God’s Wisdom Will Protect You From Immoral People

Proverbs 2:10–22
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We can see in this portion of Scripture two enemies that lie in the path of this young man. One is the evil man (v. 12) and the other a strange woman (v. 16).

The ways of the evil man are tempting to the natural mind. However, to follow this evil man is to leave the “paths of righteousness” and “walk in the ways of darkness” (v. 13).  It is only the Word of God as it is applied in the life that will keep this young man from the self-willed ways of the evil one.

We also find  the tempting  allurement of immoral women as an obstacle in his path. Again and again we will catch glimpses of this strange woman flitting in and out the pages of Proverbs. She is there to rob young men of their purity today just as she was in Solomon’s day. Those who go into her house and get involved in the ways of uncleanness go through life under guilt from which they never recover (v. 19). The memory of unholy acts will linger and prove to be a source of shame and grief to the end. We will find many warnings throughout this book concerning the strange woman.

Those who through wisdom escape these traps of the evil one, by neither being involved with evil men or strange women, will enjoy a peace and security that the wicked will never possess.

Application

It is my desire to pursue wisdom, avoid the wrong kind of people and to have the right kind of companions. Pride appeals to the empty head and sexual enticement to the empty heart. Lord give me the wisdom that only you can give.