Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Sixteen Characteristics of the "Strange Woman" in Proverbs



Sixteen Characteristics of the “Strange [Adulterous] Woman” in Proverbs

1. FLATTERER (2:16, 7:5, 21)                                                                  8. SUBTLE (7:10)

2. SWEET TALKER (5:3)                                                                         9. SLEAZY DRESS (7:10)

3. SMOOTH TALKER (5:3)                                                                   10. STUBBORN (7:11, 9:13)

4. UNSTABLE (5:6)                                                                               11. LOUD TALKER (7:11, 9:13)

5. USES OUTWARD LOOKS TO SEDUCE (7:13)                              12. ROAMS STREETS (7:12)

6. FLIRTS/INITIATES CONTACT (7:13-15)                                         13. AGGRESSIVE (7:13)

7. ON THE HUNT/LOOKING FOR VICTIM (7:13-15, 23:27, 28)       14. SEDUCTIVE (7:16-21)
                                                                                                                       
15. ADULTERESS (7:19)                                                                        16. EVIL (23:27, 28)

Eight Results of Adultery in Proverbs

A. Leads to physical destruction/death (2:18, 5:4, 5)           
B. Leads to spiritual destruction/hell (5:5, 7:27)
C. Leads to loss of honor (5:9)
D. Leads to loss of years (5:9)
E. Leads to loss of labors (5:10)
F. Leads to loss of wealth (5:10)
G. Produces mourning (5:11)
H. Causes flesh and body to be consumed (5:11)                                             

Causes of Adultery in Proverbs
  1. Hatred of instruction  (5:12)
  2. Heart despises reproof (5:12)
  3. Not obeying teachers (5:13)
  4. Not inclining ear to instructors (5:13)

Ways To Win Over Sexual Temptation in Proverbs

  1. Memorize/Meditate On The Word of God (2:1, 2, 3:1, 4:20-22, 5:1, 2, 6:21-23, 7:1-3)

  2. Remove thy way far from her (5:8)

  3. Come not nigh her door (5:8)

  4. Lust not after her (6:25)

  5. Let not her eyes take thee (6:25)

  6. Let not thine heart decline to her ways (7:25)

  7. Go not astray in her paths (7:25)

  8. Drink waters out of thine own cistern (5:15)

  9. Let thy fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife of thy youth (5:18)

10. Keep thy father’s commandment and forsake not the law of they mother (6:20)

                                                         

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