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depraved: iqqesh 6141 (Hebrew) crooked, distorted, false; it consistently denotes moral crookedness or perversion of the straight path established by God. Leadership that benefits the people demands intolerance of moral distortion; those who twist God's ways invite ruin as they strive to benefit themselves.

heart: leb 3820 (Hebrew) thought, emotion, will, conscience, purpose, intent; invisible control center from which life's moral choices proceed. It is the fountain of ethical life requiring an undivided heart of fidelity which has been shaped by submission to loving discipline, and can bear a collective or even national nuance.

abomination: toebah 8441 (Hebrew) detestable, disgusting, abhorrent; denotes what is utterly loathsome to God -- acts, motives, or persons that contradict His holiness, whether evil business practices, unjust verdicts, arrogant attitudes, lying tongues, or plotting evil. As the penalty for this was borne by Jesus on the cross, all who turn to in repentance and allegiance to Him alone are able to obey God's laws.

ways: derek 1870 (Hebrew) conduct, conversation, course of life, habitual pattern, moral choices. It calls every one to make both immediate and long-term life choices that are pleasing to God, lest they follow the wicked to the punishment reserved for them, whether on an individual or national level.

blameless: tamim 8549 (Hebrew) intact, perfect, upright, undefiled; describes that which is whole, sound, or complete, from a person with ethical integrity to a nation whose leaders accept accountability.