Proverbs 7:22 He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 1. We are apt to blame young men for being destroyed, when we ought to blame the influences that destroy them. Society slaughters a great many young men by the behest, "You must keep up appearances." Our young men are growing up in a depraved state of commercial ethics, and I want to warn them against being slaughtered on the sharp edges of debt. For the sake of your own happiness, for the sake of your good morals, for the sake of your immortal soul, and for God's sake, young man, as far as possible keep out of debt. 2. Many young men are slaughtered through irreligion. Take away a young man's religion, and you make him the prey of evil. If you want to destroy a young man's morals take his Bible away. You can do it by caricaturing his reverence for Scripture. Young man, take care of yourself. There is no class of persons that so stirs my sympathies as young men in great cities. Not quite enough salary to live on, and all the temptations that come from that deficit. Unless Almighty God help them they will all go under. Sin pays well neither in this life nor in the next, but right thinking, right believing, and right acting will take you in safety through this life and in transport through the next. (T. De Witt Talmage.) Parallel Verses KJV: He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;WEB: He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose. |
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