Proverbs Day 35
Proverbs 5:14-23 (Amplified):
"[The extent and boldness of] my sin involved almost all evil in the estimation of the congregation and the community.
15 Drink waters out of your own cistern [of pure marriage relationship], and fresh, running waters out of your own well.
16 Should your offspring be dispersed abroad as water-brooks in the streets?
17 [Confine yourself to your own wife] let your children be for you alone, and not the children of strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain--of human life--be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity], and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant doe [tender, gentle, attractive]; let her bosom satisfy you at all times; and always be transported with delight in her love.
20 Why should you, my son, be infatuated with a loose woman, embrace the bosom of an outsider, and go astray?
21 For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the LORD, and He [Who would have us live soberly, chastely and godly] carefully weighs all man's goings.
22 His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
23 He will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost."
Thought for the day:
This segment of verses concludes with the observation that, "one's own iniquities will ensnare and bind one up." The final picture we see of the adulterer is one who is tied up in his own sins and continuing to go astray--or be lost. In marriage, as with everything else in life, the stakes are high. We can experience the depths of pleasure and contentment from obeying the precepts of God, or we can bring unimaginable pain and confusion into our lives, by following our lusts. What will we choose? By God's grace, let us choose to do right, not just for our sake, but for the sake of our offspring
