V13 A prostitute is loud and brash, and never has enough of lust and shame.
V14 She sits at the door of her house or stands at the street corners of the city,
V15 whispering to men going by, and to those minding their own business.
V16 “Come home with me,” she urges simpletons.
V17 “Stolen melons are the sweetest; stolen apples taste the best!”
V18 But they don’t realize that her former guests are now citizens of hell.
Once again, I opened by sharing some scripture quoted directly from The Children’s Living Bible copyrighted in 1971.
The verses highlighted in my personal study follow:
Proverbs 9
V1 Wisdom has built a palace supported on seven pillars,
V2 and has prepared a great banquet, and mixed the wines,
V3 and sent out her maidens inviting all to come. She calls from the busiest intersections in the city,
V4 “Come, you simple ones without good judgment;
V5 come to wisdom’s banquet and drink the wines that I have mixed.
V6 Leave behind your foolishness and begin to live; learn how to be wise.”
V7,8 If you rebuke a mocker, you will only get a smart retort; yes, he will snarl at you. So don’t bother with him; he will only hate you for trying to help him. But a wise man, when rebuked, will love you all the more.
V9 Teach a wise man, and he will be wiser; teach a good man and he will learn more.
V10 For the reverence and fear of God are basic to all wisdom. Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding.
V11 “I, Wisdom, will make the hours of your day more profitable and the years of your life more fruitful.”
V12 Wisdom is its own reward, and if you scorn her, you hurt only yourself.
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MSG Translation: V. 7-9, 12a
If you reason with an arrogant cynic, you’ll get slapped in the face; confront bad behavior and get a kick in the shins.
Countless times, I’ve approached the type of personality described above “in love”, and received just that, “a slap in the face”. Albeit, even in the presence of witnesses as the Word instructs, but with the same results.
The instruction plainly states “don’t waste your time on a scoffer, all you get for your pains is abuse.”
(*Re: II Thessalonians 3:13-14)
Those of us who love the Lord are willing to put our love for our fellowman “out there”. The lesson in these scriptures reminds us to use spiritual discernment when approaching any situation that is ungodly. Some issues just don’t need to be addressed. GLORY!
But wait, herein lies also some good and refreshing news, for if you correct those who care about life, that’s different–they’ll love you for it!
Sometimes, we must take the “shackles off of our feet and dance”.
V.12a…Live wisely and wisdom will permeate your life…
Let’s dance to the beat of Lady Wisdom!
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