The Strange Woman and the Simple Young Man

Proverbs 7 paints for us a vivid picture of a young man being led astray by a strange woman. He is described as “simple” and “void of understanding” (v. 7). Knowing exactly where he was going, he walked down the street to her corner. No surprise, there she was. “There met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart” (v. 10). She caught him and caused him to take part in her adulterous ways. Scripture, especially the book of Proverbs, in no uncertain terms describes the seventh...