Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9For they shall be a garland of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Cross References
Genesis 37:20Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits. And we will say, An evil beast has devoured him. And we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Deuteronomy 13:8thou shall not consent to him, nor hearken to him. Neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shall thou spare, neither shall thou conceal him,
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers,
Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.
Proverbs 16:29A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 24:2For their heart meditates oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:8-10
Parental Admonitions. 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. Solomon, having undertaken to teach a young man knowledge and discretion, here lays down two general rules to be observed in order thereunto, and those are, to fear God and honour his parents, which two fundamental laws of morality… Read the whole commentary →