Proverbs 1:10
Beni (my son), if chatt'aim (sinners) entice thee, 1 consent thou not. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9For they shall be a garland of chen unto thy rosh, 1 and a chain about thy neck. 1
Cross References
Genesis 37:20Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and throw him into one of the borot (pits), and we will say, Some chayyah ra'ah (evil wild beast) hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his chalomot.
Deuteronomy 13:8Namely, of the elohei ha'amim which are round about you, near unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one ketzeh ha'aretz (end of the earth) even unto the other ketzeh ha'aretz;
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the ish that walketh not 1 in the Etzah (counsel, scheme) of the Resha'im, 1 nor standeth in the Derech Chatta'im, 1 nor sitteth in the Moshav (seat) of the Leitzim (scornful, ones mocking and reviling). 1
Proverbs 7:21By her enticing speech she caused him to yield, 1 with the smoothness of her sfatayim she seduced him. 1
Proverbs 16:29An ish chamas enticeth his re'a, 1 and leadeth him into the derech that is not good. 1
Proverbs 24:2For their lev plotteth violence, 1 and their sfatayim (lips) talk of amal (trouble). 1
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 →