PROVERBS LESSON 6

    We will begin this lesson with Proverbs 5:1 "My son, attend unto
my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:" Proverbs 5:2
"That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep
knowledge."

    We see here, again, instructions to stay wise to the things of
God.  We will see in this chapter the path we should take.  Marriage
will be spoken of as honorable and adultery of all kinds will be
condemned.

    Proverbs 5:3  "For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an
honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:"  Proverbs 5:4 "But
her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword."  Proverbs
5:5 "Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell."

    Possibly a word we might understand a little better than "strange"
woman would be a loose, sinful woman. This woman is forbidden fruit
making her more mysterious and inviting to the young man. Prostitutes
are out to allure the young men and sometimes the older, as well.
They are dressed with very few clothes so as to reveal their bodies.
Their lips are painted and they are trained to allure the weak men of
the world. A woman like this has no future. Bitterness, sickness,
early death, and then hell is what she has to look forward to. The two
edged sword is the Bible she should have heeded. "Wormwoood" means bad
water.

    Proverbs 5:6 "Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her
ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them]."

    This woman is unstable in all her ways. Don't get involved with
her, she will not be faithful to you. In most cities, her profession
is against the law.

    Proverbs 5:7 "Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not
from the words of my mouth." Proverbs 5:8 "Remove thy way far from
her, and come not nigh the door of her house:" Proverbs 5:9 "Lest thou
give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:"

      Here, again, the penman is saying take special heed to this, ye
young men. Stay away from evil women like this. Don't even go near her
house. She will bring nothing but disappointment. Stay honorable. If
you were to get involved with her, you would lead an unhappy life.
There is no lasting happiness to be found with this type of woman.

    Proverbs 5:10 "Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy
labours [be] in the house of a stranger;" Proverbs 5:11 "And thou
mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,"

     This is speaking of spending hard earned money on a prostitute
 and then getting some terrible disease in the process. In our time,
 people are dying everywhere from diseases caused by adultery. In many
 cases, there is no cure.
    Proverbs 5:12 "And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart
despised reproof;" Proverbs 5:13 "And have not obeyed the voice of my
teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!"

     Now that it is too late to turn back, we see regret that he did
 not take heed to the warning given. We see regret by this man that he
 rebelled against instruction. He did not let his teacher instruct
 him, so he had the cruel teacher of experience. He now knows that he
 made a terrible mistake not listening.

    Proverbs 5:14 "I was almost in all evil in the midst of the
congregation and assembly."

    Even though training and instruction in righteousness had been
offered this individual, he had rejected it.  One sin leads to
another, and we see this person falling into more and worse sins until
their last state is one of total inability to stop sinning.  He had no
conscience.

    Proverbs 5:15  "Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running
waters out of thine own well." Proverbs 5:16 "Let thy fountains be
dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets." Proverbs
5:17 "Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee."

    Stay at home and enjoy the things that God has provided for you
and your family.  Don't go looking for greener grass.

    Proverbs 5:18 "Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the
wife of thy youth."

    These fountains of living waters in verses l6, 17, and 18 are
speaking of families which are produced by married couples who are
happy with each other, always.  Verse 18 says take another look at the
wife of your youth. You loved her then, love her now. The two of you
are one flesh.

    Proverbs 5:19 "[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe;
let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always
with her love."

    There has been a terrible cancer of sin in our society the last
few years. People living together without the benefit of marriage.
This is not only sin, but sin that involves the temple of the Holy
Ghost of God. We are the temple of the Holy Ghost. Some way God will
stop this. This is not His plan for man and woman. God made one man
for one woman, and they two become one flesh; not for a few days but
for a lifetime together on this earth. The family on earth is a type
and shadow of the eternal family in heaven. Jesus is the groom, and
all believers are the bride of Christ. In heaven, there is a heavenly
Father. For marriage to work here on the earth, there has to be a
heavenly Father who we center our marriage around.  God can give you a
special love for your wife or husband, even if you have been married
over 50 years. Teach us to love our mate, Dear Lord.  Show us the
difference in love and lust.  Love is of the spirit, but lust is of
the flesh. Our prayer should be, "Lord, build our marriage on the
solid Rock that cannot crumble when the storms of life come."

    Proverbs 5:20 "And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a
strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?"

    The answer to that is, lust of the flesh.

    Proverbs 5:21 "For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the
LORD, and he pondereth all his goings."

    You cannot hide from God. He knows every move you make.  He even
knows the desires of your heart. God thinks about (ponders) all the
ways of man. There is a song called "The All Seeing Eye".  God is that
all seeing eye. You cannot keep any secrets from Him. There is a
record being kept, and someday the books will be opened. If we have
lived in sin, we shall be ashamed to stand before God.

    Proverbs 5:22  "His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself,
and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins."

    We see, here, that sin gets worse as time goes on. A person caught
up in this type of life will tie their own selves up in this sin.
Adultery seems to be especially bad to the Lord. This sin of adultery,
which also includes homosexual and lesbian acts, carries its own
special punishment with it. Verse 23 tells the awful end of this type
of person.

    Proverbs 5:23 "He shall die without instruction; and in the
greatness of his folly he shall go astray."

    Unless this type of sin is repented of and turned away from
totally, the end of this person is such it would have been better had
they never lived. Destruction lies ahead.




















                         Proverbs 6 Questions


1.  What is condemned in this lesson?
2.  The lips of a -------- ----------drop as honeycomb.
3.  The bitter end of this woman is compared to what?
4.  What does it mean?
5.  Where is her destination?
6.  What makes this woman inviting to the young men?
7.  What tells us this woman is unstable?
8.  Why is it so important to move thyself away from her door?
9.  What will happen to your wealth if you follow this type of woman?
10. In verse 12, he is feeling what about his life?
11. In this case, what is the cruel teacher?
12. What does verse 14 mean about being in all evil?
13. What does the fact that he was in the congregation tell us?
14. Drink waters where?
15. Who is the man to rejoice with?
16. Whose love should he be ravished with?
17. What is one cancer of sin in our society today?
18. When we are involved in body sin, who do we include in our sin?
19. Love is of the ---------.
20. Lust is of the ---------.
21. Who knows every sin we commit, even if we feel we are hidden?
22. If we have sinned and not repented, what shall we feel when we
    stand before God?
23. What terrible end comes to this sinner in verse 23?