Learned something about the word "entice." Nothing profound--just its definition: to attract by arousing hope or desire. Lehi speaks of how we could not choose between good and evil unless we are enticed by one or the other. 2 Nephi 2:11,16. So we can hope for things that lead to evil. The devil plays upon our hopes to tempt us. If our hopes and desires are for good, it is harder for him to tempt us. But it does not make us invulnerable to temptation. Hope and desire are linked.
Also learned that "hope" and "hop" come from the same Indo-European base - and they both involve the concept of bending or turning toward.
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