Blogging through Proverbs, one verse at a time!

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“[Avoid the forbidden woman,] lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless,”
-Proverbs 5:9

A lot of people would describe the moral laws of the Bible to be rather restrictive. Adultery was a capital offense, as was being caught in premarital sex. We moderns would likely scoff at such laws as primitive and unenlightened.

We may likewise laugh at verses like this, that talk about losing honor because of sexual sin. Perhaps this is a part of that old system that does not rea… Continue

“Keep your way far from her [the forbidden woman], and do not go near the door of her house,”
-Proverbs 5:8

Quite often, my wife and I will watch movies or television shows in the evenings. We were both real lovers of movies before marriage, and so, naturally, that part of our single lives have carried over into the marriage.

Not all of these movies are what you might call family friendly, but my wife always insists that we either skip sex scenes or at least turn away.

It’s not somethi… Continue

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“And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.”
-Proverbs 5:7

We have seen quite a bit of direct address in the Proverbs. This sort of surprised me when I first really read the book. We sort of think of the Proverbs as simply a collection of sayings, mostly by Solomon, almost like if you got a lot of fortunes out of fortune cookies and taped them all on a big piece of paper. When you needed advice for something, you just search the paper for the right subje… Continue