Proverbs 6:25-29 — The crime scene isn't the motel room. Solomon says it happens

months, years earlier — in the heart.

⛪ Preached at Pilgrim Baptist Church • Cookeville, TN • July 12, 2026.

📚 Part of our "Snares of Your Own Making" expository series through Proverbs 6

This expository preaching message walks verse by verse through Proverbs 6:25-29,

Solomon's warning against adultery and lust — and traces it back through Exodus 20:17,

Matthew 5:28, 2 Kings 9:30, Genesis 39, and Judges 16 to show that the sin Solomon is

warning against never starts in a bed. It starts in the heart, long before the act.

If you've ever told yourself "just this once" or believed you were the exception to a

temptation that's ruined other men, this message is a direct, biblical warning against

adultery and the slow, quiet surrenders that lead to it. Solomon doesn't ask these

questions because he needs an answer — he asks them because he already knows it, and

he wants to know if you do too.

This is verse-by-verse Bible exposition connecting Proverbs 6:25-29 to the stories of

Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Samson and Delilah, and Jezebel's final morning — showing

that even strong, spiritual men are not exempt from this warning.

This expository preaching message walks through Proverbs 6:25-29, explaining:

- Why Solomon starts with the eye and the heart, not the act itself

- How Matthew 5:28 makes lust and adultery the same offense before God

- What "wanton eyes" means and how it differs from an accidental glance

- Jezebel's final morning in 2 Kings 9 — painting her face as judgment rode into town

- Why the adulteress is called a hunter, not just a temptation (Genesis 39, Judges 16)

- Joseph fleeing Potiphar's wife — and what "one more minute" would have cost him

- Why fire is Solomon's chosen image, and what it means that fire doesn't negotiate

- Why the judgment falls the moment of the act — not the moment you get caught

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 - "The Bible doesn't whisper about sin"

00:19 - Proverbs 6:25-29 read in full

03:10 - Lust begins in the heart (Exodus 20:17)

04:10 - Matthew 5:28 — adultery committed in the heart

08:06 - "Wanton eyes" explained

10:21 - Jezebel paints her face (2 Kings 9)

12:52 - The horish woman and the piece of bread

17:16 - The adulteress as hunter — Joseph and Potiphar's wife

19:36 - Delilah hunts Samson (Judges 16)

23:44 - Solomon's two questions

33:56 - The judgment: "shall not be innocent"

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