Proverbs Day 34
Proverbs 5:1-13(KJV):
"My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!"
Thought for the day:
There is much wisdom in this passage from the book of Proverbs; especially for the age that we live, when there is so much emphasis on sex, which has led to so many acts of adultery and fornication. One of the miracles of the Bible is that it speaks to all generations and all people. Generations come and go, cultures are different, but the issues of mankind are the same; men throughout the ages have all faced the same problems. Sin in the heart of man has been our downfall from the time Adam and Eve committed the first sin. When I speak of men, I am referring to women as well -- all of mankind. Even though the above verses are addressed to a son by his father, the same warning is applicable to daughters who would look for a good time with lustful men.
Sin is progressive, just as on the positive side, righteousness is progressive. Each day, we will become more like our Lord by obeying His Words, or each day, we will become more wicked by giving into sin. Let us follow the advice of our godly teachers so that we may live a good life. God does not want us to end up with a wasted life, that we shall surely mourn about.
