Proverbs 7:5 "That they may keep you from an adulteress, from the foreigner who flatters with her words" The word foreigner is the Hebrew word nokri which means that which is foreign or strange. The word translated adulteress is the Hebrew word zur which is stranger. This is clearly a reference to the practice of allowing foreign women to ply their trade as prostitutes within a Jewish city. It also would suggest that everyone except the person you are to marry is strange or a

Proverbs 5:5 "Her feet go down to death, her steps take hold of Sheol" Solomon says delicately, but clearly, that spending time with an adulterous person is a sure way to shorten your lifespan. You will be dead much quicker than you would have if you had not been sexually unfaithful. It is amazing that people are trying to be quiet about the real danger of sexually transmitted diseases. These are real problems that really will destroy you and that is not even dealing with di

Practicing Self-Control Great relationships don't just happen -- they are nurtured and developed through the use of spiritual construction materials, or what we know as the fruit of the spirit. Relationships are built using love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, meekness, faithfulness, and self-control. (Gal 5:22-23) For many people, self-control only has to do with weight management and sexual desire, but the Holy Spirit has so much more in mind when He included sel