Today is April 5, 2011. Read Proverbs chapter 5, if you haven't already. Most chapters of the Proverbs are not as cohesive as this one. The entire chapter stems off of a single thought: being enticed by an adulteress (literally, "a strange woman" who is not your wife). The proverb starts out there, and then gives several sound reasons why you should not get involved with a "strange woman". I'll outline this one for you because it is all one thought.
I. Teacher implores students to listen to him - Proverbs 5:1-2, 7
II. Description of an adulterous woman - Proverbs 5:3-6
A. She's a smooth talker (Prov. 5:3)
B. She's a fraud and a backstabber (Prov. 5:4)
C. She's destined for Sheol (hell) (Prov. 5:5)
D. She doesn't think. She has no idea what she's doing, no direction to her life (Prov. 5:6)
III. Advice to stay away from an adulterous woman and always be satisfied with the wife of your youth - Proverbs 5:8, 15, 18-19
IV. Reasons to stay away from an adulterous woman - Proverbs 5:4-6, 9-11, 21-23
A. She's a backstabber (Prov. 5:4)
B. She's destined for Sheol (hell) (Prov. 5:5)
C. She doesn't think. She has no idea what she's doing, no direction to her life (Prov. 5:6)
D. The blessings that were meant for you will be given to others (this is a divine and natural judgment) (Prov. 5:9)
1. Your power and sway will be given to strangers (Prov. 5:10)
2. Your possessions will be given away to people you don't know or like (Prov. 5:10)
E. Your flesh and body will be consumed and you will suffer (this sounds an awful lot like an STD, they are not new on the scene) (Prov. 5:11)
F. You will regret it later (Prov. 5:12-14)
G. God is watching everything you do and will judge you accordingly (Prov. 5:21-23)
I. Teacher implores students to listen to him - Proverbs 5:1-2, 7
II. Description of an adulterous woman - Proverbs 5:3-6
A. She's a smooth talker (Prov. 5:3)
B. She's a fraud and a backstabber (Prov. 5:4)
C. She's destined for Sheol (hell) (Prov. 5:5)
D. She doesn't think. She has no idea what she's doing, no direction to her life (Prov. 5:6)
III. Advice to stay away from an adulterous woman and always be satisfied with the wife of your youth - Proverbs 5:8, 15, 18-19
IV. Reasons to stay away from an adulterous woman - Proverbs 5:4-6, 9-11, 21-23
A. She's a backstabber (Prov. 5:4)
B. She's destined for Sheol (hell) (Prov. 5:5)
C. She doesn't think. She has no idea what she's doing, no direction to her life (Prov. 5:6)
D. The blessings that were meant for you will be given to others (this is a divine and natural judgment) (Prov. 5:9)
1. Your power and sway will be given to strangers (Prov. 5:10)
2. Your possessions will be given away to people you don't know or like (Prov. 5:10)
E. Your flesh and body will be consumed and you will suffer (this sounds an awful lot like an STD, they are not new on the scene) (Prov. 5:11)
F. You will regret it later (Prov. 5:12-14)
G. God is watching everything you do and will judge you accordingly (Prov. 5:21-23)
