RED FLAG SERIES
“TOXIC BEHAVIOR”
PROVERBS 6:16-19
V. 16-“These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
“A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.”
🚩1. A proud look (v. 17a- )
“Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.”
Psalms 101:5 NKJV
🚩2. A lying tongue (17b)
Psalm. 101:7
“He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.”
🚩3. Hands that shed innocent blood (17c).
Prov. 28:17
“A man burdened with bloodshed will flee into a pit; Let no one help him.”
🚩4. A heart that devises wicked plan (18a)
Jer. 17:9
““The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.”
Jer. 18:18
“Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.””
Mark 14:1
“After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death.”
** 🚩5. Feet that are swift in running to evil (18b)**
2 Kings 5:20
“But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, while not receiving from his hands what he brought; but as the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.””
🚩6. A false witness who speaks lies (19a)
Matt. 26:59-60a
“Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none….”
🚩7. And one who sows discord among brethren.”(19b)
1 Cor. 3:3
“for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?”