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Proverbs 21:7

There is a built-in principle of justice in creation: wickedness carries the seed of its own destruction. The wicked refuse to practise judgment — fair dealing and justice — and so their own wrongdoing becomes their ruin.

Memory phrase: Wrong choices bring destruction.

Talk about it: Why does doing wrong things end up hurting the one who does them?

Prayer: God, keep me from taking what is not mine.

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