Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we continue our progress through Proverbs, and we're still in the dad's advice to his son.

He has more warnings about adultery. He wants these words to be in his son's line of sight and on his hands and in his heart.

All three of those areas, eyes, hands and heart, are important aspects of walking in holiness and purity.

If the son has this wisdom at the forefront of these places, he won't be drawn to the adulteress.

By the way, it's easy to hear the words the adulteress and think of someone who's out to

intentionally seduce this young man. And that's definitely possible. But it's not exclusive to that

scenario. It could be someone he seeks out and pursues as well. Proverbs 7-8 talks about the young man going out

at night and walking to her house. She meets him on his way there, but he seems to go of his own

volition. And as this particular woman lays the flattery on thick, the fool falls for it.

The dad warns his son repeatedly in all these chapters that this is the path to death. It's not a subtle warning. He repeats it. The dad warns his son repeatedly in all these chapters that this is the path to death.

It's not a subtle warning. He repeats it over and over using different language and even

violent language throughout the passage, just to make sure he gets the point across.

In chapter seven, the dad describes the adulteress as a loud woman who sidles up to the sun and probably

lowers her voice to seduce him in the streets. And in chapter eight, the dad illustrates another

woman who also cries aloud in the street. This is wisdom personified. She raises her voice

to call out too. She appeals to the fool and the simpletons to listen to what she has to say.

She begins to describe herself, maybe like you would, on a dating profile. Here's what she says.

Her roommates are prudence, knowledge, and discretion, so she clearly keeps good company.

A few of the things she hates are pride, arrogance, evil, and perverted speech.

She talks about the benefits she would offer to anyone in relationship with her.

Counsel, sound wisdom, insight, strength, leadership, justice, love, riches, honor, enduring

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