Proverbs 7:10 · World English Bible
Proverbs 7:10 Meaning Behold
Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
What does Proverbs 7:10 mean?
The figure that meets the mind wears the appearance of desire but hides a different intent, and this is exactly how the ego approaches, clothed as something the mind believes it wants while concealing its true aim, which is to keep the mind convinced of its emptiness. The attire is an appearance only, a costume of longing worn over a heart set on separation, and the subtlety is the quiet cunning by which temptation makes itself look like a gift.
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The figure that meets the mind wears the appearance of desire but hides a different intent, and this is exactly how the ego approaches, clothed as something the mind believes it wants while concealing its true aim, which is to keep the mind convinced of its emptiness. The attire is an appearance only, a costume of longing worn over a heart set on separation, and the subtlety is the quiet cunning by which temptation makes itself look like a gift.
What comes dressed as fulfillment is really an invitation to stay divided. A mind that looks past the costume to the intent beneath is no longer fooled, for once it sees that the promise is only lack in disguise, there is nothing in the meeting left to want.
Woman in harlot's attire: the ego approaching in the costume of desire, an appearance of fulfillment worn over an aim to keep the mind divided Attire: the outward disguise temptation wears, the look of longing covering an intent set only on separation
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Live Proverbs 7:10 today
- When something online is dressed to make you want it, the perfect photo, the urgent banner, name quietly what it is really asking of you. Usually it is your money, your time, or your attention.
- When someone is unusually charming right before asking you for something, keep your warmth and your clarity at the same time. You can like a person and still see the ask underneath.
- Under pressure, when an easy way out appears looking generous, check whose problem it actually solves. If the answer is not yours, you have seen the costume.
What looks like a gift to me right now, and what is it really after?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 12
The five colors blind the eye and the five flavors dull the tongue. What dazzles the senses tends to leave you less able to see.
Buddhism · Dhammapada
The arrow of craving is tipped with sweetness, which is exactly why it goes in. The pleasantness is the delivery, not the gift.
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
Strip a thing down to what it actually is and most of its glamour falls off. Look at the bare fact, not the story draped over it.
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