Proverbs 7:6–23
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About this episode
It is not a collection of abstract platitudes for needlepoint pillows. It is a field manual for spiritual warfare, written by a king who knew the heat of battle, both on the field and in his own heart. The father speaking to his son in these chapters is equipping him for the great contest of his life, which is the contest between wisdom and folly. And these two are not abstract principles; they are personified as two women. There is Lady Wisdom, glorious and life-giving, and there is Dame Folly, the adulteress, the strange woman, whose house is the way to Hell. In our passage today, we are given a play-by-play account of how a man is taken by the latter. This is not just a story about the dangers of sexual temptation, though it is certainly that.