旧约 - 箴言(Proverbs)第5章

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
箴言第五章   第 5 章 

  箴 5:3> 神极恨恶淫行,原因何在? 

  5:3 淫妇是指妓女。箴言对淫乱提出许多警告,原因是:第一,妓女藉她的媚态诱人行差踏错、不追求智慧。第二,古往今来,行淫都是极其危险的,它能败坏家庭生活,腐蚀人去爱的能力;它贬抑了人性,使人变得不如禽兽;它能使人染病,也能使人怀了不想要的孩子。第三,行淫违背了神“不可奸淫”的律法。 

  箴 5:3-8> 我能采取什么措施免受引诱? 

  5:3-8 我们应当防备嘴唇滴蜜、油嘴滑舌之人,这种人会令人犯罪。最好的对策是敬而远之,甚至干脆避开,不与这种人打交道。 

  箴 5:11-13> “要是能早点儿明白该……”后悔药是最苦的,所以…… 

  5:11-13 在人能完全随心所欲的时候,是不愿接受别人劝告的,只想满足一己的欲望。但到生命快要终结时再寻求规劝就为时已晚。我们最好早在诱惑来临之前,就认识到淫行(或其他一切恶事)的愚昧与危害。如果你早已决定远离淫行,抗拒它就比较容易。不要等到事情发生后才亡羊补牢,你现在就要决定在面对试探时,应当怎样去做。 

  箴 5:15> “自己池中的水,自己井里的活水”是指什么? 

  5:15 你要喝自己池中的水意喻人在婚姻上的贞洁,只忠于神赐给自己的配偶。由于水在沙漠地带是极为宝贵的,井中的水对家庭就极为重要。在旧约时代,偷打别人井中的水是有罪的,就如与别人的妻子通奸一般。犯这两种罪的人,皆会危害别人的家庭生活。 

  箴 5:15-21> 婚外恋、第三者,对此你持什么看法?厌恶?同情?无所谓?…… 

  5:15-21 这一段经文劝夫妇以白头偕老、相爱相守为满足,与我们现时所见所闻的恰恰相反。在人对婚姻感到枯燥无味的时候,就有许多试探引诱丈夫或妻子抛弃对方,到别处寻求欢乐与刺激。但是神制定的婚姻是神圣的,只有按这婚约结成的夫妇,才能得到真正的爱情与满足。不要舍弃神赐你的最好福分,妄想从别处寻求刺激。要将自己交托给神,并委身于神所赐的配偶,共享其中的福乐。 

  箴 5:18-20> 基督教是否视性爱为不洁的事? 

  5:18-20 婚姻上的贞洁忠诚并非要使婚姻变得死气沉沉、毫无乐趣;这并不是神所期望的。性爱是神给夫妇的赏赐,使人享受鱼水之乐。当我们决定从神已经或将要给我们的婚姻关系中找快乐的时候,和我们委身自己去使我们的配偶得到快乐的时候,就得到真快乐了。真正的危险就是怀疑神。怀疑会使我们对神所安排的计划不满,并追求不获神祝福的性欢乐。 

  箴 5:19> 享受夫妻间的性生活总是害羞之事,不提为佳吧…… 

  5:19 这一节与雅歌第四章类似,都是以直率的表达方法描述婚姻上的性欢乐。──《灵修版圣经注释》