The sweetness in the allure of the immoral woman becomes bitter, and her smooth, oil-like pleasantness becomes sharp as a two-edged sword. In the end she is bitter as wormwood: Honey is sweet, but wormwood is bitter.
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( Pro 5:4-7) The danger of the immoral woman.īut in the end she is bitter as wormwood,Īnd do not depart from the words of my mouth.Ī. Modern western culture is saturated with images of alluring women and the their enticement to gain something sweet and pleasant from them.ģ. Our day is like Solomon’s, or perhaps worse. These women were a danger to be warned against. They might gain something emotional, something material, something sensual, something romantic, or other potential gains. Operating outside the covenant of marriage, some of those women used that ability for their own advantage. Honey…oil: In Solomon’s day some women had the ability to attract and allure men with the sweetness of honey and the pleasantness of oil. 3 is literally the ‘other woman,’ that is, someone other than the man’s wife.” (Garrett)ĭ. In other circumstance he might have warned against an immoral man, and the principles of seduction he warned about can apply freely to women or men. Solomon focused on the immoral woman because he wrote this to his son ( Proverbs 5:1) and sensed this was his greatest, closest moral danger. Solomon-the author of the Song of Solomon-was far too wise and astute in the ways of romance and sexuality to believe that. Of an immoral woman: Solomon here focused on the immoral woman, but it was not because he thought that men are always moral and it is mainly immoral women who seduce and corrupt moral men. Oil: “The delightful oil symbolized gladness ( Isaiah 6:3) and prosperity ( Deuteronomy 33:24), and its absence indicated sorrow or humiliation ( Joel 1:10).” (Waltke)Ĭ. This speaks to the great need for men and women to guard their speech and communication with the opposite sex. The first steps towards immoral associations are almost always made by what is said or communicated. The figures of lips and the mouth refer to the words an immoral woman may use in her enticements and to her alluring kisses. The lips of an immoral woman: Solomon’s phrasing is poetic and powerful. Honey is sweet and oil is pleasant, and these represent the temptations of immorality.ī. For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey: This explains the reason why it was important for the son to hold on to discretion and knowledge-those things would be tested by the enticements of an immoral woman. ( Pro 5:3) The allure of the immoral woman.įor the lips of an immoral woman drip honey,Ī.
“Many men’s hearts are no better than stews and brothel houses, by reason of base and beastly thoughts and lusts that muster and swarm there, like the flies of Egypt.” (Trapp)Ģ. This is especially true in regard to the sexual matters described in this chapter. If we ever gain discretion, it is difficult to preserve. The idea is that the son started in these things, but must face the challenge of remaining in them throughout life.
That you may preserve discretion: Solomon wanted his son to hold on to discretion and to keep knowledge. In this chapter the wisdom is “A man-to-man warning to avoid liaisons with loose women, a theme that is fairly common in the wisdom literature of the ancient Near East.” (Ross)ī. Teachers must do what they can to gain and hold the attention of their learners. My son, pay attention to my wisdom: As previously, Solomon knew that his instruction would do most good when it was given attention and ear. “This is a tremendous chapter, dealing with a delicate subject daringly, and, with great directness.” (G.
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