{"id":4494,"date":"2012-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/when-there-is-moral-rot-within-a-nation-its-government-topples-easily-but-wise-and-knowledgeable-leaders-bring-stability-proverbs-282\/"},"modified":"2012-11-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T00:00:00","slug":"when-there-is-moral-rot-within-a-nation-its-government-topples-easily-but-wise-and-knowledgeable-leaders-bring-stability-proverbs-282","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/when-there-is-moral-rot-within-a-nation-its-government-topples-easily-but-wise-and-knowledgeable-leaders-bring-stability-proverbs-282","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily. But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability&#8221; (Proverbs 28:2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even Solomon, who God used to write this proverb, led Israel&#8217;s decline into idolatry and &#8220;moral rot.&#8221; If God&#8217;s chosen nation was susceptible, then any nation is. Americans are increasingly of the opinion that moral character is a private matter that has no bearing on public competence. However, the Bible says that character and competence cannot be separated. Morality matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even Solomon, who God used to write this proverb, led Israel&#8217;s decline into idolatry and &#8220;moral rot.&#8221; If God&#8217;s chosen nation was susceptible, then any nation is. Americans are increasingly of the opinion that moral character is a private matter that has no bearing on public competence. However, the Bible says that character and competence cannot be separated. Morality matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1287],"scripture-chapter":[1361],"oyb_day":[1850],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4494","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-proverbs","scripture-chapter-1361","oyb_day-november-19"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4494"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4494"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4494"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4494"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}