Proverbs 5:7–14
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
The book of Proverbs is a book of choices, and it presents these choices to us as two women, two invitations. On the one hand, you have Lady Wisdom, who has built her house, slaughtered her beasts, and prepared a feast. Her invitation leads to life, favor with God, and a good name. On the other hand, you have Dame Folly, the strange woman, the adulteress. Her house is the way to Sheol, and her invitation, though whispered with sweet words, is an invitation to self-destruction. She is the personification of a worldview that is at war with God. Our modern world is saturated with the voice of Dame Folly. You hear her on every screen, in every pop song, in the curricula of our public schools, and in the talking points of our politicians. She promises freedom, self-expression, and pleasure without consequences.