A Bag of Money with Him - Proverbs 7:20

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”, and in chapter seven and verse twenty of Proverbs Solomon shared how the woman said, “he has taken a bag of money with him” where we read,

He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

The verse begins, “He has taken a bag of money with him, ...”. Solomon began with the words, “he has taken” or “he, the woman's husband, lay hold of, seized and took in hand” “a bag of money with him” which means “a bundle or pouch of silver, shekels or talents alongside of him, the woman's husband”. Solomon shared how the woman told the young man that her husband took a pouch of shekels or talents with him for his journey.

The verse goes on to say, “... and will come home at the day appointed.” Solomon continued with the words, “and will come home” or “and shall certainly return to their dwelling place” “at the day appointed” which means “during the full moon festival or feast of the full moon”. Solomon shared how the woman said her husband would certainly return to their dwelling place during the festival or feast of the full moon.

When we think through Solomon's words in this verse, we learn how the woman told the young man that her husband took a pouch of silver or talents with him, and he would not return to their home until the festival of the full moon. In other words, they had plenty of time to indulge one another with their pernicious behavior. The lies of Satan is that we can “get away with” our sin because we have no one to whom to give an account, and there is sufficient time to commit wicked acts. God, however, sees all, and all time is in His hands. He knows everything we do, and nothing sinful we commit is without His knowledge. This is why God sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind, and when we surrender to Him as our personal “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and keep us from sinful behavior regardless of the freedom from others' observance or sufficient time to participate within it.

Next time Solomon shares how the woman, “with her much fair speech she caused him to yield”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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The Goodman is Not at Home - Proverbs 7:19

In the book of Proverbs Solomon shared about a young lad met a 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”, and in chapter seven and verse nineteen of Proverbs Solomon shared how the woman said, “the goodman is not at home” where we read,

For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

The verse begins, “For the goodman is not at home, ...”. Solomon began with the words, “for the goodman” or “because, since and on account that the man or husband” “is not at home” which means “is not within the dwelling place, habitation or abode”. Solomon shared how the woman said her husband was not in their dwelling place.

The verse continues, “... he is gone a long journey:” Solomon added the words, “he is gone” or “he, the husband, has departed, moved and gone away on” “a long journey” which means “a remote, far, and distant place”. Solomon said the woman told the young man her husband departed to an extended and far away location.

When we meditate upon Solomon's words in this verse, we learn how the woman implied that she and the young man would have her home to themselves, and they could be together for an extended time because her husband departed to a distant place. Her invitation to sin was not only convenient, but also included plenty of time to enjoy themselves. Sin is attractive and pleasurable at first, however, the end results are death and destruction. God wants to keep us from the consequences of sin, and when He sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross, He paid the price for every sin we may ever commit. When we believe and trust in Him as our personal “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and keep us from the horrific results of sin before we ever engage or participate.

Next time Solomon shares how the woman says, “he has taken a bag of money with him”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

See more devotionals on the website "thewordfortodaywithray.com" or look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore. All references are from "Strongs Concordance".

 

Love Until the Morning - Proverbs 7:18

In the book of Proverbs Solomon said a young lad met a woman dressed in the attire of a harlot and, “she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows, therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon”, and in chapter seven and verse eighteen of Proverbs Solomon shared how the woman said, “come, let us take our fill of love until the morning” where we read,

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

The verse begins, “Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning:”. Solomon began with the words, “come, let us take our fill of love” or “walk, proceed and carry forward, allow and permit us, the young man and the woman with the attire of a harlot, to be satiated, bathed, satisfied and soaked by the use of caressing, feasting and delighting in each other's love” “until the morning” which means “as far as and even to the break of day, coming of daylight and the sunrise”. Solomon shared how the woman invited the young man to feast and delight in caressing one another until sunrise.

The verse goes on to say, “let us solace ourselves with loves.” Solomon continued with the words, “let us solace ourselves” or “allow and permit us, the young man and the woman with the attire of a harlot, exult, make joyous and delight our own selves” “with loves” which means “”by the use of caresses and physical delights”. Solomon said the woman invited the young man to make themselves joyous by caressing and physically pleasing one another.

When we consider the words in this verse, we learn through Solomon how the woman used her words to seduce the young man with an invitation to spend the night with her, and all night until sunrise they would make themselves joyous by caressing one another. This young man was like a lamb being led to the slaughter, and although her seduction was attractive, he had the choice whether to submit or not. God knows sin can be attractive, but it ends in troubles, difficulties and death. (See Genesis 3) This is why He sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind, and when we yield our lives to Him, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and keep us from surrendering to the seductive words of sin.

Next time Solomon shares how the woman says, “the goodman is not at home”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

See more devotionals on the website "thewordfortodaywithray.com" or look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore. All references are from "Strongs Concordance".

