Proverbs on Purity.

 

Text: 

Proverbs.    2:16-19; 6:24-35; 7:9-23.

 

         

Proverbs of Immorality.

2:16-19; 6:24-35; 7:9-23

Prov 2: 16

 

16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

 

Prov. 5:

1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:  4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;  11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

 

Prov 6:

 

24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.  25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.  27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.  33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. 

 

 

Parable of Immorality.   7:9-23

6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,  8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9In the twilight, in the evening , in the black and dark night:  10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) 13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,  14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.  15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. 19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.   21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;  23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

 

 

Price of Immorality.  2: 18

18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

 

    The pictures 2:18; 5:10-11; 7:22-23.

18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

 

5:

10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;  11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

 

7:

22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;  23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

   

The price tags.

           Personal Suffering 5:9

9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

           Emotional Suffering.5:11-14.

11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me 14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

 

 

           Financial Suffering 5:10

10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger

 

 

           Professional Suffering. 2:18-19

. 18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

 

           Social Suffering. 6:29-35

 

32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.  33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away

 

How Do We Deal With This?

 

Pay attention to wisdom and instruction. 5:1&2; 7:1-5.

 

Ch. 5

1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge

 

Ch. 7:

1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

 

 

Pay attention to the word of God. Ps 119:11: Ps. 119:9.

 

Ps. 119;11.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

 

Ps. 119:9.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

 

 

Pay attention to your attitude.  ( It can’t happen to me). 7:26. I Cor. 10 :12.

Prov. 7:26.

26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

 

I Cor 10;12

12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

 

Pay attention to your conversation.   2:16; 5:3; 7:21; 6:24.

2:16

16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

 

5:3

3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

 

6:24

24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman

 

7:21

21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him

 

Pay attention to your position. (Run away)  5:8; 7: 25; I Cor. 6:18;  II Tim 2:22.

5:8

8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house.

 

7:25.

25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

 

I Cor. 8:18

·       18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

 

II Tim 2:22.

22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

 

 

Pay attention to your own marriage. 5:15-19

18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth

 

 

Pay attention to your Heart. 6:25; 4 :23

6:25

25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart …

4:23

23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

 

It is always a matter of the Heart.   Guard your Heart.

You may not be able to change the past but you can Charter a new future.