Today, I am reading and commenting on  Proverbs 5-8.

Today’s proverbs warn against adultery and laziness.  The writer compares someone entering into an adulterous affair to an ox going to the slaughter.  In many ways what it says highlights how we easily fall prey to foolish behavior when we allow lust to control our thoughts.  The writer tells us that we should seek wisdom before wealth, discretion before pleasure.  In both cases, if you must choose between things choose the first option before the second one.  When faced with a decision about what actions to take that the wise course is the one which embraces righteousness and justice.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.