Some Thoughts From Proverbs 7

Proverbs 7:1ff

¹My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
² keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
³ bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴ Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”  and call insight your intimate friend,
⁵ to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.

This is the last of the "my son" passages. The writer gives a description of the simpleton and the adulteress. It is noteworthy that adultery is of considerable concern to the writer. It is a part of the constant warning he gives.

In this passage he describes her dress, her speech, her seductive cleverness, her disregard for loyalty, and her casual religiosity.

 In his description of the man he begins by saying, "he is a young man lacking sense," or a simpleton. He then puts him in the wrong place at the wrong time. A careful examination of adultery will show that this is nearly always an ingredient of the sin.

 He is persuaded by her seductive speech. But I would venture this youth seeks and desires persuasion. "As an ox goes to the slaughter," what a compelling picture because it leads to the most pitiful of all the words in this context. Verse 23 C "He does not know it will cost him his life." And in that moment he does not care.