#proverbs 7

Warnings about the Adulteress

1 My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

2 Keep my commandments and live. Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

3 Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,

5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

6 For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

8 passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

10 Look, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet do not stay in her house.

12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

14 "Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows.

15 Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

18 Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving.

19 For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey.

20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon."

21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool to the correction of the stocks.

23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.

24 Now therefore, son, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways. Do not go astray in her paths,

26 for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

Proverbs 7: A Powerful Warning About Temptation and Adultery

In Proverbs 7, we read a strong and serious warning about temptation and the danger of adultery. The writer looks out through his window and sees a young man who lacks wisdom. He is walking near a dangerous place at twilight, not knowing the trouble that waits for him.

A woman with crafty intent comes to meet him. She is bold, restless, and full of smooth words. She flatters him, speaks sweetly, and invites him into sin. She makes everything sound attractive and harmless. But behind her words is a hidden trap.

The young man follows her without thinking. The Bible compares him to an ox going to the slaughter, a deer caught in a trap, or a bird flying into a snare. He does not realize that his choices will cost him deeply. Temptation often looks exciting at first, but it leads to pain and destruction.

Proverbs 7:1–2“My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you. Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.” As the evening shadows stretch across the sky and we begin to slow our pace, these verses from Proverbs call us back to something vital: a reminder to treasure wisdom like life itself. The words of the wise—especially those inspired by the…