Proverbs 7:1-27 A Young Man Getting Caught Off Guard With a Seductress

A Young Man Getting Caught Off Guard With a Seductress

Proverbs 7:1-27                                      Proverbs [in Smaller Chunks]

My son, keep my words, & [store] up my commandments [within] you. Keep my commandments, & live. And [keep] my Law as the apple of your eye. [Isaiah 55:3 [Lean] your ear, & come to Me; & hear, and your soul shall live. And I will make an everlasting covenant, [a.k.a. contract,] with you, even the sure mercies of David.]

Bind, [a.k.a. Tie,] them upon your fingers, & write them upon the [tablet] [within] your heart.  Say to wisdom, You [are] my sister. And call understanding [a close relative, so] they may keep you from the strange, [a.k.a. foreign,] woman. From the stranger, [a.k.a. seductress, who flatters] with her words.

At the window of my house, I looked through my [lattice, & saw] among the simple [minded] ones, I [noticed] a young man [without] understanding, among the [youth,] passing through the street near her corner. And he went [up the] [path] to her house, in the twilight [of] the evening, in the black, dark night. [Proverbs 6:32 But [whoever commits] adultery with a woman, [lacks] understanding. He, [who does] it, [destroys] his own soul.]

And, [saw,] a woman, [with a deceitful] heart, met him there, [dressed] [with the clothing] of [a] harlot. (She is loud, & stubborn; & her feet [don’t stay] in her [own] house.

Now, she is [outside;] & now [she’s] in the streets, & [lies] in wait, [a.k.a. to ambush,] at every corner.) So, she caught him, & kissed him, and with a [shameless] face, [she] said to him, I have peace offerings with me. I have paid my vows [today.]

Therefore, I came [out] to meet you, & [looked intently for] your face, & I have found you. I have [decorated] my bed with [covers] of tapestry, with carved works, & with fine linen [from] Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with: myrrh, [aloe,] & cinnamon.

Come, let’s take [& satisfy] our love until the morning. Let us [comfort] ourselves with [sexual intimacy.] For the [head of the household] is not at home, & he's on a long journey. He [has] taken a bag of money with him, & will come home [on] the [scheduled] day.

With her [pleasant] speech, & with flattering lips, she caused him to yield, [a.k.a. give in.] She [seduced] him. [Proverbs 5:3-5 For the lips of a strange, [a.k.a. immoral,] woman [drip] like honeycomb, & her mouth is smoother than oil. But [in the] end, [she] is bitter [like] wormwood, & sharp [like] a 2 edged sword. Her feet go down to death; & her steps take hold [of] hell.]

He [went] after her [immediately, like] an ox [goes] to the slaughter. Or [like] a fool [goes] to the [punishment in chains, until an arrow strikes] through his liver; [like] a bird [hurries] to the snare, & [doesn’t know] that [the trap is to] [take] his life. [Ecclesiastes 9:12 For also man [doesn't know] his time [of death.] [Like] the fish that are taken in an evil, [a.k.a. bad] net, & [like] the birds that are caught in the snare, [a.k.a. trap.] So, are the sons of man snared in an evil, [a.k.a. bad,] time, when it [falls] suddenly upon them.]

Therefore, [pay attention] to me now, O [you] children, & [heed] the words of my mouth. [Don’t let your] heart [turn aside] to her [road,] & [don’t go] astray in her paths. For she [has] wounded, & cast down many strong men [who] have been [killed] by her.

[1 Kings 11:1-4 But king Solomon loved many strange, [a.k.a. foreign,] women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh. Women of the: Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, & Hittites. [From] the nations, [about] which the Lord said to the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, You shall not go into them [intimately.] & neither shall they come into you.

For surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon [clung] to these in love. And he had 700 wives, princesses, & 300 [mistresses.] And his wives turned his heart away. For it [happened,] when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods, & his heart wasn’t perfect, [a.k.a. blameless,] with the Lord his God, [like] the heart of David, his father was.]

Her house is the [road] to Hell, going down to the chambers of death.