There were many restrictions concerning kings. Yet two of the greatest kings, David and Solomon had great numbers of horses and multiple wives.

What kind of country would we have now if our leaders obeyed the following guidelines of a king?

Deut 17:18-20
When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the priests, who are Levites. It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the LORD his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees and not consider himself better than his brothers and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.

What a packed verse this is, “Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong.”

What are the ways that we as Christians might follow the crowd in doing wrong? Sometimes following the crowd may be just to speak a careless word.

Matt 12:36
But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Ouch!