Read Proverbs 2.1-22. In 2.1-22: Seek wisdom and the lord will keep safe. This form is an acrostic poem of twenty-two lines (the number of consonants in the Hebrew alphabet). The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet ("aleph") dominates the first half (vv. 1-11; "aleph" is the initial letter in vv. 1, 3,4, 5, and 9). The middle letter of the Hebrew alphabet ("Lamed") dominates the second half (vv. 12-22; "lamed" is the initial letter of vv. 12, 16, 20). The main point of the poem is that if you seek wisdom with all of your strength, the Lord will give it to you, and wisdom will safeguard you from wicked men and seductive women with the result that you can walk on the blessed path. Wisdom will be given to anyone who earnestly seeks it. However, one cannot directly take it, it must be given as a gift. In verses 16-19: The loose woman ... the adultress. Loose is literally "foreign." The figure of the dangerous and seductive woman appears again in 5.1-6; 6.20-35; 7.1-27; 9.13-18. Elsewhere in the Bible, a "foreign woman" can be a woman outside the community who is forbidden as a marriage partner, a prostitute or a woman otherwise dangerous to a man. Proverb's focus is not only on her sexuality but also on her seductive and deceitful speech. Comments or Questions..
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