Monday, February 09, 2009

Contrasts Between Homemakers

Proverbs 9:13 KJV
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

I am merely using this verse as a foundation for my thoughts that concern not this verse only, but the entire chapter. This chapter, unlike most of those in the Proverbs, really is one unit. One truth, one thought is carried throughout the chapter.

First, wisdom is seen as a homemaker.
She has built her house
She has secured the home with pillars
She has prepared her meals
She has furnished her tables
She has invited her guests

The implication is that wisdom provides a safe haven. Through wisdom godly reproof is offered, instruction is forwarded and the years of ones life is multiplied.

But then there is the foolish woman.
She is also pictured as a homemaker, but with a much different outcome....
She is not industrious; she is sitting idly at her door
She too is inviting souls into her house, but she is not offering wisdom, instruction and understanding, but is preying on the simple.


Her waters are stolen
Her bread is eaten in secret
Her guests in up in the depths of hell.

Wisdom in the Word of God and especially in the Proverbs, speaks of Jesus Christ. So the comparison is easily a comparison between a life of trust in Jesus Christ versus a life of following after the religions of this world. Christ leads to eternal life. The religions of this world offer only stolen goods today and the depths of hell eternally.

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