Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners wish to entice thee, consent thou not.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9For a wreath of grace are they unto thy head, and chains for thy throat.
Cross References
Genesis 37:20And now, come and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Deuteronomy 13:8(13:9) Then shalt thou not consent unto him, nor shalt thou hearken unto him; nor shall thy eye look with pity on him, nor shalt thou spare, nor shalt thou conceal it for him;
Psalms 1:1BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;
Proverbs 7:21She seduced him by the abundance of her reasoning: by the flattery of her lips she misguided him.
Proverbs 16:29The man of violence misleadeth his neighbor, and maketh him go on a way which is not good.
Proverbs 24:2For their heart meditateth destruction, and of mischief do their lips speak.
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 →