Warnings Against Adultery

Hello Everyone:

In our text today, the proverbial wisdom warns against adultery.  It is written to the man but it definitely applies to the woman also.  There is one part in this text that says “rejoice in the wife/spouse of your youth” and let her breasts satisfy you and be captivated by her love.   We must constantly do things to keep our marriage fresh, to be able to say that our spouses are enough and to stay captivated by their love so that we want stray.  We all may at some point or another be tempted but we have the power to walk away. Let’s look at the text:

Warning Against Adultery

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight, 2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge. 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; 4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. 6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not. 7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say. 8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house, 9 lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel, 10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man’s house. 11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent. 12 You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! 13 I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors. 14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.” 15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. 16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? 17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. 18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe, a graceful deer– may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love. 20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man’s wife? 21 For a man’s ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths. 22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast. 23 He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

As you can see in the text and what we know from either our own experiences or from the experiences of others, adultery leads to destruction.  The text teaches us that we can die for lack of discipline. 
A discipline mind will choose right when wrong is presented.  

 Stay encouraged everyone and don’t forget to pray and read God’s word daily. 

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