DAY 4
When Temptation Beckons, Do Not Consent
기원전 10~4세기
ORIGINAL
בְּנִי אִם־יְפַתּוּךָ חַטָּאִים אַל־תֹּבֵא
📜 THE VERSE
Child, if those who mean harm entice you, do not take their hand.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Before the whisper of 'just this once,' how easily do I give away that first yes?
📝Reflection
Collapse rarely comes from a grand decision. It begins with one small yes: 'just this once.' The Hebrew sage saw that we cannot stop temptation itself, but the moment of taking its hand is ours alone. Temptation only knocks; the one who opens the door is always me. It is like the Buddhist teaching to endure the first arrow but avoid the second. We cannot erase the beckoning hand. But the one second in which we refuse to take it — that second guards the direction of a life.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
When 'just this once' arises today, pause for one breath before you take the hand.
📖 Source:
Proverbs 1:10.
히브리어 원전 + 개역한글판(1961, PD) 참조, ONGO 자체 의역.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
