Proverbs 5

If any one shall ask where this house of bondage is, where is the place of Hell? I wish you may never know feelingly — Chrysostom says, let us not so much labor to know where Hell is, as how to escape it. Yet to satisfy curiosity, Hell is Locus subterraneus, some place beneath (…

Where murder is forbidden, there envy and rash anger are forbidden which may occasion it. Where adultery is forbidden in the commandment, there is forbidden all that may lead to it, as wanton glances of the eye, or coming into the company of a harlot (Proverbs 5:8). "Come not ne…

Fourthly, adultery is destructive to the body. (Proverbs 5:11) And you mourn at last, when your flesh and your body is consumed. It brings into a consumption.

God may give Satan leave to cast us into prison, to clap bolts upon us again, and to become a lying spirit of bondage to us, as he became a lying spirit in the mouths of Ahab's prophets. And he may give up our hearts to be fettered with the cords of our own sins, and to be ensna…

I answer: they are spiritual chains, suitable to the spiritual nature of angels: such as these, 1. Guilt of conscience, which binds them over to judgement; the consciences of wicked angels know that they are adjudged to damnation for their sin; this is a sure chain, for it faste…

Thus Job secured his heart from this temptation — Job 31:4: 'Does he not see my ways, and count all my steps?' — therefore he made a covenant with his eyes in verse 1. After the same manner Solomon teaches us to retort this temptation — Proverbs 5:20-21: 'And why, my son, will y…

When age and experience has made him wise, when sickness and the approach of death makes him serious and impartial, then he changes his note, and those things which were gain to him, he now accounts loss, those lusts which he formerly doted upon, and used to chew under his tongu…

All other things that you do they may be sweet for the present; yet as it is said of drunkenness (Proverbs 23:32), so may it be said of them, that they bite like a serpent, and sting like an adder, though they seem sweet. The strange woman is sweet: yet (Proverbs 5:4) her end is…

(Genesis 26:8) And it came to pass, when they had been there many days, that Abimileck, king of the Philistims, looked by the window, and saw that, behold, Isaak played with Rebekka his wife, therefore calling Isaak, he said to him: Surely, behold she is your wife. (Proverbs 5:1…

What fruit (says the Apostle) had ye in those things, whereof you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death, Romans 6:21 Doth not the Providence of God verifie upon them those threatnings that are written, in the experience of all ages? Proverbs 23:29 Proverbs 23:21…

(2.) How near you have been brought to the brink of sin, and yet saved by a merciful hand of Providence. May you not say with him in Proverbs 5:14 I was almost in the midst of all evil: or as Psalm 73:2 My feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slidden. O merciful Provide…

It seemes to be taken from the word, [in non-Latin alphabet] erravit, to erre, or wander variously. Prov. 5:20. the word is used for delight, to stray with delight. In her love [in non-Latin alphabet] you shall erre with delight, we have translated it, be ravished, noting affect…

Touching the measure of our alms, there is no particular commandment in Scripture: but yet these generall Rules may thence be gathered. First, that a man is not bound to give all that he has: Prov. 5. 15, 16. Drinke the waters of yours own []isterne, and flowing streames out of…

2. His carriage is described, with her observation of it. The commendation she gives him is, "He is like a roe, or a young hart" — these creatures are famous for loving and kindly carriage to their mates, as also for loveliness and pleasantness in themselves (Proverbs 5:19). Thu…

2. They are useful to give suck and food to others. 3. They signify warmness of affection, and lovingness, as (Proverbs 5:19), let her breasts always satisfy you; and (Chapter 1:13), the Bride expressing her affection to Christ, says, he shall lie all night between my breasts; a…

So (Proverbs 15:3), "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good." And (Proverbs 5:21), "The ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord" — he knows them, as if he were looking on them with eyes, all things are so naked and discernible to him. This a…

The particular that is again repeated is her breasts, which are compared to a cluster of grapes, or wine, as it is in the eighth verse. We conceive, by breasts here, is signified her love and affection, whereby he is entertained; so (Chapter 1:13) he shall lie all night between…

And how dreadful an echo of conscience will this be? And yet we are told that thus it will be in the end (Proverbs 5:11, &c.), and you mourn at last, &c. and say, how have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof? &c. 6. Hence think what a doom is hastening upon you, a…

For 1. That is to reproach God, this is like the malcontentedness of Satan and of Hell: for the damned complain that ever they were born, and that they cannot be annihilated, and that hills and mountains cover them not quick in soul and body; yes, they storm and rage because God…

And 3. The man wishes he might be a patient in the removing of it, and frets that God will not take it away, while he sleeps, but withal he refuses to be an actor; 1. In sorrowing according to God, and in loathing it. 2. In challenging himself (Proverbs 5), How have I hated inst…

