March 8, 2013 – Proverbs 5

Isn’t it odd that King Solomon is giving advise on adultery.  He had like a thousand wives.  How could he possibly find time to have a mistress as well. 

If you watch any TV show in which there is an episode of adultery, verse 3 seems to follow right along.  The tempter always has “lips…drip honey and ….mouth is smoother than oil.”  The person that is tempting always seems like this perfect specimen, a perfect idea, an opportunity that cannot be turned down.  But as it states, their feet are at the steps of Sheol.  They will only lead to destruction.  It is never the right path and always leads to pain. 

As I finish it, I wonder if he is writing it at the beginning of his life and just did not follow his own advise or if he writes it at the end of his life and is warning them against the mistakes  he made.  I think it has more of the feel of the latter.  I can see and old father telling his sons to stick with their first and young love, that cherishing that will bring much more happiness than going after other loves later.