This proverb struck a cord with me today as I was reading. It reads in the NLT version, “Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t stand back and let them die.” That verse reminded me instantly of the dire straights that our young and old African American brothers are going through. By the thousands we are hearing daily, of lives that have been wrongfully put on hold because of faulty testimony and tainted evidence, only to find out 22 years, as in one case, later that they could not have committed the horrible crime.
Verse 12 goes on to say, “Don’t try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn’t know about it. For God knows all hearts, and he sees you. He keeps watch over your soul, and he knows you knew! And he will judge all people according to what they have done.”
Wow! This give me reassurance not to be worried about how evil people get away with their spoils here on earth. This verse reminds me God is the judge.
Be wise.
