Proverbs 6:35 (NASBStr)
He will not accept any ransom,
Nor will he be satisfied though you give many gifts.
Solomon is writing his collection of Proverbs to warn us how to avoid Folly and embrace Wisdom. He has personified wisdom as a beautiful women who cries out to those who pass by to eat at her table and gain wisdom through the fear of The Lord. In has personified folly, however, as an adulterous who sets a trap for the unsuspecting naive one who fails to see he is at the edge of death's door when he is in her embrace. He has told us many things so far in the proceeding chapters, but in chapter six we find a very potent set of proverbs he is using to teach us another aspect about the contrast between folly and wisdom. In chapter six he actually begins to talk about the husband of the adulterous. He alerts us to the pain and suffering that adultery. He leaves the personification of folly and talks about an actual folly event. The husband of the adulterous women is said to be completely unappeased by any effort or offer he might get from the man who takes his wife. In the above proverb we read that no amount of persuasion is going to curb his anger. The one who goes into a wife that is not his own. has committed a grave offense. In this case the sin is not appeased. Folly might seem like something we can embrace and enjoy. The charm affect, however, does not reflect the physical harm. The vengeance to be poured out on him does not match the previous euphoria felt in him. It does not reflect the expectations held by him. God will pour out vengeance on him. When we choose folly we fail to see the end, because we are so lead astray by the beginning.
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