Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners tempt/entice you to do what is wrong, say “No” to them.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 37:20and “Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will ◄find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true►!”
Deuteronomy 13:8Do not [SYN] do what they suggest. Do not even listen to them. Do not even be merciful to them, and do not keep secret what they have done.
Psalms 1:1God is pleased with those who do not do what [MET] wicked people advise them to do, and who do not imitate the behavior of [MET] sinful people, and who do not join in with people who ◄ridicule/sneer at► God.
Proverbs 7:21So she persuaded him by her enticing/tempting words. She allured him by her smooth/sweet talk.
Proverbs 16:29Those who act violently entice/encourage others to also act violently and lead them along a road that will end in disaster.
Proverbs 24:2because they are constantly thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about ◄causing trouble/hurting someone►.
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 →