The Woman Named Folly Is Brash. She Calls Out To Men Going By Who Are Minding Their Own Business.

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The Woman Named Folly Is Brash.

She Calls Out To Men Going By

Who Are Minding Their Own Business.

Scripture

Proverbs 7

4 Love wisdom like a sister;
    make insight a beloved member of your family.

5 Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,
    from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.

6 While I was at the window of my house,
    looking through the curtain,

7 I saw some naive young men,
    and one in particular who lacked common sense.

8 He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman,
    strolling down the path by her house.

9 It was at twilight, in the evening,
    as deep darkness fell.

10 The woman approached him,
    seductively dressed and sly of heart.

11 She was the brash, rebellious type,
    never content to stay at home.

12 She is often in the streets and markets,
    soliciting at every corner.

13 She threw her arms around him and kissed him,
    and with a brazen look she said,

14 “I’ve just made my peace offerings
    and fulfilled my vows.

15 You’re the one I was looking for!
    I came out to find you, and here you are!

16 My bed is spread with beautiful blankets,
    with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.

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

18 Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning.
    Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses,

19 for my husband is not home.
    He’s away on a long trip.

20 He has taken a wallet full of money with him
    and won’t return until later this month.”

21 So she seduced him with her pretty speech
    and enticed him with her flattery.

22 He followed her at once,
    like an ox going to the slaughter.
He was like a stag caught in a trap,

23 awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.
He was like a bird flying into a snare,
    little knowing it would cost him his life.

Proverbs 9

13 The woman named Folly is brash.
    She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.

14 She sits in her doorway
    on the heights overlooking the city.

15 She calls out to men going by
    who are minding their own business.

16 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
    To those who lack good judgment, she says,

17 “Stolen water is refreshing;
    food eaten in secret tastes the best!”

18 But little do they know that the dead are there.
    Her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Observation

As I talk with couples who are planning to get married, I warn them over and over and over again to watch out. Satan wants to destroy their marriage. Satan wants to destroy your marriage. And Satan wants to destroy my marriage too.

Don't think for a minute that Satan will not bring someone attractive into your life, someone who is not your spouse and if you do not have guardrails established Satan will use that person to get you to step over the line, to ignore good common sense and Biblical teaching, and ruin your marriage. It starts out, almost innocently, with emotional intimacy first but quickly moves to physical intimacy and then adultery. Proverbs 5, 6, 7, and 9 all talk about the danger of getting involved with someone who is not our spouse!

Proverbs 5:3-5

For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil. But in the end she is as bitter as poison, as dangerous as a double-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

Proverbs 6:27-29

Can a man scoop a flame into his lap and not have his clothes catch on fire? Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet? So it is with the man who sleeps with another man’s wife. He who embraces her will not go unpunished.

Application

I will continue to strongly encourage couples to establish guardrails for their marriage. How about you? Have you established boundaries to protect your marriage?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for the men and women who have fought to protect my freedom. And thank You for the men and women who serve in our military today and for the Police and Fire Fighters who put their lives on the line everyday to keep us safe. I pray for men and women who have allowed Satan to use someone to mess up their marriage. Help them to repent and return to their wife or their husband. Heal their marriage. Thank You for Your Word that gives us warning after warning about sexual immorality and how destructive it always is to all of us.

Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 7,8,9; Romans 9

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