Proverbs 5: Pitfalls of immorality

My son, give attention to my wisdom and incline your ear to my understanding. The lips of an adulteress drip honey and smoother than oil is her speech. But in the end she is bitter as wormwood. Do not depart from the words of my mouth. Keep your way far from her and do not go near the door of her house. Let your fountain be blessed and rejoice in the wife of your youth. The ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord. He watches all his paths.

There are three parts to this proverb and are held together with the repetition of the father exhorting to revere his instruction.

Part One: Father warns that the enticing adulteress will come! She will come in disguise by making the young prey feel good about her and him. She is depending on the drives of the flesh to overcome the instruction of the father. If she wins, she brings her prey into Sheol!

Part Two: Again the father repeats that his son should not depart from his instruction. He wants is son to understand that a night in the house of a harlot will result in giving up his first strength to another and giving his hard earned goods to an alien.

Part Three: This describes the rewards of discreton. Since God's eyes are always on the path of men, by obedience, his fountain will be blessed and he will enjoy and rejoice in the wife of his youth.

Daily Prayer: Father, you have always made a provision for the needs I have. You chose to create man both male and female so that they can complement each other and meet each other's physical needs. You also give a partner to those who seek one from you. Thank you for the wife you have given me because her ways are bountiful and her heart is faithful. In your holy name I pray Amen.