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Lie #5: Nobody has to Know

Proverbs 5:3-23

Unfaithfulness Leads to Personal Destruction

“Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol; she does not ponder the path of life.” (v5-6)

“He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.” (Proverbs 6:32)

“All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.” (Proverbs 7:22-23)

Unfaithfulness Leads to Relational Destruction

“lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless, lest strangers take their fill of your strength. . . and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.” (v9-10,13-14)

“He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away. For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.” (Proverbs 6:33-34)

Unfaithfulness Leads to Spiritual Destruction

“For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths. The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.” (v21-23)

“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” (Hebrews 13:4)