"Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my thoughts;
And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139:23-24

Let us go on to Vs. 24 today to see what Scripture says about a wicked
or evil way and the way everlasting.

Many verses in Proverbs compares the two ways. In Proverbs 2:11-15
we see a father teaching his son the evils that discretion and understanding
will guard him from (read the whole chapter):
"Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
From those who leave the paths of uprightness,
To walk in the ways of darkness;
Who delight in doing evil,
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways."

Proverbs 12:15 warns of the evils of self rightness,
"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel."
And,
"There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death." Psalm 14:12

"The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight." Psalm 15:9

Isaiah 59:7-8 speaking of those who run to evil,
"...Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
They do not know the way of peace,
And there is no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked;
Whoever treads on them does not know peace."

Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:13,
"...the gate is wide, and the way is broad that lead to destruction,
many are those who enter by it."

So with the Psalmist we pray for God's leading in the path of
righteousness,
"Let me hear Thy loving kindness in the morning;
For I trust in Thee;
Teach me the way in which I should walk;;
For to Thee I lift up my soul." Psalm 143:8
And in verse 10,
"Teach me to do Thy will,
For Thou art my God;
Let Thy good Spirit lead me on level ground."

"The way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level." Isaiah 26:11

"Make me know Thy ways, O Lord;
Teach me Thy paths,
Lead me in Thy truth and teach me,
For Thou art the God of my salvation;
For Thee I wait all the day." Psalm 25:4-5

As we trust in the Lord there is that promise we all know:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

All praise to our Mighty, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent God;
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen