Don't Take the Path of the Wicked

Proverbs 4:10-15

10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;  And the years of thy life shall be many.  11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;  I have led thee in right paths.  12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;  And when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.  13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go:  Keep her; for she is thy life.  14Enter not into the path of the wicked,  And go not in the way of evil men.  15Avoid it, pass not by it,  Turn from it, and pass away.

Jeremiah 6:16

16Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Matthew 7:17

19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 22:1-12

1And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: 6and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 9Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 10So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.  11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 12and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.