Proverbs 7 is about adultery, about a person who is fooled by sin.
This woman in Proverbs 7 represents sin and not just adultery.
Sin makes a stench to God.
The greater the sin, the bigger the stench.
It starts with lust of the worldly pleasures.
Most people don’t notice how damaging sin is until they are deeply captivated.
So she caught him, and kissed him,
and with an impudent face said unto him, v 13
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. v 14
Sin has captured him at this point. Sin makes itself more special than most justifying itself, giving excuses why it is fine before God to ravish her love.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face,
and I have found thee. v 15
Flatteries. The willing subject is just what she has been looking for, she has never met a person so wonderful. All the while, the ego is stroked and the excuses abound, that are given to ease the guilt of sin, to enjoy this lustful pleasure.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. v 16
This sin is well-worth going off-track, putting down your cross and taking a break from the toil of following the Lord. This is a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity. We are meant to be together.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. v 17
This experience is the most wonderful one you have had yet. Sin cannot be bad when it’s so good.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. v 18
This will be so good, so satisfying, so fulfilling. The love of the world. The sins of the flesh can bring great pleasure.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: v 19
Nobody is going to know. It’s not going to harm anyone. Sin is toying with the senses, trying to compel him to forget all the conscience he has in the Lord, the word, the commandments, the knowledge of right and wrong.
He hath taken a bag of money with him,
and will come home at the day appointed. v 20
Sin is sealing his fate, letting him know, there is no possible way he will be caught. As he goes deeper into this sin, he will find repentance harder to find and harder to climb out of.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,
with the flattering of her lips she forced him. v 21
The same old devil that deceived Adam and Eve in the garden. Hast God said? Twisting the truth and negating the importance of following the Lord.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; v 22
The trusting ox who will be food. Part of the enticing of sin is a war that is constantly going on, the flesh against the spirit and Satan is always lurking:
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Peter 5:8
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare,
and knoweth not that it is for his life. v 23
It will be a lot harder to make a choice to leave this sin that it was to choose it in the first place.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children,
and attend to the words of my mouth. v 24
This is wisdom speaking. In fact, this whole analogy is wisdom speaking, how lust and the desires of the flesh will take over if they are unrestrained.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. v 25
Remain on the righteous path, the narrow path, do not stray.
For she hath cast down many wounded:
yea, many strong men have been slain by her. v 26
Solomon and Samson and David to name a few.
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. v 27
Once a person is captive, how will they get out? They have resisted righteousness, they have resisted wisdom, they have disregarded the fear of the Lord. While the Lord is able, will they be able to turn from their wicked ways and again seek the Lord? That is dependent on their commitment to Jesus. Will they be like the Prodigal Son, who realized his folly or did their heart turn from the Lord entirely?