Welcome to all, wishing you a lovely day. Let's continue with Proverbs 7. For commentary on verses 1-5, search "Oct 07". The remaining verses of the entire chapter, verses 6-27, involve somewhat of a story, a lesson against getting seduced into a course of immorality. Not only can sexual immorality be destructive physically, retracting diseases, even those deadly, but it is also spiritually damaging, not only to our relationship with God, our loving Father, but also to our relationships with others, among other things contributing to becoming selfish and disloyal in our dealings with others. How much better to wait and pray for God's blessing to find that person you can enjoy spending a lifetime with, becoming truly loyal to that one, as you both gain loyalty to God. What happiness this brings, in harmony with the arrangement of God! As expressed in Hebr 13:4, "Let marriage be honorable among all". How loyal marriages and families have contributed to the happiness of communities and nations! Let's look at Proverbs 7:6-12:

"6 From the window of my house, Through my lattice, I looked down, 7 And as I observed the naive ones, I discerned among the youths a young man lacking good sense. 8 He passed along the street near her corner, And he marched in the direction of her house 9 In the twilight, in the evening, At the approach of night and darkness. 10 Then I saw a woman meet him, Dressed like a prostitute, with a cunning heart. 11 She is loud and defiant. She never stays at home. 12 One moment she is outside, next she is in the public squares, She lurks near every corner."

Prov 7:6,7 The loving father of Proverbs notices the "naive ones." Such ones are lacking wisdom, needing shrewdness, or foresighted prudence, to look ahead at the consequences of right and wrong decisions. They also need understanding of God's will, and discernment, to further appreciate the difference between right and wrong, truth and falsehood, etc. The particular one he observed was lacking "good sense" [lit., "heart"], or good, pure, upright motive.

Prov 7:8,9 This one evidently knows about this immoral woman, having meditated on wrong desire, going in the direction of her house.

Prov 7:10-12 Here the woman is described. She has a "cunning" heart, seductive, deceptive, tricky. She is loud and defiant, attributes opposite those of a loving, humble, respectful wife.

May true marriage once again become the order of the day, promoting happiness among families, communities, and entire nations.

Psal 48 (Book 2, 7th psalm) makes this statement, at Psal 48:10: "Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth." People should not be hiding the name of God, Jehovah, but rather, honoring and extolling it. Do not most people like to receive acknowledgement for a job well done? Many receive such credit, by name. How would you feel if your name was completely replaced by a title, as if the name of the person doing the work really didn't matter? God's name, Jehovah, has reached "to the ends of the earth." May we appreciate and respectfully use God's name, honoring Him each day by our good and right conduct, and help others appreciate the greatness of God and His worthy name, which has meaning. "Jehovah" means "He who causes to become," meaning that He can cause all His purposes to become reality, and cause a person to become whatever he needs to in order to fulfill God's purpose.

Matt 7:7,8 says, with proper grammar: "7 keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and it will be opened to you; 8 for everyone asking receives, and everyone seeking finds, and to everyone knocking, it will be opened." Thus we should beseech God with persistence regarding something we believe or know we truly need or desire in harmony with God's will. He wants to see our persistence as recognition of the importance of the matter to us, and perhaps to Him.