Hello, dear Reader, and welcome to yet one more day on this side of the Grave, right? I'm breathing in and out today myself; I'm very grateful. Also: water. I'm so grateful for water! To drink, for the indulgent luxury of a clean, hot shower; it refreshes and sustains us, body and soul. Hooray today for water!
What stands out to you to be grateful for today, dear Reader? 💖
Well I read 1 Peter 2 today. Ok, I have to tell on myself because it's hilarious: I had to google, "Who wrote 1 Peter?" and (of course) the answer is "the Apostle Peter". I laughed out loud; it was a true facepalm moment.😂 See, I TOLD y'all that I NEED God. Now you know.
Without any further ado, I'll share today's Proverb (no. 5) from the Book of Wisdom, today it's the NKJV translation.
Behold, the Word of the Lord.
The Peril of Adultery
5 My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
[a]Lend your ear to my understanding,
2 That you may [b]preserve discretion,
And your lips may keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of [c]an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death,
Her steps lay hold of [d]hell.
6 Lest you ponder her path of life—
Her ways are unstable;
You do not know them.
7 Therefore hear me now, my children,
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house,
9 Lest you give your [e]honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
10 Lest aliens be filled with your [f]wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;
11 And you mourn at last,
When your flesh and your body are consumed,
12 And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!
13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
14 I was on the verge of total ruin,
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
And running water from your own well.
16 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
[g]Streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be only your own,
And not for strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with the wife of your youth.
19 As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be [h]enraptured with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He [i]ponders all his paths.
22 His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
23 He shall die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Footnotes
Proverbs 5:1 Lit. Bow
Proverbs 5:2 appreciate good judgment
Proverbs 5:3 Lit. a strange
Proverbs 5:5 Or Sheol
Proverbs 5:9 vigor
Proverbs 5:10 Lit. strength
Proverbs 5:16 Channels
Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs
Now here is a beautiful song of love and worship:
I've only one to give
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