Read Proverbs 25:5

Read Proverbs 25:5  Verse five for today goes right along with verse four.  Verse four tells about the purifying process in making pure silver.  In order to have pure silver, the trash and other worthless stuff must be burned away.  And verse five tells us that, in order for a new king's government to be established, the wicked people must be taken away.  In order to have a good government, the king needs to have honest and loyal people whom he can trust.  The only way to have honest and loyal people is to get rid of those who aren't honest and loyal.  When all of the crooks and evil people are removed, the king will have good people in place and his kingdom will be a good one.  Our verse calls it righteous.  King Solomon wanted to have good government when he was the king, and we want to have good government in our country today.  Our verse tells us the secret to good government.  Can you remember what it said?  It said that in order to have good government, who needed to be taken out?  That is right: the wicked.  Get rid of wicked people and good people can have good government.