Proverbs 5:1
Outline:
I. \\#1:1-9\\ Introduction
II. \\#1:10-9:18\\ - A Father’s Exhortations
A. \\#Pro 1:10-21\\ Resist Peer Pressure
B. \\#Pro 1:20-33\\ Wisdom Desires You
C. \\#Pro 2:1-22\\ Seek Wisdom
D. \\#Pro 3:1-35\\ Live Wisely
E. \\#Pro 4:1-9:18\\ Various Exhortations
1. \\#4:1-13\\ Wisdom
2. \\#4:14-19\\ The Wicked
3. \\#4:20-27\\ Stay on Track
4. \\#5:1-14\\ The Strange Woman
III. \\#10:1-22:16\\ - Short Proverbs
IV. \\#22:17-24:34\\ - Medium-Length Proverbs
V. \\#25:1-29:27\\ - More Short Proverbs
VI. \\#30:1-33\\ - Agur’s Proverbs
VII. \\#31:1-31\\ - King Lemuel’s Proverbs
The theme of this chapter is morality. This topic has already been
touched in \\#2:16-19\\, but this chapter enlarges those thoughts and
adds specific counsels on maintaining purity. Never has truth on this
topic been so badly needed among our youth!
\\#1:10-9:18\\ - Lengthy lessons (proverbs) (A Father’s Exhortations)
V. #Pro 4:1-8:36 Various Exhortations
A. \\#5:1-14\\ The Strange Woman
1. \\#1-2\\ Listen to my words.
a. \\#1\\ The father continually admonishes his son on
the importance of listening to what he is saying.
(1) \\#1:8, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1, 20, 5:1, 7\\
(2) In fact, every new discourse has begun with this
admonition.
b. \\#2\\ Why?
(1) That you may be able to exercise discretion.
(a) \\#Pro 1:4\\
(b) (Strong's 04209) "an understanding of evil"
(2) That you may be able to speak with knowledge.
(a) That is, truthfully, based on the truth.
(b) We must remember that… "out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh."
\\#Matthew 12:34\\
2. \\#3-6\\ Guard against the strange woman
a. \\#3\\ Her words are tempting.
(1) The strange woman is the immoral woman. It could
refer to the single act of immorality, but it is
more a reference to the adulteress and the
harlot which might indicate a regular practice.
(2) Her lips (words) can tempt a man as surely as any
eatable treat (the honeycomb for example).
(3) They can be easily swallowed and believed (like
oil) by the gullible male.
(4) Her reasoning for wanting sexual relations are
not discussed but we might speculate.
(a) Some woman in this generation seem more
bridled by sexual lusts than their male
counterparts.
(b) Many times, girls and women seek the
affection of men this way because they
lacked the love and approval of a father
growing up.
(c) Often times women use what men want to get
the material items that they want.
(4) Whatever a woman’s reasoning it should be
noted that in this text she, as the female
praying mantis, is the tempter preying on
the unwitting male who is the victim.
b. \\#4-6\\ The consequences
(1) \\#4\\ The end of the affair will be bitter
(wormwood) and painful (a sharp two-edged sword).
(2) \\#5\\ The road she is on is death and hell, both
figuratively and literally.
(a) In the figurative sense, following her will
make one’s life miserable. She is using
the man to get what she wants as surely as
the men use woman to get what they want.
(b) In the literal sense, with the many diseases
this lifestyle generates, such behavior
could lead to a premature death.
(c) In addition, the Bible proclaims those who
practice this sin are not of God.
1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
abusers of themselves with mankind.
(3) \\#6\\ The consequences are not something the
tempted can figure out.
(a) I believe this verse is directed to one
being tempted.
(b) Do not waste your time trying to "ponder"
this pathway of life.
(c) The end of this sin is elusive (moveable).
(d) You cannot figure it out.
c. \\#7-14\\ Do not go to the strange woman.
a. \\#7\\ Listen to what I am saying.
(1) The father continues to demand his children’s
attention.
(2) This admonition starts another section.
(3) Do not ignore what I have told you.
b. \\#8\\ Do not go by the way of the strange woman.
(1) Don’t go near her. Plan your course another
direction.
(2) And certainly, do not go into her house.
c. \\#9-14\\ Unless you want the consequences:
(1) \\#9\\ Lose your honor.
(2) \\#9\\ Doom your life (years) to pain and
problems.
(3) \\#10\\ Lose your wealth and work for someone
else’s household (child care and alimony).
(4) \\#11\\ Subject yourself to sexually transmitted
diseases (i.e. "flesh and thy body are
consumed").
(5) \\#11-14\\ Be filled with regret ("mourn at the
last").
(a) \\#12\\ Mourn that you hated and despised
truth.
(b) \\#13\\ Mourn that you did not listen.
(c) \\#14\\ Mourn that while others had a good
life, you put yourself in the middle of
evil.
d. \\#15-19\\ Solomon illustrated moral truth with water.
a. \\#15\\ The cistern and well is the wife. Stay with
your "OWN" wife.
b. \\#16\\ The fountains and rivers are the children.
Be fruitful and multiply (reproduce) is God’s
command.
c. \\#17\\ But let these children be the fruit of you
and your wife (thine own), not the byproduct of you
and a stranger.
d. \\#18\\ Keep the blessings of God upon your children
by rejoicing with the wife of your youth.
e. \\#19\\ Seek all your pleasure with her.
e. \\#20-23\\ The Lord will judge you for unfaithfulness.
a. \\#20\\ Why would you turn to a stranger? Of course
there are reasons a man will justify his immorality.
The question is asked not to get a response but to
urge the man to think.
b. \\#21\\ God is watching and considering what you do.
c. \\#22\\ Sin shall take the law breaker and tie him up.
Once entangled, it is difficult to untangled.
d. \\#23\\ He will die (figuratively and literally) at
the height of his foolishness.
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