Friday!

Proverbs!

Whoever misleads those who do right 

onto an evil path 

will fall into their own pit, 

but the blameless 

will inherit good things.

Proverbs 28:10 CEB

Who do we find in this proverb?

One who misleads.

Those who do right. 

The blameless.

The one who misleads is not making an innocent mistake, they know what they're doing. 

And they've pulled someone down a path that they wouldn't have chosen for themselves. 

They've deceived. 

And then there's the blameless, who by implication are not deceivers, and for them someone is preparing an inheritance.

The blameless are held in tension with the misleader, the deceiver. 

So where does the one "who does right", who is deceived sit? 

It seems that they sit with the blameless. 

The blame sits with the deceiver.

The shame of falling into their own pit sits with them, not with the one who has been deceived.

How do you see it?

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