Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
Cross References
Genesis 37:20Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit : and we will say : Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him :
Deuteronomy 13:8Consent not to him, hear him not, neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him,
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence.
Proverbs 7:21She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.
Proverbs 16:29An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good
Proverbs 24:2Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits.
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 →