The righteous person will study his neighbor. He will explore his neighbor to see what would bless and help that neighbor. Whereas the wicked will lead his neighbor astray. He leads him astray. This idea is not foreign to the Book of Proverbs nor to other scriptures in the Word. Matter of fact you read the same idea in many other places, that the righteous explores his neighbor or tries to find out what would help and bless that individual, instead of just spilling his mouth; instead of having the run of the mouth where he just tears him up. He explores him in order to help and to bless him. He has tremendous insight into an individual. He’s empathetic. Whereas the wicked simply misleads or tears down that neighbor. This righteous man has insight in order to bless his neighbor. He’s empathetic with him.

In Proverbs 15, you have a similar idea in verse 28. Where it says, “The heart of the righteous studieth to answer:…”; 15:28.

Proverbs 15:28a: The heart of the righteous studieth [or meditates] to answer:

In other words, he doesn’t just flip an answer off the top of his head, but he studies his neighbor, or he studies a situation before he answers.

That's the power of God's work. And in that it's not just a form of godliness, but its power. It's not just a word, its power and operation. It's a great challenge to us to walk in this day and time, when you look at most people in this world. And they walk totally by the five senses, sciences, we all need wonderful. But it's totally since knowledge oriented. They don't see the spiritual side of it. And to understand everything in its fullness, you have to see the spiritual side. It's great to know the wonderful scientific things that are done. But it's also great to know the spiritual side of it too. And what's really happening in our world, and to be on top of it, because we're sons of God, filled with power, walking by the Spirit. And we can manifest that power daily, not just on Sunday, not just on Thursday night prayer meeting time, but daily in your businesses, your profession, your schools, your jobs, your homes, wherever you are. God in Christ is still in you. And you've got that power available to walk