they don’t know what they stumble upon.
They walk after the flesh and live in lies and sin and are dead to God. Slowly the wicked are moving towards judgment and their final destination, which is eternal death. (こちらもお読みください: 邪悪な者の高慢と愚かさ).
What is the way of salvation for the wicked?
But as long as the wicked live on earth, there is hope for them. They can escape God’s judgment and their final destination; the eternal lake of fire, if they 悔い改める (に. 暴露 20:15).
If they believe in Jesus Christ, 神の子, and accept His sacrifice and work of salvation for fallen humankind and repent and become born again in Christ, they shall be saved.
Jesus is the only One, who can deliver you from the devil, 罪, そして死. Jesus is the only Way to the Father and the only Way to eternal life.
Therefore believe, 悔い改める, and submit yourself to Jesus Christ and live in obedience to the Word in the truth and the light.
「地の塩となれ」
