This not anti-sex or sex negative. Who is the author? Aren't you glad the author had over 1000 women of his own. Do you think he was anti-sex or sex negative?
The context is another man's wife with the man away from home. Also the context is the author has 1000 women sex partners. Men own their wives as property. It is not wise to use another man's property (his wives) without his permission. The man may get jealous and kill you or the law of the land will have you killed. Respect another man property. It is better to save your money and buy your own wife, then it is to rent a women or use another man's wife without permission.
Also context is no birth control and no condoms, no protection at all and no permission from husband. Also read it in context with Song of Solomon and other sexy parts of the OT.
New Century Version
Proverbs 5, 6, 7
5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen to my words of understanding. 2 Be careful to use good sense, and watch what you say. 3 The words of another man's wife may seem sweet as honey; they may be as smooth as olive oil. 4 But in the end she will bring you sorrow, causing you pain like a two-edged sword. 5 She is on the way to death; her steps are headed straight to the grave. 6 She gives little thought to life. She doesn't even know that her ways are wrong. 7 Now, my sons, listen to me, and don't ignore what I say. 8 Stay away from such a woman. Don't even go near the door of her house, 9 or you will give your riches to others, and the best years of your life will be given to someone cruel. 10
Strangers will enjoy your wealth, and what you worked so hard for will go to someone else. 11 You will groan at the end of your life when your health is gone. 12 Then you will say, "I hated being told what to do! I would not listen to correction! 13 I would not listen to my teachers or pay attention to my instructors. 14 I came close to being completely ruined in front of a whole group of people."
15Be faithful to your own wife,
(my note-- or 1000 women as "wives" like Solomon, the author, had.)
just as you drink water from your own well. 16 Don't pour your water in the streets; don't give your love to just any woman. 17 These things are yours alone and shouldn't be shared with strangers. 18 Be happy with the wife you married when you were young. She gives you joy, as your fountain gives you water. 19 She is as lovely and graceful as a deer. Let her love always make you happy; let her love always hold you captive.20 My son, don't be held captive by a woman who takes part in adultery. http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/adultdefine.html
What is the definition of fornication
? http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/fornication.htmlMatt. 5:28 is totally misunderstood and taken out of context. "look at a women with lust...adultery"
http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/Lustmt528.htmlAdultery? What are the different Bible definitions
? Pro--Con of adultery. (Many links) http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/adultery.htmlSurvey Christians-- what % have had an affair? What % had sex before marriage? Adultery, What is it in the Bible? It is not what we teach today?
http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/Adulterythefamily.html for more check http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/adultdefine.html
(Go to the forum issue about adultery to understand what it is and what it was not in the OT. This is anti-adultery, not anti-sex with others with permission or mutual consent)
Don't hug another man's wife. 21 The Lord sees everything you do, and he watches where you go. 22 An evil man will be caught in his wicked ways; the ropes of his sins will tie him up. 23 He will die because he does not control himself, and he will be held captive by his foolishness.
6:16There are six things the Lord hates. There are seven things he cannot stand: 17 a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people, 18 a mind that thinks up evil plans, feet that are quick to do evil, 19 a witness who lies, and someone who starts arguments among families.
6:24 They will keep you from sinful women and from the pleasing words of another man's unfaithful wife. 25 Don't desire her because she is beautiful. Don't let her capture you by the way she looks at you. 26 A prostitute will treat you like a loaf of bread, and a woman who takes part in adultery may cost you your life. 27 You cannot carry hot coals against your chest without burning your clothes, 28 and you cannot walk on hot coals without burning your feet. 29 The same is true if you have sexual relations with another man's wife. Anyone who does so will be punished. 30 People don't hate a thief when he steals because he is hungry. 31 But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, and it may cost him everything he owns. 32 A man who takes part in adultery has no sense; he will destroy himself. 33 He will be beaten up and disgraced, and his shame will never go away. 34 Jealousy makes a husband very angry, and he will have no pity when he gets revenge. 35 He will accept no payment for the wrong; he will take no amount of money.
7:1My son, remember what I say, and treasure my commands. 2 Obey my commands, and you will live. Guard my teachings as you would your own eyes. 3 Remind yourself of them; write them on your heart as if on a tablet. 4 Treat wisdom as a sister, and make understanding your closest friend. 5 Wisdom and understanding will keep you away from adultery, away from the unfaithful wife and her pleasing words.
6Once while I was at the window of my house I looked out through the shutters 7 and saw some foolish, young men. I noticed one of them had no wisdom. 8 He was walking down the street near the corner on the road leading to her house. 9 It was the twilight of the evening; the darkness of the night was just beginning. 10 Then the woman approached him, dressed like a prostitute and planning to trick him. 11 She was loud and stubborn and never stayed at home. 12 She was always out in the streets or in the city squares, waiting around on the corners of the streets. 13 She grabbed him and kissed him. Without shame she said to him, 14 "I made my fellowship offering and took some of the meat home. Today I have kept my special promises. 15 So I have come out to meet you; I have been looking for you and have found you. 16 I have covered my bed with colored sheets from Egypt. 17 I have made my bed smell sweet with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let's make love until morning. Let's enjoy each other's love. 19 My husband is not home; he has gone on a long trip. 20 He took a lot of money with him and won't be home for weeks." 21 By her clever words she made him give in; by her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong. 22 All at once he followed her, like an ox led to the butcher, like a deer caught in a trap 23 and shot through the liver with an arrow. Like a bird caught in a trap, he didn't know what he did would kill him.
24Now, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say. 25 Don't let yourself be tricked by such a woman; don't go where she leads you. 26 She has ruined many good men, and many have died because of her. 27 Her house is on the road to death, the road that leads down to the grave.
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