Friday!

Proverbs!

Proverbs 5:3-6 CEB

The lips of a mysterious woman drip honey, 

and her tongue is smoother than oil, 

but in the end she is bitter as gall, 

sharp as a double-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death; 

her steps lead to the grave.

She doesn't stay on the way of life. 

Her paths wander, but she doesn't know it.

Proverbs 5:3-6 CEB

Yikes! 

This sounds like someone to steer clear of...but I wonder if this Proverb is really referring to a person?

The word here "mysterious woman" is "zuwr" (pronounced zoor) and it's primary meaning seems to be someone (or something) from outside of the Life that God had planned for his people.

So maybe it's not a person we're to avoid as much as it is ideas, activities, desires (& people) that want to draw us away from the Life God has for us.

This Proverb gives a picture of something interesting, enticing, that draws us in, but in the end doesn't lead to Life at all.

What are those things in your world?

What comes to mind?

Perhaps there is something, someone, some activity or action or that Wisdom says is not going to lead to Life and we need to turn from, get some distance from, strengthen our boundaries with...

Our God is about Life, Life with Him, allow Him to speak Life to us today...

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