Proverbs 5:23 (Mini Sermon)

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1.      Pro 5:23 – “He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.”

1. He shall die
   1. The wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23).
   2. He that goes into the strange woman has a death wish (Pro 2:19; Pro 7:23, 26-27).

• He may die of disease (Pro 5:11), a vengeful man (Pro 6:33-35), or the judgment of God (Heb 13:4).

1. If he is not a child of God saved by grace, he will die an eternal death of suffering in the lake of fire (Rev 21:8).

1. without instruction;
   1. He will die without having heeded instruction (Pro 5:12).
   2. He was instructed to stay away from the strange woman by many teachers including God, parents, the scriptures, pastors, teachers, and common sense (Pro 5:13).

• Hearing instruction but not obeying it is as useless as never hearing it (Jam 1:22-24).

1. Therefore, the man who refuses to heed instruction dies without it.

1. and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
   1. The folly in context is adultery with a strange woman (Pro 5:20).
   2. Adultery is folly of great magnitude.
      1. Greatness n. – 1. Thickness, coarseness; stoutness. Obs. The attribute of being great in size, extent or degree
      2. Folly n. – 1. a. The quality or state of being foolish or deficient in understanding; want of good sense, weakness or derangement of mind; also, unwise conduct.
      3. Adultery is an exceedingly foolish thing to do, and he that does so lacks understanding (Pro 6:32).

• Adultery is the only sin that is said to be a heinous crime in the Bible (Job 31:9-11).
  1. Heinous adj. – Hateful, odious; highly criminal or wicked; infamous, atrocious: chiefly characterizing offences, crimes, sins, and those who commit them.
  2. It is therefore a great sin.

1. Committing adultery will lead a man astray from God.
   1. Astray adv. – 1. Out of the right way, away from the proper path, wandering. Away from the right; in or into error or evil.
   2. The strange woman’s house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death (Pro 7:27).
   3. The man that goes there goes into error and evil.