To: Lucretius who wrote (403513 ) 4/27/2010 2:32:42 AM From: Jeff Jordan 2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258 LOL.....The Path of the Righteous Man Is Beset on All Sides by The inequities of the Selfish and the Tyranny of Evil Men. "The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out." "An evil man is bent only on rebellion; a merciless official will be sent against him." "The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright." "Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous man's house, do not raid his dwelling place; for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity." When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down "The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern." "Do not envy wicked men, do not desire their company; for their hearts plot voilence, and their lips talk about making trouble." "He who winks with his eye is plotting perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil." "What the wicked dreads will overtake him; what the righteous desire will be granted." "When the righteous triumph, there is great elation; but when the wicked rise to power, men go into hiding." "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.' The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg— I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.' "So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' "'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.' "Then he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?' 'A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied. He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight hundred.' "The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?