Daily Proverb - Proverbs, Chapter 5

Warning!  Adultery looks good but is very painful!

^"1My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight, ²that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.  ³For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; ⁴but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.  ⁵Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.  ⁶She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not. ⁷Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.   stumble.  ⁸Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house, ⁹lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel, ¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man's house.  ¹¹At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.  ¹²You will say, "How I hated discipline!  How my heart spurned correction!  ¹³I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.  ¹⁴I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly."

Today our chapter of Proverbs gives us a stern warning concerning a sin that currently seems to be so commonplace  in our society.  This is another good example of how the sinful ways of man are so different than the Holy and Righteous ways of our God!  God calls adultery sin!  God is faithful and wants us to be faithful in all our ways.  Commitment to one person in marriage, is the way of the Lord.  As you read the result of falling for the unfaithful, you see the pain that comes from this sin.  The language of verse 14 is very strong "I have come to the brink of utter ruin".  Verses 12 and 13 tell us what our thoughts will be when we are facing the result of this sin, we acknowledge not listening to our teachers and doing what we wanted, not the will of God.

I hope as you consider the theme of Proverbs chapter 5, you will remember this lesson when temptation comes your way.  Turn and run from the sin of adultery, don't let it take you down to the "brink of utter ruin"!!!