PROVERBS 5

WISDOM AVOIDS ADULTERY 

This entire chapter consists of the father warning his son to stay away from adultery. The father describes the forbidden woman as having lips that drip with honey, but tells the son that she is bitter and not sweet. The path of adultery leads to death, not to pleasure. 

The chapter does not place blame on the woman alone and tells the man to not go near an adulterous woman’s home or seek her out. Instead, the chapter encourages the man to be intoxicated with his wife and adore only her.