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enjoy competition. But what if the prize for striving hard was
not winning; what if it was death? If I
were running a race to see who could run off the edge of a cliff first, I dare
say that I would move rather slowly, not at all or even turn and go against the
flow of traffic. Yet here in Proverbs 7,
we read about a young man who had the pedal to the metal, racing down a highway
that leads to hell... which is obviously not a bright choice.
In Proverbs 5, we talked a bit about the dangerous ways of
seductive women. This chapter covers the
same ground, but with a slightly different emphasis and with some extra
details. Notice some of the
distinguishing characteristics of a wild woman as presented by Solomon. She flatters (Proverbs 7:5 & 15), she
does her deeds under the cover of darkness (Proverbs 7:9), she wears clothes
that betray her loose behavior (Proverbs 7:10), she is loud, stubborn and never
at home (Proverbs 7:11-12), she is aggressive and rude (Proverbs 7:13), she is
vain and hypocritical (Proverbs 7:16 & 14), she can speak with appealing
seductiveness and make destructive behavior look attractive (Proverbs 7:18),
she takes advantage of people who should be able to trust her, she has dark secrets
(Proverbs 7:19), and she leaves a trail of destruction behind her (Proverbs
7:26-27). Frankly she uses her beauty as
a weapon against a multitude of men instead of using it as a gift to one man. The only way to stay safe from her wiles is
to avoid her altogether.
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