Proverbs 5-7 – How To Prevent Adultery (Outline)
I. REALIZE IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU (Proverbs 5-7; 1 Corinthians 10:12)
II. RELATIONSHIP – COMMUNICATION (Proverbs 5:1; 6:20; 7:1)
III. RELY ON DIVINE WISDOM (Proverbs 1-4; Song of Solomon)
- Here are some false ideas about sex: Sex is dirty; Only men are interested in sex; Sex is only for procreation; If you are spiritually minded, then sexual matters are not important; Only boring sex is biblical sex.
IV. UNDERSTAND TRUE NATURE OF ADULTERER (2:17; 5:4-6; 6:32)
V. REMEMBER EARTHLY CONSEQUENCES (Proverbs 5:5,10,11,12-13,14)
- Death (5:5); Financial Loss (5:10); Disease (5:11); Regret (5:12-13); Public Humiliation (5:14)
VI. PRACTICAL – STAY AWAY (Proverbs 5:8)
VII. RELATIONSHIP WITH WIFE (Proverbs 5:15-20)
- The husband is protected from adultery (individual protection).
- The wife is protected from adultery.
- The husband’s woman remains his (emotional protection).
- The wife’s man remains hers.
- The man is fulfilled sexually (physical protection)
- The woman is fulfilled sexually (physical)
VIII. REMEMBER ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES ((5:21-23)
IX. REMEMBER “OTHER WOMAN” TACTICS
- Flattery (5:3; 2:16; 7:5,15, 21); Flirtatious looks – eyes (6:25); Beauty/Attraction (6:25); Seductive Dress (7:10); Aggressive (7:13); Romance (7:16-19); Great Sex (7:18); Secrecy (7:19-20)
X. ROMANCING ONE ANOTHER (Other woman tactics, Song of Solomon)
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