Can't live with them, can't live without them.
Bathsheba
Delilah
How many times did the Israelites marry pagan foreign women?
All throughout scripture it seems than women have always caused men to stumble.
Men commonly choose women over God.
Genesis 3:6
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
1 Timothy 2:14
And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result.
16 Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,
from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
17 She has abandoned her husband
and ignores the covenant she made before God.
18 Entering her house leads to death;
it is the road to the grave.
19 The man who visits her is doomed.
He will never reach the paths of life.
Proverbs 2
3 For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey,
and her mouth is smoother than oil.
4 But in the end she is as bitter as poison,
as dangerous as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.
6 For she cares nothing about the path to life.
She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it.
7 So now, my sons, listen to me.
Never stray from what I am about to say:
8 Stay away from her!
Don’t go near the door of her house!
20 Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman,
or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?
21 For the LORD sees clearly what a man does,
examining every path he takes.
22 An evil man is held captive by his own sins;
they are ropes that catch and hold him.
23 He will die for lack of self-control;
he will be lost because of his great foolishness.
Proverbs 5
24 It will keep you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
25 Don’t lust for her beauty.
Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
Proverbs 6
21 So she seduced him with her pretty speech
and enticed him with her flattery.
22 He followed her at once,
like an ox going to the slaughter.
He was like a stag caught in a trap,
23 awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.
He was like a bird flying into a snare,
little knowing it would cost him his life.
Proverbs 7
Ecclesiastes 7:26
I discovered that a seductive woman is a trap more bitter than death. Her passion is a snare, and her soft hands are chains.
Ecclesiastes 7:28
Though I have searched repeatedly, I have not found what I was looking for. Only one out of a thousand men is virtuous, but not one woman!
1 Corinthians 11:9
And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.
Why do women hold so much power over men? What is it about them that makes us go insane. Say things we'd never say. Do things we'd never do.
It was Herodias' daughter who asked for John's head on a silver plate.
He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter. He was like a stag caught in a trap, awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.
...awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. Women can be brutal. Women are as dangerous as a double-edged sword. Women have the power to make men do anything and everything. They also have the power to destroy men.
I want a wife to share life with.
But is it worth it? Is it worth opening myself up to the opportunity of being betrayed again? Are the highs worth the lows? Will I be able to tell my wife deep secrets such as cutting Samson's hair? Will I be strong enough to stay faithful to her when Bathsheba is bathing outside; feeding me lines as sweet as honey?
Are women more harm than good?
It isn't good for man to be alone... but then again, Jesus, You didn't have a wife...