Acts of Failure

Proverbs Chapter seven deals with the acts of failure; being talked into something you know is wrong from the get go.

First there's the act the catching of the eyes:

Proverbs 7:10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Second there's the act of making you feel important and special:

Proverbs 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

Proverbs 7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Third there's the act of Invitation:

Proverbs 7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

Fourth there's the act of Security and Safety:

Proverbs 7:19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

Proverbs 7:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

Fifth there's the act of Doom:

Proverbs 7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Proverbs 7:23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Every wrong we do begins with what looks like a Silver Lining! Knowing what we are about to do is wrong we some how convince ourselves we can handle it. We can't, we didn't the last time and we won’t be able to this time either. It matters not whether it's alcohol, drugs, sex, lust, anger, pornography or gossip, just as the acts before we will fail! As my wife says it never just happens it's on going or on coming. Pay attention to the acts and learn them if not doom will happen!