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It is easy to see from a quick reading that the book of Proverbs teaches its readers how to be holy, happy, and healthy. But many of us do not receive the full benefit of the book’s teachings, for many of its proverbs are “dark saying,” difficult to exegete and hard to understand. Consequently, we need the help of men gifted with understanding if we are to properly appreciate the book and the...

leads her victims to bitterness and death. The victim tastes the sweet unaware of the bitterness that will follow. b) The temptress keeps her victim so attracted by her charms that he has no time to meditate upon the consequences of his actions (5:6) She has many smooth ways of keeping his mind from serious thoughts. c) The temptress leads her victim to ruin (5:9–14) [1] She leads him to loss of honor and to years of cruel mockery by his enemies (5:9) [2] She leads him into Poverty and servitude
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