Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9For they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, || And chains to your neck.
Cross References
Genesis 37:20and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast has devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.”
Deuteronomy 13:8you do not consent to him, nor listen to him, nor does your eye have pity on him, nor do you spare, nor do you cover him over.
Psalms 1:1O the blessedness of that one, || Who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, || And has not stood in the way of sinners, || And has not sat in the seat of scorners;
Proverbs 7:21She turns him aside with the abundance of her speech, || She forces him with the flattery of her lips.
Proverbs 16:29A violent man entices his neighbor, || And causes him to go in a way [that is] not good.
Proverbs 24:2For their heart meditates [on] destruction, || And their lips speak perverseness.
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 →