Ye do the deeds of your father. It costs flesh something. This underlines another important observation. There is not one situation that we will ever have to experience that is not covered in the Scriptures. GOD reveals HIS pleasure or displeasure with the Bible characters in what they did and the motivation of their actions.
All actions come from our thoughts.
We need to get GOD'S input in all our thinking. It is better to learn late .than never to have learned at all. That is correct, but if you want it in a nutshell from the New Testament, the Apostle Paul gives it to us. It is brief, only three word, and to the point. Paul commands the Believers to carry on a converstion with GOD, continually.