Strange Lips Sink Ships

Proverbs 5:3-20– For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 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. And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Solomon is giving a stern warning to his son about other women. A ‘strange’ woman is one that is a stranger, another, prostitute, harlot – SOMEONE THAT IS NOT YOUR WIFE! Solomon is warning his son to stay away from such women.

Though the lips of strange women seem like honeycomb (sweet) and has a mouth smoother than oil (soft, comforting words), her end is bitter, sharp as a two-edged sword and her path leads to death and hell. Some married men (even those that are not), look at the strange woman as something to be desired. They look better than your wife; always there to comfort you with soft words; and make you feel young and ‘fancy free.’ But as Solomon says, we do not know her ways as they are moveable and hidden…and unless we ponder the path of life (and our own), we would be subject to follow her down to death and hell.

Solomon says to remove far from her and do not come close to the door of her house. Now, a lot of men like to play with fire because their egos/pride are being puffed up by these women (see Proverbs 16:18), but all they need you to do is be close to their home and remain open to receiving their poisonous words…because if you choose to give into the woman’s (or even your own) desires:

• You will give your honor (splendor, vigor) to others and your years to the cruel. The best of your years will be given to strangers. Your years will be spent on people that can care less about you – only taking what you have.
• Strangers will receive your wealth. You’ll be spending money on child support, lawyers, and other monies you could have kept in your own house.
• What you worked hard for will be in the stranger’s house.
• In the end, when you have nothing left to give (body and flesh), you will say, how you hated instruction and despised correction. You did not obey the voice of your teachers and instructors.

So what should you do?!

1. Drink water from your own cistern. Stay with your wife!

2. Let your fountains (source of life, children) be dispersed, but be only from your wife and not the stranger.

3. Rejoice with the wife of your youth.

4. Allow her to always to be loving and pleasant as the graceful hind, roe, deer.

5. Allow her breasts to satisfy you all at times…ALWAYS! We should not allow our wives’ physical appearance to dictate or be ANY REASON to go to a stranger! Allow her breasts to be the only ones you want!

6. Always be ravished (intoxicated) with her love.

Do not embrace the bosom of a stranger. Your life will only get worse. Rejoice in (and with) the wife of your youth!

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