"Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, [the tempter's] ways are moveable" (Prov. 5:6)
The Path of Life
The path of life is a Bible-centered life. "He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction" (Prov. 10:17). It stands written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:4).
Feeding on the Word of God we avoid the path of the tempter. In this fifth chapter, as in the Proverbs generally, the tempter is a temptress, a "strange woman." "Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house" (5:8). We will not needlessly expose ourselves to any temptation or device of Satan. "Shun evil companions."
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour (1 Pet. 5:8).
The path of life is also a path of obedience to God. "For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings" (Prov. 5:21).
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth (Prov. 5:7).
Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet
Or we'll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do, where He sends we will go,
Never fear, only trust and obey.
--J. H. Sammis
Further, the path of life is one of satisfaction. It is the richest life possible. "Drink waters our of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well" (Prov. 5:15).
"I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life" (Deut. 30:19).
(by Rev. Roger J. Andrus)