Seductive Speech

Proverbs chapter 7 is mostly about Solomon looking out his bedroom window, watching an adulterous married woman lure a young man. I find the whole chapter useful, but there is one verse that I believe is very helpful for us as men.

Proverbs 7:21~With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.

If you are a man in the workforce, surrounded with co-workers that are seductive women, and if you spend time in conversation with them, you are just like this foolish young man in Proverbs chapter seven. Let the wisdom of the Bible instruct you that we as men are lured into adultery by listening to seductive words from the mouth of a seductive woman. This flips the other way as well; if you are a woman in the workforce, and you are surrounded with men that are flirtatious and seductive. You too are prone to be trapped by the words of another. Men are very visual creatures, and probably the sight of the sensual woman led this young man to walk near her front door, but it was her words that brought him inside her house.

I am an HVAC Tech by trade, and I drive alone in my work van every day. I am very thankful that I do not have to work along side many women, but I could have many opportunities to listen to the seductive speech of women if I desired. I feel for men who are surrounded by the type of women described in the book of Proverbs. My council to you is that you heed the wisdom of Solomon. Understand that if you spend time listening to smooth and seductive speech, pouring slowly and sweetly out of the mouth of a seductive woman...

"All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life." (Proverbs 7:22-23)

I am not suggesting that you are rude, cruel or cynical with a co-worker who is seductive; I am suggesting that you do not spend time in conversation with them. Your conversations should be limited only to things that are necessary, as your job requires.