Proverbs 27:12 “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”
Proverbs 22:3 “The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.”
It is well said that a wise person may make a mistake but will learn from it and not repeat it. A fool falls into the same trap over and over again.
Wiser than the person who learns from their own mistakes is the person who sees the mistakes of another and learns. That person avoids making the same mistake and so avoids the penalty of the mistake. But the person who, having seen the penalty of the foolish who repeat their mistakes, then does likewise, is even more foolish than the first.
The boy who learns to not stick his tongue on a frozen pole is wise if he does not repeat it. Yet, it is better to be the boy who sees the folly and has learned from the mistake of the other. That boy will save himself pain and embarrassment.
Do not watch the ruin of people who reject God and then repeat what they have done. Regardless of who those people are keep in mind that greater is God who has declared “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23) Sin brings eternal death and loving God through Jesus Christ brings eternal life and in that, love, peace and joy. Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
I have seen a son, who knew better and had done better who after his father died, suddenly started doing the folly of his father. Then the blessings that the son had were burned away. The son became as foolish as his father and his life is in eternal peril, as was his father’s. To honor a deceased relative is not to repeat their mistakes. No one who loves another wants that person to repeat their mistakes and likewise suffer. No one in hell wants a loved one to join them. (Luke 16:19-31)
It is better to obey God. Eternally better! Deuteronomy 28:6 “Blessed will you be when you come in, and blessed will you be when you go out.”
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown you, Oh man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.