Proverbs 5
The Bible is a bit of an odd book sometimes, while the news and church endlessly debate LGBT rights, the consecration of women bishops and wade in about Cadbury's egg hunts advertised without the word "Easter" at the national trust (The fact the sign had "Easter fun" in very big letters seems to have escaped the attention of the press, prime minister and church of England!), there is a theme that fidelity and faithfulness are good and worthy things, while being relatively quiet on the subjects of women bishops and LGBT lifestyle.
This chapter is one of these passages - Adultery (apparently a bigger problem for women than men), though I don't think that adultery is the fault of one person, after all it takes 2 to tango!
The lips of an illicit partner may be sweet as honey, and words are smoother than oil, but in the end they are as bitter as gall, sharp as a double edged sword.
It is a path that leads to no good.
The advice of the proverb writer is to keep well away from temptation.
Verses 15-18 are really a double entendre (to coin a phrase) about drinking water from your own cistern and well, and not letting your fluids leak in the street....
Read it if you don't believe me!
There is an ultimate (dare I say) cold shower - All your ways are in full view of God, so be a bit careful.
The Bible is a bit of an odd book sometimes, while the news and church endlessly debate LGBT rights, the consecration of women bishops and wade in about Cadbury's egg hunts advertised without the word "Easter" at the national trust (The fact the sign had "Easter fun" in very big letters seems to have escaped the attention of the press, prime minister and church of England!), there is a theme that fidelity and faithfulness are good and worthy things, while being relatively quiet on the subjects of women bishops and LGBT lifestyle.
This chapter is one of these passages - Adultery (apparently a bigger problem for women than men), though I don't think that adultery is the fault of one person, after all it takes 2 to tango!
The lips of an illicit partner may be sweet as honey, and words are smoother than oil, but in the end they are as bitter as gall, sharp as a double edged sword.
It is a path that leads to no good.
The advice of the proverb writer is to keep well away from temptation.
Verses 15-18 are really a double entendre (to coin a phrase) about drinking water from your own cistern and well, and not letting your fluids leak in the street....
Read it if you don't believe me!
There is an ultimate (dare I say) cold shower - All your ways are in full view of God, so be a bit careful.
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