Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words
and treasure up my commandments with you;
2 keep my commandments and live;
keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
3 bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend,
5 to keep you from the forbidden [strange] woman,
from the adulteress [foreign woman] with her smooth words.
6 For at the window of my house
I have looked out through my lattice,
7 and I have seen among the simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man lacking sense,
8 passing along the street near her corner,
taking the road to her house
9 in the twilight, in the evening,
at the time of night and darkness.
10 And behold, the woman meets him,
dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. [guarded in heart]
11 She is loud and wayward;
her feet do not stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the market,
and at every corner she lies in wait.
13 She seizes him and kisses him,
and with bold face she says to him,
14 “I had to offer sacrifices, [peace offerings]
and today I have paid my vows;
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with coverings,
colored linens from Egyptian linen;
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20 he took a bag of money with him;
at full moon he will come home.”
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast [an anklet for the discipline of a fool]
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 And now, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,
26 for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
I know a dear lady who has 2 handbags going to work with her each day. In one of them is a Cathy Comic Strip - it says - "I have It All & I carry it with me!"
The purpose of Scripture isn't just to connect with the history of this Holy Week, it is to place Jesus Christ with us. Jesus Christ dwelling between our shoulder blades.
Proverbs 7 isn't the dusty road, quaint market place with a veiled hooker at the side of a stall.
A market is any one of a variety of different systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby persons trade, and goods and services are exchanged, forming part of the economy. It is an arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange things.
What is the First Commandment? Bible Quiz.... You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3
Yes, I agree. This chapter is about adultery. But more than half of us will be fortunate not to face this issue in our marriages. Adultery is infidelity. Jesus said the most important commandment is:
Matthew 22:36-38
"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.
What is your intimate friend? What pays your vows? If we do not put our priorities in order, life will pass us by. Do you have it all? Are you trying to?
We live in a world that hurries by. Time seems to move more quickly every day. We need a portion of the wisdom of Solomon to be the son (child) of God living a life of meaning, by faithfully setting our Godly priorities first.
1 Kings 4:29-34
29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. 30 Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 He was wiser than any other man, including Ethan the Ezrahite—wiser than Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations. 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five. 33 He described plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also taught about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. 34 Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon's wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.
When we look at the way God gave us the Commandments; He placed them in order of importance. He told us first to place Him first. Just as we are given four seasons, to mark the passage of time, He gives us seasons in our lives. Yet in all seasons, in all times in our lives, we are given Holy times to renew, re-adjust. Do not let smooth words ease your priorities out of place. Realize when your priorities have been seized.
John 10:10 (English Standard Version)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Jesus continues to proclaim to us today:
John 16:33
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
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and treasure up my commandments with you;
2 keep my commandments and live;
keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
3 bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend,
5 to keep you from the forbidden [strange] woman,
from the adulteress [foreign woman] with her smooth words.
6 For at the window of my house
I have looked out through my lattice,
7 and I have seen among the simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man lacking sense,
8 passing along the street near her corner,
taking the road to her house
9 in the twilight, in the evening,
at the time of night and darkness.
10 And behold, the woman meets him,
dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. [guarded in heart]
11 She is loud and wayward;
her feet do not stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the market,
and at every corner she lies in wait.
13 She seizes him and kisses him,
and with bold face she says to him,
14 “I had to offer sacrifices, [peace offerings]
and today I have paid my vows;
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with coverings,
colored linens from Egyptian linen;
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20 he took a bag of money with him;
at full moon he will come home.”
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast [an anklet for the discipline of a fool]
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 And now, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,
26 for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
I know a dear lady who has 2 handbags going to work with her each day. In one of them is a Cathy Comic Strip - it says - "I have It All & I carry it with me!"
The purpose of Scripture isn't just to connect with the history of this Holy Week, it is to place Jesus Christ with us. Jesus Christ dwelling between our shoulder blades.
Proverbs 7 isn't the dusty road, quaint market place with a veiled hooker at the side of a stall.
A market is any one of a variety of different systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby persons trade, and goods and services are exchanged, forming part of the economy. It is an arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange things.
What is the First Commandment? Bible Quiz.... You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3
Yes, I agree. This chapter is about adultery. But more than half of us will be fortunate not to face this issue in our marriages. Adultery is infidelity. Jesus said the most important commandment is:
Matthew 22:36-38
"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.
What is your intimate friend? What pays your vows? If we do not put our priorities in order, life will pass us by. Do you have it all? Are you trying to?
We live in a world that hurries by. Time seems to move more quickly every day. We need a portion of the wisdom of Solomon to be the son (child) of God living a life of meaning, by faithfully setting our Godly priorities first.
1 Kings 4:29-34
29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. 30 Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 He was wiser than any other man, including Ethan the Ezrahite—wiser than Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations. 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five. 33 He described plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also taught about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. 34 Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon's wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.
When we look at the way God gave us the Commandments; He placed them in order of importance. He told us first to place Him first. Just as we are given four seasons, to mark the passage of time, He gives us seasons in our lives. Yet in all seasons, in all times in our lives, we are given Holy times to renew, re-adjust. Do not let smooth words ease your priorities out of place. Realize when your priorities have been seized.
John 10:10 (English Standard Version)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Jesus continues to proclaim to us today:
John 16:33
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
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