If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
James 1:5
Cleaned out the office last night, went through my notebook and thought I’d just scan this in. Whole lot of promise in this chapter. (Proverbs 2 for those who can’t read my writing.) The adulterous woman is a great metaphor (used by God) for false religion. It interested me that her house is called the house of the departed.. but the Hebrew has the word for “strong”. Falsehood always calls for you to rely on and and take comfort in your own strength. Christ example and command is to be weak toward the flesh and strong only in Him.
8thDay4Life 
This is really beautiful. Shows the methodical logic behind the maxims. I have too often skimmed through the Proverbs because they are usually taught with the result of people (sometimes even me, I’m ashamed to say) categorizing others as either “sluggards,” “fools,” etc., rather than following Paul’s admonition of “regarding no one according to the flesh, but only as a new creation.” But with your metaphorical explanation, it all makes perfect sense. And this has to be the correct way to interpret the Proverbs, not only because of our Lord’s response to the adulterous woman, but even in the Old Testament, Isaiah (I think Isaiah) expresses the Lord’s indignant response to the men’s request for punishment of the adulterous women, saying He would absolutely not punish the women, when the husbands were visiting prostitutes continually! It also follows that Wisdom would be someone as close and beloved as a wife.
Not all the chapters in Proverbs have this great structure, but I love to study this way. Did this with Isaiah 40 this week, since this is the passage John the Baptist used as the prophecy that pointed to his role as prophet. Interesting insights when you break it down. LOVE the WORD! 🙂