The Word this Week (Proverbs 5:15-23, Matthew 5:27)

^{Proverbs 5:15-23}

¹⁵   Drink water from your own cistern,

running water from your own well.

¹⁶   Should your springs overflow in the streets,

your streams of water in the public squares?

¹⁷   Let them be yours alone,

never to be shared with strangers.

¹⁸   May your fountain be blessed,

and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

¹⁹   A loving doe, a graceful deer—

may her breasts satisfy you always,

may you ever be captivated by her love.

²⁰   Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?

Why embrace the bosom of another man’s wife?

²¹   For a man’s ways are in full view of the Lord,

and he examines all his paths.

²²   The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;

the cords of his sin hold him fast.

²³   He will die for lack of discipline,

led astray by his own great folly.

Matthew 5:27

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 

Memory Verse: Proverbs 7:1-2

My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you. Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.