 

A Perfumed Bed - Proverbs 7:17

In the book of Proverbs Solomon shared about a young man who met a woman who was dressed in the attire of a harlot who was, “loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows, therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt”, and in chapter seven and verse seventeen of Proverbs Solomon shared how the woman said, “I have perfumed my bed with myrrh” where we read,

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

The verse begins, “I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, ...”. Solomon began with the words, “I have perfumed my bed” or “I, the woman in the attire of a harlot, besprinkled, brandished and waved my, the woman's, bier or lying couch for sleeping” “with myrrh” which means “by the use of a sacred oil in perfume which is an Arabian gum from the bark of a tree”. Solomon shared how the woman sprinkled her sleeping couch with sacred oil perfume.

The verse continues, “... aloes, and cinnamon.” Solomon added the word, “aloes” or “aloe perfume”, “and cinnamon” which means “and the fragrant bark of cinnamon used as a spice”. Solomon said the woman also dressed her lying couch with aloe perfume and the fragrant bark of cinnamon.

When we think through Solomon's words in this verse, we learn how the woman prepared her “bed” in advance of seducing the young man. She used various aromas that would be inviting for their time together. In other words, she made her sin attractive. Sin at first glance may seem to be attractive, but the ends thereof are the ways of death. (See Proverbs 14:12; 16:25) Because we “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (See Romans 3:23), God sent His Son Jesus to pay the price of death on the cross for the sins of all mankind. Now when we put our faith and trust in Him as our personal “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and keep us from the tempting “perfumes” set out by those who would cause our sinful demise.

Next time Solomon shares how the woman says, “come, let us take our fill of love until the morning”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

See more devotionals on the website "thewordfortodaywithray.com" or look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore. All references are from "Strongs Concordance".

 

My Bed Decked with Coverings of Tapestry - Proverbs 7:16

In the book of Proverbs Solomon told the story of a young man who met a woman dressed in the attire of a harlot who was, “loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows, therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you”, and in chapter seven and verse sixteen of Proverbs Solomon shared how the woman said, “I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry” where we read,

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

The verse begins, “I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, ...”. Solomon began with the words, “I have decked my bed” or “I, the woman dressed in the attire of a harlot, have spread my, the woman's, divan or couch” “with coverings of tapestry” which means “by the use of coverlets containing materials, fabrics and textiles”. Solomon shared how the woman wearing the attire of a harlot said she had used coverlets of fabrics and textiles upon her place of lying.

The verse goes on to say, “... with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.” Solomon continued with the words, “with carved works” or “ by the use of colored and dark-hued tapestries”, “with fine linen” which means “buy the use of properly twisted yarn and tapestry” “of Egypt” or “belonging to Egypt whose name means land of the Copts and is a country at the northeastern section of Africa and adjacent to Palestine through which the Nile flows”. Solomon said the woman told the young man that she adorned her bed with properly twisted yarn which was from the country of “Egypt”.

When we meditate upon Solomon's words in this verse, we learn how the woman prepared in advance for the young man as she made use of properly twisted tapestries from Egypt to adorn her bed. Even so, our enemy Satan, knows how to set a snare for us, and he desires that we sin against God. God, on the other hand, desires to save us from the penalty for sins which is death. He sent His Son Jesus to be crucified on the cross for the sins of all mankind, and when we yield our life to Him as our personal “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and make us aware when a platform for sin is set before us.

Next time Solomon shares how the woman says, “I have perfumed my bed with myrrh”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

See more devotionals on the website "thewordfortodaywithray.com" or look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore. All references are from "Strongs Concordance".

 

Therefore I Came After You - Proverbs 7:15

In the book of Proverbs Solomon shared about a woman of the streets, “is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows”, and in chapter seven and verse fifteen of Proverbs Solomon shared how the woman said, “therefore came I forth to meet you” where we read,

Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.

The verse begins, “Therefore came I forth to meet you, ...”. Solomon began with the words, “therefore came I forth” or “ thus, wherefore and on this account I, the woman in harlot's attire, proceeded, went forward and directed my own self” “to meet you” which means “to seek and encounter you, the young man”. Solomon shared how the woman in harlot's attire concluded that she could encounter the young man after having “peace offerings” and “paying her vows”.

The verse continues, “... diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.” Solomon added the words, “diligently to seek your face” or “to earnestly inquire of your, the young man's, countenance or physical face”, “and I have found you” which means “and I, the woman in harlot's attire, have attained, secured and met you, the young man”. Solomon shared how the woman said she earnestly looked for the countenance of the young man and secured him.

When we consider Solomon's words in this verse, we learn how the woman upon obtaining her “peace offerings” and “paying her vows” determined to find the young man, and she was excited to discover him. She believed that her religious practices cleared her for this illicit affair. God knows us, and He knows when we follow religious practices just to lead us into sin against Him. Paul the apostle wrote, “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (See Romans 3:23), and “the wages of sin is death” (See Romans 6:23a). Paul also said, “but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”. (See Romans 6:23b) God sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind, and when we yield our lives to Him, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. All other religious practices may make a person feel like they are cleansed to sin, but they only deceive them and lead the person to continue in their violation of the laws of God.

Next time Solomon shares how the woman says, “I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

See more devotionals on the website "thewordfortodaywithray.com" or look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore. All references are from "Strongs Concordance".