1. Wisdom has built her
house;
she has hewn out its seven pillars.
2. She has prepared her meat and
mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
3. She has sent out her maids,
and she calls
from the highest point of the city.
4. "Let all who are simple come
in here!"
she says to those who lack judgment.
5. "Come, eat my food
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6. Leave your simple ways and
you will live;
walk in the way of understanding.
7. "Whoever corrects a mocker
invites insult;
whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
8. Do not rebuke a mocker or he
will hate you;
rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
9. Instruct a wise man and he
will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
10. "The fear of the LORD is the
beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11. For through me your days
will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
12. If you are wise, your wisdom
will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
13. The woman Folly is loud;
she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
14. She sits at the door of her
house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15. calling out to those who
pass by,
who go straight on their way.
16. "Let all who are simple come
in here!"
she says to those who lack judgment.
17. "Stolen water is sweet;
food eaten in secret is delicious!"
18. But little do they know that
the dead are there,
that her guests are in the depths of the
grave.
Christians, including us
porn strugglers, already know that salvation is by
grace, not works.
But it's always good to see that
doctrine proclaimed again, which is what verses 1-3
above do.
These verses state that wisdom
— salvation's close kin — is also offered
free of charge. All we sinners need to do is pull up a
chair and eat and drink it's benefits as guests of
wisdom herself.
So enough whining over how hard
it is to plan an escape from smut.
The hard thinking's been
accomplished by the God of wisdom, who now graciously
shares every strategy we need to evade porn, free of
charge.
His strategies are in the Bible.
All we need to do is pull up a chair and read
it.