“Stolen water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”v. 17
Read chapter 9
Water freely given and water stolen, which one taste better? They should be the same right? Yet why does something seem to "taste so much sweeter" if it is stolen? Water isn't literally what is being talked about here of tasting sweeter, but of something forbidden seeming to be better because it's wrong and gives a thrill temporarily.
Now first off in this chapter we see the wisdom woman and the foolish woman, yet they're not black and white different. Compare verses four and five with sixteen and seventeen. They're very similar. They both start off saying the same thing: "Whoever is simple let him turn in here, as for him who lacks understanding she says to him." Yet the message of the two women is opposite. One message is to be filled and to repent, the other message is a temptation to indulge in temporary thrill, making sin attractive. How often do we see among various religions today the same tact or ploy to get people in their doors that they can all seem the same, but it's the message inside that can either lead to life or death.
What stolen water has been sweet to you that you need to turn into the house of the wisdom women to fill a thirst that will last forever and repent of what you've done?
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