Instead of drawing them to Christ, they draw them from Christ. Their work is to poison and harm souls. By bad edicts . He forced them to idolatry. By bad examples .
Examples speak louder than precepts, but principally the examples of great men are influential.
When that went, Israel went. If great men move irregularly, others will follow them. By bad company . The breath of sinners is infectious. They cast a flood of oaths out of their mouths.