Proverbs 5

So...this chapter of Proverbs [5] is about a topic that people either love to talk about, or hate to talk about, from a religious stand point, that is: sexual immorality& staying away from it. When I was younger, this passage really annoyed me because it talks about immoral women being awful ["The lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil. But the result is as bitter as poison, sharp as a double edged sword" verses 3-4], and says nothing about immoral men. Now that I'm older, I have really realized the true meaning of the passage. This passage gives women the responsibility to remain moral, so that our result will NOT be as bitter as poison, and so that we can guard the hearts of the men that we love. On the other hand, this passage outlines well the importance of man's faithfulness to his wife: "Drink water from your own well- share your love with only your wife" (verse 15). Good deal, right? We protect our purity in order to protect the purity of the men around us, and men stay faithful to us in marriage.
Secondly, I would like to address one of my favorite verses, found in this passage" "For the Lord sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes" (Proverbs 5:21). Well shoot. There's no beating around that bush! God sees all that we do, all that we think about, all of our dirty laundry: everything we refuse to tell anybody else. He sees it. He knows it. Makes you think twice, doesn't it?