By now it seems that the writer of the Proverbs is obsessed with sex. I think he knew what Paul would write years later, sexual sin reaches deep inside of us and diminishes our ability to honor God. If we are not faithful to our spouses, then how will we be faithful to our God? In the words of the Benedictine Handbook in its prayer on rising, we pray, "May we at all times avoid sin, and in thought, word, and deed do your holy will".
Proverbs 7:21-23
With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk. All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own…
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