"Jeroboam… took counsel, and… ordained a feast… like unto the feast that is in Judah… sacrificing unto the calves that he had made… in the month which he had devised of his own heart" (1 Kings 12:32,33). "O God… the tumult of those that rise up against Thee increaseth continually" (Psalm 74:22,23). "A lying tongue… and a flattering mouth worketh ruin" (Proverbs 26:28). "Be obedient in all things… lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices" (2 Corinthians 2:9,11).
The devil's
devices abound
Where flattering
counsel is heard,
As king Jeroboam
had found
When he had
rejected God's Word.
How dark was the
counsel he sought
To turn hearts
away from our God,
As Satan inspired
the thought
That sinners would
gladly applaud.
The devil
deceives old and young
To steal, to
kill, and destroy.
The lying and
flattering tongue
Is all that he
needs to employ.
The devil's
devices, O Lord,
Are surely employed
in our day,
But we have Your
two-edged sword,
The truth we are
called to obey.
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