Proverbs 7:6-8

The Voice

People are forgetful, so we must be reminded constantly of Wisdom and her ways. We don’t always need to hear something new; often we just need to be reminded of what is true. In these proverbs wisdom is found when one not only knows what is right, but acts on that knowledge. Foolishness, on the other hand, means a lack of understanding and wrongdoing.

⁶One day I was at the window of my house,
    looking out through my lattice shutters,
⁷And there among the usual crowd of the gullible people
    I spotted a naive young man.
⁸He was going down the street near the corner where she lived—that mysterious and evil woman—
    taking the road that led directly to her house.