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Proverbs 5:2
2That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.
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All persons are born in a state of ignorance and darkness as to spiritual things; therefore all young persons need instruction.
Exell notes the critical distinction: it is not the place itself, but the way to it.
This divine knowledge produces fourfold effects: it stimulates spiritual activity, restrains from transgression, excites desire for pardon, and braces the soul in duty.
God announces Himself the witness and judge of all mankind.
The wise man offers five devastating consequences of adultery: it impoverishes men, threatens death, debauches the conscience with guilt, ruins reputation with perpetual infamy, and exposes the adulterer to the jealous husband's rage.
The Victorians understood this principle with particular clarity: the boy who disparages his home affections in pursuit of worldly manhood betrays the very source of true manliness.
This counsel operates on two levels: first, that our hearts reject the flattering speech of the unfaithful, and second, that we become vessels of good doctrine to benefit others.