Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
Cross References
Genesis 37:20“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
Deuteronomy 13:8you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Proverbs 16:29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
Proverbs 24:2for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
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 →