Again we find the parents warning the son to avoid the loose and adulterous woman, the onlyfans kind of woman, the woman who seeks to ensnare and bring low the fool who would give his heart to an unworthy woman, a destructive woman, a killer in a beautiful dress. She's got nice eyes, but wretched heart - she's a devil with a blue dress on. Son, shore up your heart with wisdom, guard your heart with God's Word, and seek not the places and back alleys where she's prowls for her next victim. Son, be wise, don't be a fool.

This Sunday we will see an Ernest please from a father and a mother to stay away from the wicked temptations of a loose and immoral woman. They will warn their son of her schemes, and what it will make him, and bring to him in light of giving into temptation. He will ruin himself if becomes an adulterer. He is called to guard his heart, put up walls of protection, and seek the peace that holiness brings.

Here the father turns to warning the son about three specific types of persons who he is avoid being brought down by or becoming himself. The Lord desires for the son to live a life where he deals honestly, uprightly, and righteously with men. The father is calling the son to avoid financial and moral ruin, and the despising of the Lord through the seven forbidden sins. Dear saints, do you wish to honor Christ with you life, then live above reproach, do not run to ruin, do not embrace the wickedness of the world.

Proverbs 4:10-19 warns the son not to enter onto the way of the wicked, and in the third section of Proverbs 4(20-27), the lecture turns to encouraging the son to keep on the right path. What the grandfather and father are speaking of is faithful discipleship in righteousness, following the Lord in the way that you should go. What is a faithful disciple? One who follows Christ in self-denial and cross-bearing, one who keeps his heart, mouth, and eyes devoting them wholly to the Lord. This is the way, the way of a faithful, God-fearing anatomy. Wisdom is something meant for the whole person, for wisdom truly is all of Christ for all of life.

Proverbs 4:10-19 warns the son not to enter onto the way of the wicked, and in the third section of Proverbs 4(20-27), the lecture turns to encouraging the son to keep on the right path. What the grandfather and father are speaking of is faithful discipleship in righteousness, following the Lord in the way that you should go. What is a faithful disciple? One who follows Christ in self-denial and cross-bearing, one who keeps his heart, mouth, and eyes devoting them wholly to the Lord. This is the way, the way of a faithful, God-fearing anatomy. Wisdom is something meant for the whole person, for wisdom truly is all of Christ for all of life.

More than anything else that can be gotten in this life and passed down to our children is the precious treasure, that family heirloom which is not meant to be given in a will and kept on a shelf, but learned, practiced, and passed on from one generation to another. It is valuable for all the reasons expressed already in this series, and to add it is that which binds the hearts of family members together, its what gives them unity, peace, purpose, and influence in the world. Let the way your family walks be according to the way of wisdom.

Even as we saw the teachings of the son's father and mother to be of great value and worthy to take in, remember, and live in light of, Solomon adds at the beginning of chapter three a series of exhortations and the attending blessings when they are kept by the son. Wisdom is not just something the parents wish to see their son embrace and exhibit, they are the very commands and intention of the Lord, to follow and so reap the attending blessings. As Solomon continues to express the beauty of wisdom, he turns to the incomparable worth of wisdom, and why you ought to get it.

The third chapter brings about another sermon from the father, given to the son, emphasizing the connect between the promises of Yahweh and the results when they are taken seriously and followed. The Proverbs contain not just the words of parents, the words of wisdom, but these are the very words of God, expressed through means in order to provide for the young, the simple, the immature a path to a God-honoring and productive life. We can build our lives upon the real commands and promises of Almighty God, Yahweh, who endeavors to bless men through the keeping of His law. Let us then live for His glory and grace.

The second chapter of Proverbs contains an even more full sermon from the father. He calls his son to accept, to receive, to imbibe, and make his own the wisdom of God. He is to not only be a passive recipient of it, but he is to be proactive in crying out to the Lord, for that glorious gift comes from above. When he does this, it will guard both his heart and his mind it will not only make him orthodox in his understanding of the world, but will direct his moral compass, as one made holy unto God. Wisdom will be a bulwark for those who pursue it. A bulwark against wicked men and lustful thoughts, and it continues to remind us and serve as an eschatological reminder that Wisdom brings life and folly brings death.