Reading today from Proverbs 7:1-23, NIV. Store up God’s commands in you, ready to use or fire. Treasure wisdom from God, apply it to direct and protect you.
Do not trapped by the sweet words of an adulteress vs 4-23.
God’s commands are like stored kungfu movements.
Proverbs 7:1-23, GNB
[1]Remember what I say, my child, and never forget what I tell you to do.
[2]Do what I say, and you will live. Be as careful to follow my teaching as you are to protect your eyes.
[3]Keep my teaching with you all the time; write it on your heart.
[4]Treat wisdom as your sister, and insight as your closest friend.
[5]They will keep you away from other men’s wives, from women with seductive words.
[6]Once I was looking out of the window of my house,
[7]and I saw many inexperienced young men, but noticed one foolish fellow in particular.
[8]He was walking along the street near the corner where a certain woman lived. He was passing near her house
[9]in the evening after it was dark.
[10]And then she met him; she was dressed like a prostitute and was making plans.
[11]She was a bold and shameless woman who always walked the streets
[12]or stood waiting at a corner, sometimes in the streets, sometimes in the market place.
[13]She threw her arms round the young man, kissed him, looked him straight in the eye, and said,
[14]“I made my offerings today and have the meat from the sacrifices.
[15]So I came out looking for you. I wanted to find you, and here you are!
[16]I’ve covered my bed with sheets of coloured linen from Egypt.
[17]I’ve perfumed it with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
[18]Come on! Let’s make love all night long. We’ll be happy in each other’s arms.
[19]My husband isn’t at home. He’s gone away on a long journey.
[20]He took plenty of money with him and won’t be back for two weeks.”
[21]So she tempted him with her charms, and he gave in to her smooth talk.
[22]Suddenly he was going with her like an ox on the way to be slaughtered, like a deer prancing into a trap
[23]where an arrow would pierce its heart. He was like a bird going into a net — he did not know that his life was in danger.