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Proverbs chapter 7 verses 22 and 23 all at once he follows her

as an ox goes to the slaughter or as a stag is caught fast till an arrow pierces its

liver as a bird rushes into a snare he does not know that it will cost him his life. This passage is part of a larger

picture in Proverbs chapter 7 of the temptation specifically to adultery that Proverbs 7 describes and the imagery is so

potent and piercing quite Quite literally he talks about how a man is following a woman like an

ox going to the slaughter. He doesn't realize this is going to cost him his life. This is serious

language in God's word for marital unfaithfulness that should cause every husband and wife to run as hard as you can by the

power of the Holy Spirit in you away from any thought, any desire. in any

any way lead in this direction, any words, conversations that in any way lead in this direction

to run in the opposite direction, but not just husbands and wives.

We know all throughout God's word that he is designed sexual activity to be experienced only between a husband and a wife.

So anybody who's not a husband or a wife, so if you are single to run from thoughts, desires, conversations, words that lead you toward sexual

activity with somebody who's not your husband or wife to flee sexual immorality to use

language from First Estonians for this is the will of God for your life to flee

that and anyway for your life to flee that.

And anyway, in every way, you just think of all the temptations

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