If you apply it not to your selves, I have Iaboured to no purpose, the Pen of the Scribe is in vain: But God may make such an application of them, in one Storm or another, as may make your hearts to tremble. O Sirs! when Death and Eternity look you in the face, Conscience may re…

Now, Oh that I migh[•] prevail with you to repent of this wickedness, an[•] break the force of this customary evil among you▪ Will you but give me the reading of a few page[•] more; and weigh with the reason of men, what yo[•] read? If you will not hearken to counsel, it is a fa…

This was delivered upon Mount Sinai, with the greatest solemnity and terrour, by the mouth of God himself. Turn to, and ponder the following Scriptures, among many others, Proverbs 5:2, 3, 4. Acts 5. 29.

But on the contrary, when men cater for the flesh, provide for it, indulge carnal distempers, and feed them with that diet which they affect: these tempt themselves, and seem willing to lie under their bondage, and to be glad of it. 3. When a man is a sinner to his loss; and has…

A sermon (No. 667) delivered on Sunday morning, December 31, 1865 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, by C. H. Spurgeon. “At the last.”—Proverbs 5:11. The wise man saw the young and simple straying into the house of the strange woman.

A Sermon (Number 915) delivered on Sabbath morning, February thirteenth, 1870 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, by C. H. Spurgeon. “His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.” — Proverbs 5:22. The first sentence ha…

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths" (Proverbs 5:6). O! when a man is brought off from this spiritual idolatry of making his bosom to be his oracle, and his own heart to…

Thus when his case was thought desperate does mercy work for him. 2. Effectivè — when we ourselves run into the snare, and are held with the cords of our own vanity (Proverbs 5:22): "His own iniquities shall take [reconstructed: the] wicked himself, and he shall be held with the…

On sin's side consider, when you look back to what is past, (the Lord grant you may make this reflection) (Romans 6:21), what fruit had you in those things of which you are now ashamed: you cannot look back without horror of conscience. As the unclean person when he looks back,…

Oh, mind the good of your soul, and do not bring on yourself this great, universal, intolerable and eternal damnation. Take heed lest, (Proverbs 5:11-13) when your flesh and your body are consumed, and your soul damned, you say too late, how have I hated instruction, and my hear…

Some starve their families to feed their lusts, which has turned many a house out of door, and brought great estates to a morsel of bread, beside what comes hereafter. Lusts consume health and wealth (Proverbs 5). Gluttony, drunkenness, and uncleanness are costly and chargeable…

First, our Houses are miserable through us, if they do not serve God. It is hinted as a most extraordinary misery upon any person, in Proverbs 5:35: He shall die without instruction. Fearful and woeful will be the case of those in our Houses, whom our instruction shall not endea…

Then does sin appear to be hateful. The wise man therefore gives wholesome advice (Proverbs 5:10, 11): Let not strangers be filled with your wealth, and then mourn at last when your flesh and your body are consumed. Yet further, sin carries guilt and horror along with it: consci…

Christian: Why, I think you did not consent to her desires? Faithful: No, not to defile myself; for I remembered an old writing that I had seen, which said, “Her steps take hold on Hell” (Proverbs 5:5). So I shut my eyes, because I would not be bewitched with her looks (Job 31:1…

He has not given them for the fuel of our pride and luxury; but for the good of our souls, and the comfort of our poor brothers. We have our waters not only to drink ourselves, but also to disperse abroad (Proverbs 5:15-16). Good works are taken either in a more large sense for…

And that is seen principally in these five things, these five errors or false conceits. First, in judging some trouble of mind, some light sorrow for sin to be true repentance; and so thinking they do repent, hope they shall be saved; for sin is like sweet poison, while a man is…

There is no man that sees Christ by a spirit of grace, but he begins to see that he has sinned against the Gospel of Christ, and this is to pierce Christ: and this afflicts him deeply, that the word of his grace which he has caused to be sent forth for my conversion and salvatio…

Again, the same distinction and property, is allowable by the written law of God. Solomon teaches (Proverbs 5:15) that a man must let his waters flow out of his cistern, but he must keep the fountain to himself. And (Proverbs 10:22) it is the blessing of God to be rich, and he a…

It is not God's will, that we should give all that we have in alms, and keep nothing for ourselves, but that we keep a due proportion in giving, and do that good to others, whereby we may not ourselves be hindered or oppressed. Our fountains and rivers must run, to serve the nec…

It is worthy to be observed how strict this charge is, given to the daughters of Jerusalem, which is repeated three times over in the book of Canticles (2:7; 3:5; 8:4). In the second chapter and six first verses, is represented the supports Christ gives his church, while she is…