Published: Oct. 7, 2022, 8 a.m.

Welcome to Day 2016 of  Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

The Book of Proverbs – Chapter 7 – Daily Wisdom

Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! I am Guthrie Chamberlain, but my grandkids call me Gramps. We are on Day 2016 of our trek. One habit I have practiced nearly every day for the past 45+ years of my adult life is to read the chapter in the book of Proverbs that corresponds to the day of the month. This single habit has been the catalyst for gaining wisdom and creating a living legacy. Adopting this habit can do the same for your life. The realization that God’s Wisdom is the only true wisdom drives me to seek God’s wisdom each day, and there is no better way to do this than to meditate on God’s book of Wisdom. Wisdom is the final frontier in gaining true knowledge. So we are on a daily trek to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Today I will read Proverbs 7.

The Book of Proverbs - Chapter 7

• Another Warning about Immoral Women

7 Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands. ² Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.^{[a] 3} Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. ⁴ Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family. ⁵ Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman. ⁶ While I was at the window of my house, looking through the curtain, ⁷ I saw some naive young men, and one in particular who lacked common sense. ⁸ He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman, strolling down the path by her house. ⁹ It was at twilight, in the evening, as deep darkness fell. ¹⁰ The woman approached him, seductively dressed and sly of heart. ¹¹ She was the brash, rebellious type, never content to stay at home. ¹² She is often in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner. ¹³ She threw her arms around him and kissed him, and with a brazen look she said, ¹⁴ “I’ve just made my peace offerings and fulfilled my vows. ¹⁵ You’re the one I was looking for! I came out to find you, and here you are! ¹⁶ My bed is spread with beautiful blankets, with colored sheets of Egyptian linen. ¹⁷ I’ve perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. ¹⁸ Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning. Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses, ¹⁹ for my husband is not home. He’s away on a long trip. ²⁰ He has taken a wallet full of money with him and won’t return until later this month.^[b]” ²¹ So she seduced him with her pretty speech and enticed him with her flattery. ²² He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter. He was like a stag caught in a...