Being Successful The Invitation of Two Women Which House Will You Live In?

Being Successful

The Invitation of Two Women

Which House Will You Live In?

Two women are inviting you to their house in Proverbs 7-9

The House of the Wayward Woman leads to deeper death

The House of Lady Wisdom leads to greater life

The simple eat in the house of death

While those who leave their simple ways

Eat from the table of Wisdom and live

The Invitation of Two Women

Which House Will You Live In? 

Proverbs 7-9 is about the house of an adulteress or

a wayward woman verses the House of Wisdom.

Remember in the beginning God said…

 It is not good that man should be alone.

Man needs a female helpmate.

If you only read verses 14-18 of Chapter 7,

 you would find the woman of a man’s dreams.

In verse 14 she appears to be very spiritual.

Verse 15 she is looking for the man

and she reveals her desire for him, she

makes him feel very special, he is honored.

Verse 16 you get a picture of this woman who knows how to

decorate and make herself and her house look beautiful and fresh.

Her bedroom is the most beautiful room in the

house and its aroma is intoxicated with pleasure.

She knows just what a man wants to hear…

 “Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning;

let’s enjoy ourselves with love!”

The problem is this woman has crafty intent,

her kiss and the outward picture of the perfect

dream is a trap, a house that leads to destruction…

Her house is a highway to the grave,

leading down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 7:27

The woman in Chapter 8 is called Wisdom…

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and to insight, “You are my relative.”

They will keep you from the adulterous woman,

from the wayward woman with her seductive words.

Lady Wisdom’s background is given in Chapter 8.

She was with God from the beginning.

Proverbs 8: 22 speaking of Wisdom says…

The LORD possessed me in the beginning

of his way, before his works of old. KJV

The word “possessed” could also be translated “created”.

The Woman Wisdom was by the Lord’s side and

together they created the heavens and the earth.

Wisdom is a very vocal woman at every place

in life and to every person alive she speaks.

She opens her mouth with trustworthy things to

say that which is Right, True, and Just.

Wisdom is the power to lead and rule…

“I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;

I possess knowledge and discretion.

To fear the LORD is to hate evil;

I hate pride and arrogance,

evil behavior and perverse speech.

 Counsel and sound judgment are mine;

I have insight, I have power.

Proverbs 8:12-14

She does not walk with the wrong crowd.

I love those who love me,

 and those who seek me find me.

Proverbs 8:17

She is confident

I walk in the way of righteousness,

along the paths of justice

Chapter 9 sums up the contrast.

Wisdom has built her house and so

has the unruly woman. (verse 1 &14)

Both women stand at the highest point of the city

and call out to the simple. (verses 3ff  & 14ff)

Both women offer a meal but the

food is very different. (verse 4 & 17)

In the House of Wisdom you

must leave your simple ways.

In the house of the unruly, the simple ways

lead the guests into deep realms of death.

But the House of Wisdom

leads to deeper life. (verse 6 & 18)

Scripture Reading

Wisdom has built her house;

she has set up its seven pillars.

2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;

she has also set her table.

3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls

from the highest point of the city,

4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”

To those who have no sense she says,

5 “Come, eat my food

and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your simple ways and you will live;

walk in the way of insight.”

7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;

whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.

8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;

rebuke the wise and they will love you.

9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;

teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,

and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

11 For through wisdom your days will be many,

and years will be added to your life.

12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;

if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

13 Folly is an unruly woman;

she is simple and knows nothing.

14 She sits at the door of her house,

on a seat at the highest point of the city,

15 calling out to those who pass by,

who go straight on their way,

16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”

To those who have no sense she says,

17 “Stolen water is sweet;

food eaten in secret is delicious!”

18 But little do they know that the dead are there,

that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.