WATCH WHAT YOU SEE
Genesis 6:2(KJV).That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis 39:7 (KJV).And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, lie with me.
Joshua 7:21 (KJV) When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they [are] hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Judges14:1 (KJV) And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Judges 14:2 (KJV).And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
WATCH OUT
Job 31:1 (WEB) "I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?”
Job 31:4 (MKJV) “Does He not see my ways, and count all my steps?”
Matthew 5:28 (TCNT) I, however, say to you that any one who looks at a woman with an impure intention has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Blue film, pornography books, naked pictures of opposite sex, wild parties etc. are not good for you. They are caterpillars that destroy ones holiness. Watch what you see, her, and touch or handle. They may set you on fire. Shechem might have spoken softly to her, telling her what she is and what she is not in order to arouse her feeling. He later touched her; and with little or no resistance from her, he proceeded to the next stage and they entered the place of no return.
We should avoid all occasions of sin and approaches to it. Those who wander out of the way of understanding shall abide in the congregation of the dead.
Genesis 34:3-4(BBE) Genesis 34:3 (BBE) Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her. And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.
There must have been time and opportunities of acquaintance to produce the strong attachment that Shechem had for her sister Dinah. It appears evidently from this verse that there had been no consent on the part of Dinah, that the whole episode might have been an act of violence.
Young persons, especially females are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion. It was excessively wicked in Shechem to take this undue advantage of the daughter of a respectable stranger, who had sought his friendship and came to sojourn among his people, and whose righteous dealing they must have witnessed for at least seven to eight years. Proverbs 25:28 (RSV) “A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”
You should not steal or take by force what you can ask the owner for the permission to use. There is no ground for you to test run your marriage before you are legally married. As far as God is concern, no reason is tenable. Hebrews 13:4 (MKJV) Marriage [is] honorable in all, and the bed undefiled, but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Genesis 34:5 (KJV) And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come. The good man held his peace, as one astonished that knows not what to say: or he said nothing, for fear of saying amiss.
Proverbs 11:12 (RSV) He who belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
Proverbs 17:27-28 (RSV) He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is [esteemed as] prudent.
Ecclesiastes3:1, 7 (RSV) for everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
It should seem he had left the management of his affair very much to his sons, and he would do nothing without them. Things never go well when the authority of a parent runs low in a family. Let every man bear rule in his own house, and have his children in subjection with all gravity. Too much liberty is not to be given to youths.
I t is wrong of Jacob to leave his daughter unprotected, to visit the daughters of the land. Those parents are very wrong who do not hinder their children from needlessly exposing themselves to danger. Next to the fear and love of God, the guardianship of parents is the great safeguard of children. The environment we keep our children in as parents will either make or mar them. Lot pitched his tent towards Sodom and Gomorrah after he separated from Abraham. After a long time of sojourning in the land, they were asked to leave the place I hurry, with specific instruction not to look back. His wife remembered her jewelry, trinkets and their wealth in Sodom being on fire, she looked back and became a pillar of salt. His two daughters were later put in the family way by him through manipulation. (Read Genesis 13:10-13; 19:1-9, 14-17, 30-38). What a shame!
Genesis 34:6-7(BBE) Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob. Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, such a thing is not to be done.
Jacob only daughter, Dinah we suppose her, the mother’s fondling and the darling of the family, and yet she proved neither a joy nor a credit to them; for those children seldom prove either the best or happiest that are most indulged. The brothers were grieved and greatly wroth to hear that the pride of the family. Sister Dinah had lost her honour and glory. She had been deflowered, ravished, and disgraced. She was debauched. Proverbs 10:1 (BBE) A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. She brought reproach to the name of the Lord. You must watch where you go and who you associate with because it may cause grief to your family one day. Indulged children like Dinah, often become a grief and shame to their families.
(To be continued).
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