Proverbs 6:12-14 (NLT)
“[12] Here is a description of worthless and wicked people: They are constant liars, [13] signaling their true intentions to their friends by making signs with their eyes and feet and fingers. [14] Their perverted hearts plot evil. They stir up trouble constantly.”

The Frequency of Belial

How do you aggressively insulate your life from systemic disaster and avoid the severe hatred of God? In this text, Solomon issues a military-grade warning to his son, drawing a hard line of separation: Stay away from these kind of people. The original text uses a devastating description for this class of individual—calling them scoundrels, or Belial, which translates directly to worthless, wicked, and legally lawless. This very word would later be utilized throughout scripture to describe the devil himself—the ultimate architect of worthlessness and deceit.
Solomon warns that these people are structurally corrupt and completely twisted. Whatever proceeds out of their mouths is inherently deceitful and intentionally destructive. They don’t just speak lies; they live them. They utilize subtle gestures, coded language, and quiet signals to communicate with their wicked compadres right in front of your face. If you are spiritually asleep, you will completely miss the obvious red flags. You will welcome them into your boardroom, entertain them at your dinner table, and overlook their toxic undercurrents and quiet dissensions. These people are chaos-carriers; they bring discord, division, and despair wherever they set their feet. Their tongues are reckless, their tempers are completely unmanaged, and they possess zero self-control. God fiercely hates their behavior because their entire operation is designed to mislead, exploit, and deceitfully fracture His people.

The Practice:

The Perimeter Security Check

1. Execute a Fruit Inspection
Run an honest, brutal self-interrogation: Are you operating in the frequency of a scoundrel? We must regularly and systematically inspect the fruit of our own attitudes, our motives, and our actions. Ensure that you are not misleading, manipulation-checking, or deceiving others—intentionally or otherwise—just to secure an advantage or protect your ego. Clean your own hands first.
2. Run a Circle Audit
Take a hard look at your current perimeter. Who are you actively surrounding yourself with? This audit includes both your blood family and your chosen friends. What you tolerate, celebrate, and allow to sit in your inner circle speaks volumes about your true character. If you are comfortable kicking it with constant liars and drama-stirrers, it means your own spiritual discernment is compromised.
3. Pinpoint the Unregulated Gaps
Where do you currently lack strict self-control? You must identify your personal vulnerabilities before the enemy does. Is it in your unbudgeted finances? Your unvetted friendships? Your unfiltered speech? Your work ethic? Your diet? Your daily Bible reading or your prayer consistency? Locate the gap and deploy immediate, uncompromised structural discipline over it today.
4. Stop Excusing What God Outlaws
Draw a line in the sand and stop manufacturing clever excuses for things that God explicitly hates. God’s thoughts sit infinitely higher than your human logic. Choose to agree with what He says in His Word, whether you understand it, feel like it, or have reservations with it.

Today’s Declaration:

“I am resigning from the ‘Scoundrel Sympathy Committee’ today! I refuse to look past the red flags, tolerate deceit, or entertain the spirit of division in my house. I will run a strict audit on my circle and a maximum security check on my own heart. I will lock down my mouth, enforce self-control over my habits, and stop excusing what God has condemned. I will walk with the wise. I am totally secure in Christ!”

Today is a great day to make a Fresh Start!
God bless,
+Pastor Kris