What does Proverbs 7:22 mean?
Solomon earlier referred to this young man as senseless (Proverbs 7:7). In response to temptation, this young man falls. After using various tactics (Proverbs 7:10–21), the predatory woman persuaded the foolish young man to follow her without further delay. He went to her home as an ox goes to the slaughter or as a stag gets caught in a trap. It is too late to escape! The difference between his fate and that of an ox and stag is this: he willingly entangles himself in the affair whereas the animals are unsuspecting. He is a fool, and he does not take into account that God judges sin.Romans 6:23 assures us that "the wages of sin is death." Acts 5 records the sin of husband and wife Ananias and Sapphira. They purposely misrepresented their offering. Having sold a piece of property, Ananias, with his wife's knowledge, kept back for himself some of the proceeds and presented the money to the apostles as his offering. He could have kept the entire amount without sinning, but he hypocritically pretended his offering was the full amount of the sale. He paid for his hypocrisy by incurring the Lord's displeasure and death. Soon his wife met the same fate for joining in the hypocrisy (Acts 5:1–11).