Proverbs 5:9 "…or you will give your vigor to others and your years to the cruel one" What is interesting about this proverb is that it rips the covers off of what happens when you chase after sexual pleasure. It is what you think you want. You think that you will be getting what you truly desire, but instead you will begin giving your energy and desire to others but not in a good sense – in a parasitic sense – until you realize that everything that you really wanted will not

Proverbs 7:8,9 "Passing through the street near her corner; and he takes the way to her house, in the twilight, in the evening, in the middle of the night and in the darkness" This verse suggests that he is coming past her house or near her house repeatedly; he wants to be caught. He is being carried away by lust and enticed, and it will bring forth sin. Notice that he is passing through the street near her house – in the twilight – in the evening – in the middle of the nigh

Proverbs 5:8 "Keep your way far from her and do not go near the door of her house" This one verse is the command in this whole section on dealing with lust, adultery, fornication, and prostitution. Don't be anywhere near her or her dwelling place. Lust is a sin of proximity. All young men will feel it, but they must not act upon the opportunities or they will destroy their future. The next few verses of Proverbs 5 discuss the consequences of giving in to the momentary delight

Proverbs 5:4 "But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two edged sword" This is the part about adultery and lust that very few men take time to think about – the end. What kind of life do any of the parties end with? It is a dismal, guilty, diseased, alienated life. Adultery always promises to bring relationship intimacy and meet a deep need, but it doesn't. It is like drinking salt water; you are only more thirsty and it begins poisoning you. The dire consequence

PROVERBS 7:1 "My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you" This is the thirteenth group of instructions to the young learner of wisdom in the book of Proverbs. The master pauses and instructs his pupils in the ways of wisdom in short little groupings. This is the second packet of instruction on the problem of adultery and how to avoid it. The last packet of information on this subject was in what we call chapter 5 but what was the 7th packet of wisdom inform

PROVERBS 5:1 "My son, give attention to my wisdom, incline your ear to my understanding" Solomon again emphasizes a crucial point to the man or woman who is willing to let him be their spiritual father. He has brought us various points of the wise life up to this point. Much of it has been positive in its orientation: honor the Lord; hang on to lovingkindness and truth, etc. But in this section of the proverb, Solomon – under the direction and the inspiration of the Holy Spir