Yielding to Much Fair Speech - Proverbs 7:21

In the book of Proverbs Solomon said a young lad met a woman dressed in the attire of a harlot who said, “Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey. He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed”, and in chapter seven and verse twenty one of Proverbs Solomon shared how the woman, “with her much fair speech she caused him to yield” where we read,

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

The verse begins, “With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, ...”. Solomon began with the words, “with her much fair speech” or “by the use of her, the harlot dressed woman's, abundant, great, numerous and plentiful instruction and persuasiveness” “she caused him to yield” which means “she, the woman, perverted and turned him, the young man, aside”. Solomon shared how the woman convinced the young man to turn to her way.

The verse continues, “... with the flattering of her lips she forced him.” Solomon added the words, “with the flattering” or “by the use of smoothness and seductiveness” “of her lips” which means “belonging to her, the woman's, physical lips used for speaking” “she forced him” or “she, the woman, impelled, thrust and moved him, the young man”. Solomon said the woman used her seductive “lips” to move the young man to yield to her.

When we consider the words in this verse, we discover through Solomon how the woman employed seductive words to convince the young man to give in to her request. This was the same manner Satan used in the garden of Eden (See Genesis 3), and he does the same today. Satan is destined for eternal destruction and separation from God (See Revelation 19:10), and he wants to take as many people with him as possible. God, however, wants to save everyone who will believe and trust in His Son Jesus who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind. When we surrender our lives to Him as our personal “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and provide us with His Holy Spirit who will teach us to avoid submitting to the seductive words of Satan and the people he uses.

Next time Solomon said, “he goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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