Proverbs 2:16-17

The book of Proverbs gives us a lot of instruction on a lot of different subjects. One subject that can keep us in God’s wisdom is Godly Follower-ship. Who we follow; where we follow; how we follow are all spoken about in Proverbs. Here is one of them about the benefits of wisdom to protect us:

Proverbs 2:16-17

To deliver you from the strange woman,

From the adulteress who flatters with her words;

 That leaves the companion of her youth

And forgets the covenant of her God;

Wisdom has an important responsibility in our lives.  She keeps us from evil.   More importantly, from evil people ... in this case, an evil woman.  In verse 17 above we read that this evil women "leaves" the "companion" of her youth and "forgets" the covenant of God.  The first thing we can see in this passage is that folly (personified as a woman in this proverb) doesn't keep her commitments.  Those who are affected by folly don't keep their obligations.   In fact, failing to keep your commitments is a good litmus test to indicate someone is controlled by folly.   Those who don't keep their commitments will eventually want to lead us astray.   Wisdom is there to keep us from her.   We might ask, "Who would leave or forget their commitments? Why would someone leave their commitments?"   Evil will drive people to do this.   Those caught in sin will often demonstrate that sin by breaking their covenants and companions.   When we love God we have the ability to make and keep our vows.  He empowers us to do so.    However, when we walk away from God we make it easy to walk away from our obligations.   Evil does that.  It makes it easy.  Wisdom is given to us to prevent that.