Sexual seduction

When a foolish young man who lacked judgment went to the house of the adulteress (Prov. 7:8),

the crafty woman greeted him with hidden intention (v. 10).

The hidden intention was to set a trap that would make him faithless in marriage.

In other words, the adulteress’ hidden true intention was

to force many married men to break the covenant they had made when they got married (Park).

With this hidden intention, the adulteress seduced the fool with persuasive words,

and seduced him with her smooth talk (v. 21).

Here, the word ‘seduction’ is derived from Latin, and its literal meaning is

“to lead astray,” “to deceive,” or “to corrupt.”

When used negatively, the word is associated with seduction and flirting, which arouses a person's sexual arousal into a choice of action, which ultimately leads to his or her depravity (Wikipedia).

How, then, did the adulteress seduce and corrupt the foolish, ignorant young man?  

At least three things:

1. The adulteress seduced the foolish young man with her appearance[(v. 10) “Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute …”].
2. The adulteress seduced the foolish young man by touching him [(v. 13) “She took hold of him and kissed him ….”].
3. The adulteress seduced the foolish young man by what she said [(v. 21) “With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk”].

Even now, Satan tempts me, a fool, to corrupt me.

Satan often tempts me sexually, my weakness, into adultery with my heart (Mt. 5:28).

As a result, Satan is draining my spiritual strength.