Proverbs 1:10
My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
Cross References
Genesis 37:20Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym, and cast hym into some pit, and we wyll say, some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym: and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames.
Proverbs 7:21Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym.
Proverbs 16:29A wicked man beguyleth his neyghbour, and leadeth hym into the way that is not good:
Proverbs 24:2For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lippes talke mischiefe.
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 →