Powerful Scriptures - Victory Through Proverbs on Lust-free Living

Lust-free Living is impossible without the Word of God because its bigger than you.  The big picture is its all about spiritual warfare with the goal of pulling you away from God.  Therefore, let the Word of God speak for itself.   Though much of the following scriptures are described from a man's point of view, I think we can agree that this advice speaks to both genders, praise God!

(Prov. 4:4 - 8) - ...."Take my words to heart.  Follow my instructions and you will live.  Learn to be wise, and develop good judgment.  Don't forget or turn away from my words.  Don't turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you.  Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do!  And whatever else you do, get good judgment.  If you prize wisdom, she will exalt you.

(Prov. 5:3-6, 8-9,15-23) - The lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.  But the results is as bitter as poison, sharp as a double-edged sword.   Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.   For she does not care about the path to life.  She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn't even realize where it leads.

....Run from her! Don't go near the door of her house!   If you do, you will lose your honor and hand over to merciless people everything you have achieved in life.

....Afterward you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body, and you will say, "How I hated discipline!

...Drink water from  your own well -- share your love only with your wife.  Why spill the water of your springs in public, having sex with just anyone?  You should reserve it for yourselves.  Don't share it with strangers.  Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you.  Rejoice in the wife of your youth.  She is a loving doe, a graceful deer.  Let her breasts satisfy you always.  May you always be captivated by her love.  Why be captivated, my son,  with an immoral woman, or embrace the breasts of an adulterous woman?  For the Lord sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes.  An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.  He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his incredible folly."

(Prov.6:24-29, 32-35) - These commands and this teaching will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smoothe tongue of an adulterous woman.  Don't lust for her beauty.  Don't let her coyness seduce you.  For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, and sleeping with another man's wife may cost you your very life.  Can a man scoop fire into his lap and not be burned?  Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet?  So it is with the man who sleeps with another man's wife.  He who embraces her will not go unpunished.

But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys his own soul.  Wounds and constant disgrace are his lot.  His shame will never be erased.  For the woman's husband will be furious in his jealousy, and he will have no mercy in his day of vengeance.  There is no compensation or bribe that will satisfy him."

(Prov.7:4-27) - "Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.  Let them hold you back from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of an adulterous woman.

I was looking out of the window of my house one day and saw a simpleminded young man who lacked common sense.  He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman.  He was strolling down the path by her house at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.  The  woman approached him, dressed seductively and sly of heart.  She was brash, rebellious type who never stays at home.  She is often seen in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner.

She threw her arms around him and kissed him, and with a brazen look she said, ' It's you I was looking for!  I came out to find you, and here you are!   My bed is spread with colored sheets of finest linen imported from Egypt.  I've perfumed the bed with myrr, aloes and cinnamon.  Come, let's drink our fill of love until morning.  Let's enjoy each other's  caresses for my husband is not home.  He's away on a long trip.  He has taken a wallet full of money with him, and he won't return until later in the month.'

So she seduced him with her pretty speech.  With her flattery she enticed him.  He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter or like a trapped stag, awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.  He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.

Don't let your hearts stray away toward her.  Don't wander down her wayward path.  for she has been the ruin of many;  numerous men have been her victims.  Her house is the road to the grave.  Her bedroom is the den of death."

May the Lord bless the reading of His Word.

Let us boldly continuously seek to apply the wealth of knowledge on how to live our lives as directed by the Word of God.

Stay strong in the Lord!

Minister Fitz

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