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May 23 - Proverbs 7 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is.
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  Thursday, it is the 23rd of May and you have tapped on play.
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  And here I am so you and I can read another proverb together.
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  That's what we're doing at the moment, reading through these
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  first nine chapters of the book of Proverbs.
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  And boy, oh boy, you know, when we think about wisdom, we think
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  of stately people speaking gently and quietly with
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  philosophical terms. But boy, when you, when you look
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  at the Hebrew version of wisdom, it is just really quite
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  confronting language that cuts through to the heart of it.
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  The Jewish religion really is not, I mean it, it is deeply
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  philosophical. But the language and the the way
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  that they understand the world is very tactile and very
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  physical and fleshy and human and present.
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  And so when you have this author writing this wisdom literature,
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  you know, he uses this really evocative language of the
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  immoral woman. And although the lusty
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  behaviours and thoughts compared with the refined Lady of wisdom
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  and he really draws that parallel in a way that we just
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  can't miss, it is so obvious. And today is another day where
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  he continues to speak using this analogy about wisdom.
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  So we will listen, and we will hear with their ears, attuned
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  for what we can learn about wisdom, wisdom of our fidelity
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  to God and all that He offers us.
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  So you ready, friends? Ready to read it?
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  Meet who? Let's Read Together.
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  Proverbs Chapter 7. Follow my advice, my son.
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  Always treasure my commands. Obey my commands and live guard
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  my instructions. As you guard your own eyes, tie
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  them on your fingers as a reminder.
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  Write them deep within your heart.
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  Love wisdom like a sister. Make insight a beloved member of
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  your family. Let them protect you from an
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  affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery
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  of a promiscuous woman while I was at the window of my house,
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  looking through the curtain, I saw some naive young men, and
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  one in particular who lacked common sense.
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  He was crossing the street near the House of an immoral woman,
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  strolling down the path by her house.
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  It was a twilight and the evening as deep darkness fell,
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  the woman approached him. Seductively dressed and sly of
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  heart, she was the brash, rebellious type.
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  Never content to stay at home, she is often in the streets and
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  markets, soliciting at every corner.
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  She threw her arms around him and kissed him.
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  And with the brazen look she said I just made my peace
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  offerings and fulfilled my vows. You're the one I was looking
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  for. I came out to find you and here
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  you are. My bed is spread with beautiful
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  blankets, with coloured sheets of Egyptian linen.
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  I've perfumed my bed with Mer, Aloes and cinnamon.
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  Come, let's drink our fill of love until morning.
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  Let's enjoy each other's caresses, for my husband is not
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  home. He's away on a long trip.
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  He has taken a wallet full of money with him and won't return
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  until later this month. So she seduced him with her
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  pretty speech and enticed him with her flattery.
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  He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter.
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  He was like a stag caught in a trap, awaiting the arrow that
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  would Pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a
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  snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.
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  So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to my words.
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  Don't let your hearts stray away toward her.
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  Don't wander down her wayward path, for she has been the ruin
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  of many. Many men have been her victims.
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  Her house is the road to the grave.
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  Her bedroom is the den of death, my Lord.
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  What a graphic picture of temptation.
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  We hear the author warning his son, warning his students not to
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  be drawn into that, but to stay true.
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  Our Lord, help lift our eyes from the temptations around us
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  in this life. The things that would draw us
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  away from you. The things that would test our
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  fidelity to you. Draw our eyes up.
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  Draw our gaze to Jesus so that we can see Him standing there
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  with his arms wide open, and that through him we can feel the
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  acceptance and the love of her Father and feel the warm embrace
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  and presence of the Holy Spirit. Draw us back to you, a
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  wonderful, kind and loving God who will fill everyone of our
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  needs. Now we pray all of this in your
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  name, Jesus, Ah, man.