With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will costContinue reading “Proverbs 7: 21-27….The Trap Snaps Shut!”
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Prov 7: 6-20….The Trap is Set!
For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense, passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house in the twilight, in the evening, at the time ofContinue reading “Prov 7: 6-20….The Trap is Set!”
Proverbs 6:30-7:5 The hungry steals, what punishment is suitable?
People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will notContinue reading “Proverbs 6:30-7:5 The hungry steals, what punishment is suitable?”
Proverbs 6: 12-19….Man’s side then God’s side of what is evil!
A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil,continually sowing discord; therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.There are six things that the LORD hates, seven thatContinue reading “Proverbs 6: 12-19….Man’s side then God’s side of what is evil!”
Proverbs 6: 1-11….Foolishness and Laziness.
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, if you are snared in the words of your mouth,caught in the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, andContinue reading “Proverbs 6: 1-11….Foolishness and Laziness.”
Proverbs 5: 16-23….Talk not liked by prudes!
Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. Let your fountain be blessed,and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. LetContinue reading “Proverbs 5: 16-23….Talk not liked by prudes!”
Proverbs 5: 1-14….The modern sexual revolution!
My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.Her feet go down toContinue reading “Proverbs 5: 1-14….The modern sexual revolution!”
Proverbs 4: 1-9….What do you want for your children?
Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me,“Let your heart hold fast my words;keep myContinue reading “Proverbs 4: 1-9….What do you want for your children?”
Exodus 22: 7-15….It all makes sense
“If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen from the man’s house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double. If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God to show whether or not he has putContinue reading “Exodus 22: 7-15….It all makes sense”
Exodus 21: 33-22: 6….Fairness in punishment emphasized.
“When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.“When one man’s ox butts another’s, soContinue reading “Exodus 21: 33-22: 6….Fairness in punishment emphasized.”
As I read it! 