Proverbs For Marriage: The Wisdom of Solomon applied to your 21st Century Marriage

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

Song of Solomon takes its title from the first verse of the book, which mentions who the song comes from: This title change also supports the traditional view of Solomon as the author of the book. Solomon wrote the book during his reign as king of Israel, meaning he composed it sometime between and BC. This book remains singular within the Old Testament for at least two reasons: The fullness of the union that takes place at marriage is described in some of the most splendid poetic language in the entire Bible.

Solomon began his rendering of this relationship with the two lovers in courtship longing for affection while expressing their love for one another Song of Solomon 1: Finally, she struggles with the fear of separation, while he reassures his bride of his affections for her 5: All of this reinforces the theme of the goodness of marriage. These are just a few of the examples of literally hundreds of proverbs that we use today—many of them in the original form.

The book of Proverbs also contains some lengthy discussions of issues that we can certainly profit from today. Look at the instructions given to young men on the subject of discretion and morality in chapter 5 of Proverbs:.

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For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two edged sword. Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell. Lest you should ponder her path of life—her ways are unstable; you do not know them. Here is a warning to not engage in casual sexual activity. The biblical model is that sexual activity must only be within marriage. The consequences of this illicit, immoral conduct are loss of respect, poverty and even diseases of the flesh and death itself. The apostle Paul expounded on this theme in his letter to the Corinthians.

He said that the body was not made for sexual immorality and that we should flee from sexual immorality 13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them.

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Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. There is another lengthy section in Proverbs that is very instructive. It can be found in the last chapter, Proverbs 31, and it is a description of the characteristics of a virtuous woman.

The description begins in verse 10 and continues to the end of the chapter.

What might not be noticed by the casual reader is that there are a total of 22 verses in this section, and each verse begins with a succeeding letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Verse 10 begins with the first letter, a leph; verse 11 begins with the second letter, beth; and so forth.

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This section is called an acrostic and was probably meant to be memorized. This is information that God wanted people in every age to know, understand and apply. The book of Proverbs is a treasure trove of useful information that is as up to date today as when it was written around 3, years ago. The book of Proverbs is a great gift to the world.

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The adoration of a woman is an elixir that only a few exceptional men can resist, and then only by the grace of God. King Solomon often warned his son about the smooth and silky words of a whorish seductress Pr 2: Wise men will take sober heed and avoid such women, before their lying words steal their souls and virtue.

His summary in this proverb states the case well. She forced the young man to yield!

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Solomon described the whore as using an embrace, a kiss, and a bold, uninhibited face before her words Pr 7: Then he gave a lengthy description of her much fair speech: I am really a good girl: I am no whore: I have made many preparations and have lots of things for a great time 7: My motives are very noble in wanting to share a great time with you 7: I have waited a long time and dreamed often of finding a man like you 7: I am so glad I found you, because I do not want to be with anyone else 7: It is so wonderful to be alone with you and feel the passion between us 7: I have wanted to meet you for a long time; I have made preparations 7: I have arranged things for the ultimate, perfect lovemaking between us 7: I know special things you will love, that other boring women overlook 7: I care about you more than any other woman, so I go to greater efforts 7: We surely have a love between us that no one else has ever had before 7: Let us fully experience the depths of this unique, special love we have 7: No woman has ever felt as strongly about any man as I feel for you 7: The comfort and pleasure we can find in each other will be wonderful 7: Our love and pleasure will last all night — and all our lives — forever 7: