Wisdom for Sexual Purity
Ryan Page, Elder
Proverbs 7:1-27
1My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you. 2Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye. 3Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding your intimate friend; 5That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words. 6For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice, 7And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense, 8Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the way to her house, 9In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. 10And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart. 11She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home; 12She is now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner. 13So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him: 14“I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows. 15“Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you. 16“I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt. 17“I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. 18“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with caresses. 19“For my husband is not at home, He has gone on a long journey; 20He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home.” 21With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him. 22Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool, 23Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life. 24Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth. 25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths. 26For many are the victims she has cast down, And numerous are all her slain. 27Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 7:1-3
1My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you. 2Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye. 3Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 7:4
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding your intimate friend;
Proverbs 7:5
5That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Leviticus 20:26
26Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.
Proverbs 7:6
6For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,
Proverbs 7:7
7And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,
Proverbs 1:4
4To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,
Proverbs 7:8-9
8Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the way to her house, 9In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
Proverbs 6:23
23For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light;
Proverbs 7:10-12
10And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart. 11She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home; 12She is now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner.
Proverbs 7
“dressed as a harlot”
“feet do not remain at home”
“boisterous and rebellious”
Proverbs 31
“strength and dignity are her clothing”
“lamp does not go out at night”
“she opens her mouth in wisdom”
Proverbs 7:13a
13So she seizes him and kisses him…
Proverbs 7:13b-14
13…And with a brazen face she says to him: 14“I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.
Genesis 25:29-33
29When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he was famished; 30and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom. 31But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.” 32Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?” 33And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Proverbs 7:15
15“Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
Proverbs 5:3
3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech
Proverbs 7:16
16“I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.
Proverbs 7:17
17“I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
Proverbs 7:18
18“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
Proverbs 7:19-20
19“For my husband is not at home, He has gone on a long journey; 20He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home.”
Proverbs 6:27-28
27Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned? 28Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?
Proverbs 5:21
21For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord, And He watches all his paths.
Proverbs 7:21-22a
21With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him. 22Suddenly he follows her…
1 Corinthians 6:18
18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
Ephesians 1:4-5
4just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,
Proverbs 7:22b-23
22…As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool, 23Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
Proverbs 7:24
24Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 7:25-27
25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths. 26For many are the victims she has cast down, And numerous are all her slain. 27Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 7:2
2Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
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