PROVERBS 7
When wisdom is your sister, you will not be seduced by the temptress (vv. 1–5;
Expensive tapestries cannot cover the ugliness of sin, and the most aromatic spices cannot turn the stench of sin into fragrant perfume (vv. 16–17). No matter what temptation is offered you, look beyond the externals and see it as it really is.
You are made in the image of God, but sin drags you down to the level of a beast (vv. 22–23) and eventually to the level of Satan himself (v.