Proverbs 5: Be driven by faith, not by your feelings.

Day Five~ (See Scriptures Below)

Proverbs 5 reminds you to think before you act; to be driven by your faith not your feelings. This is how you can stand against the temptations of life or avoid taking shortcuts because of a sense of entitlement. Many a pitfall could be avoided if you would contemplate the ramifications and consequences of your decisions. Wisdom is that intermediate step between thought and action. It might be only a few seconds, hours, days or weeks. But taking that step can prevent much pain. What time do you need to take right now before you say what you thought you wanted to say or do what you thought you wanted to do? Before pressing the accelerator … pause for a moment.

Proverbs 5: Warning Against Adultery


1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom,

listen well to my words of insight,


2 that you may maintain discretion

and your lips may preserve knowledge.


3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey,

and her speech is smoother than oil;


4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,

sharp as a double-edged sword.


5 Her feet go down to death;

her steps lead straight to the grave. [a]


6 She gives no thought to the way of life;

her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.


7 Now then, my sons, listen to me;

do not turn aside from what I say.


8 Keep to a path far from her,

do not go near the door of her house,


9 lest you give your best strength to others

and your years to one who is cruel,


10 lest strangers feast on your wealth

and your toil enrich another man's house.


11 At the end of your life you will groan,

when your flesh and body are spent.


12 You will say, "How I hated discipline!

How my heart spurned correction!


13 I would not obey my teachers

or listen to my instructors.


14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin

in the midst of the whole assembly."


15 Drink water from your own cistern,

running water from your own well.


16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,

your streams of water in the public squares?


17 Let them be yours alone,

never to be shared with strangers.


18 May your fountain be blessed,

and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.


19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—

may her breasts satisfy you always,

may you ever be captivated by her love.


20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?

Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?


21 For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD,

and he examines all his paths.


22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;

the cords of his sin hold him fast.


23 He will die for lack of discipline,

led astray by his own great folly.