Proverbs 6:23
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For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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Good parents protect their children from sexual sins. They set rules, give laws, reprove bad conduct, and provide instruction about this dangerous and important matter. Every good child will heed these rules, laws, and reproofs, since they are the basis for having a successful life. The fool that disregards his parents' sexual warnings will destroy himself.
Solomon and his wife warned their son about whorish women and adultery (6:20-35). He appealed to his son to remember their instructions about the damning consequences of sexual sins (6:20-24). The commandment here is from Solomon as father; the law is from Solomon's wife as mother; and the plural reproofs of instruction are from both (6:20).
Parents must teach and warn their children (22:6; 29:15; Deut 6:4-9; 29:29; Eph 6:4). And their reproofs and instruction must include regular advice and warning about sexual sins, which are mentioned often in Scripture and Proverbs (7:6-27; Gen 2:24-25; 39:7-12; Lev 18:6-30; 20:10-24; II Sam 11:1-27; Mal 2:10-16; Matt 5:27-32; I Thess 4:3-8; etc.).
Parents, especially mothers, invest much time and effort in their children's schooling, homework, athletics, entertainment, and arts. But few parents, especially mothers, help them with sex. Christian children often wonder how they were conceived, since they see no sparks, looks, touches, or teases between their parents about sex or lovemaking.
The devil used the Victorian Age and other errors to conjure up a prudish approach to sex that is totally foreign to the Bible. In spite of what many older Christians believe, the Bible is very positive toward sex. Just read the Song of Solomon! Repression and silence about sex continues to wreck dysfunctional havoc in marriages, which brought about the sexual revolution to counteract this deadly perversion. The truth is between both ditches!
While godly parents are happy lovers and promote marital sex to their children, they absolutely condemn fornication; limit time with the opposite sex; control emotional attachments; eliminate lustful music, reading, movies, and television; chaperone dates; ridicule current trends; take measures to preserve virginity; and promote early marriages.
Father! Do your children know your commandments? Have you made them in light of Scripture? Have you explained them adequately? Have you defined them carefully?
Mother! Have you given laws to your children regarding love and sex? Are they free from foolish prudery and based on godly Bible wisdom? Are they clearly understood?
Child! God doesn't care how old you are! If you have parents, you are a child! Sixteen-year-old girls and eighteen-year-old boys know nothing about sex. And they are not much better at thirty! The only thing they know well is finding emotional and sexual trouble. Full of folly and lust, you are a disaster waiting to happen (7:7; 22:15; Ps 25:7; Eccl 11:9-10; II Tim 2:22). Listen to your parents! God sent them to protect you from yourself!
Child! This proverb is primarily for you! Solomon told his son that his father's command and his mother's law were the lamp and light to keep him from the dark and painful trouble of sexual sins. Their combined reproofs and instruction were the only way to have a good life. Believe it, or die (2:18; 5:5; 7:27; 9:18)! And remember, there is more than one way to die, for life can often be more painful than death (1:24-31; 5:23; 13:15; 22:5)!
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