Wife

"⁸Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house, ⁹lest you giver your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel..." Proverbs 5:8,9


This verse has so many more applications than just staying away from the house of an adulteress. You can put anything harmful in her place. If you're a slave to something, its only common sense to stay away from whats causing you to stumble. Solomon was the king of common sense here, and here's his shout out.

(also, I noticed in the first verse of chapters 4 and 5 Solomon says, "Pay attention"to whom ever he is talking to. Like they kept zoning from what he was saying. Smack yo son Solomon. :P )

"¹⁸May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. ¹⁹A loving doe, a graceful deer --- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love. ²⁰Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife? ²¹For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths."Proverbs 5:18-21


This just makes my heart happy. One day i'll find that wife of my youth (obviously not the wife I find later in life eh? eh? :P ) and i'll be married and happy. I want to be growing in love with my wife every day that i'm married to her. Its basically the requirement. Thats what I get from verse 19, to love my wife more everyday.

But, you know what else I want? I want her to do the same thing for me. I want her to love me more everyday. Thats also a requirement.

And then the passage goes on to explain why cheating and lusting are pointless, dumb acts.
The LORD see's all your paths, and Cheating and unfaithfulness lead to deceit, but you can't lie to God.

This makes me happy for the future. The LORD examines all my paths and he's got a sweet babe lined up, I can tell.

anthony