Pr. 7: More Whores

Proverbs 7:22 "All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose..."

Who is this seductress? The narrative in Proverbs 7 demonstrates the kind of smooth talking sexy walking woman that a man lacking wisdom, lacking judgement may encounter. You know, young guys just walking around at night, looking for something to catch them, to ensnare them. She makes a compelling case to this total stranger, saying that she was out looking for him. For him! It sounds special, doesn't it? This particular woman was brazen, just up and kissing his face. Hello!

Verse 14. She has her fellowship offerings at home. She has fulfilled her vows? Is this like the sinner who goes to church in the morning, drops a c-note in the offering plate, and considers his sins undone?

So that is convincing. Also her will-decorated bed and sweet-smelling women smelly things that they use like lotion and cinnamon and stuff. It will be a total sensory delight.

Drink of love till morning, huh? That's the distortion in sex. Whore sex isn't love. Like that movie Yours, Mine and Hours, where Frank Beardsley describes to his stepdaughter what love is.

"Life isn't a love in, it's the dishes and the orthodontist and the shoe repairman and... ground round instead of roast beef. And I'll tell you something else: it isn't going to a bed with a man that proves you're in love with him; it's getting up in the morning and facing the drab, miserable, wonderful everyday world with him that counts."

Something tells me that's not what she intended to drink of all night. Well, maybe for one night, but certainly not the everyday world.

But her husband's gone and everything, so it seems like all signs point to this kid spending the night with the prostitute. Its a highway to the grave though, its destruction, bodily and reputationally.