Example of a Contrast

The Bible often uses a contrast approach to illuminate differences between those who follow the Lord and those who don't.  As you read, notice the differences and see if you can figure out the categories.  

(You can see that it's important to take two similar aspects in order to show a likeness or lack of likeness.  You could compare and contrast Aidan and Paddy, for example, but it might not be so easy to compare a Bionicle with the President of the United States, though interesting to try perhaps!)

Happy those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked, Nor go the way of sinners, nor sit in company with scoffers.

Rather, the law of the LORD is their joy; God's law they study day and night.

They are like a tree planted near streams of water, that yields its fruit in season; Its leaves never wither; whatever they do prospers.

But not the wicked! They are like chaff driven by the wind.

Therefore the wicked will not survive judgment, nor will sinners in the assembly of the just.

The LORD watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.

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