Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners try to entice you into their sin, 1 refuse to follow them. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9they will be a graceful wreath for your head 1 and pendants hanging from your neck. 1
Cross References
Genesis 37:20Come now, therefore, let us kill him and cast him into one of the pits. We will say, 'A wild animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams.”
Deuteronomy 13:8You must not give in to him or listen to him, and you must not permit your eye to pity him, and you must not spare him or conceal him.
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, 1 or stand in the pathway with sinners, 1 or sit in the assembly of mockers. 1
Proverbs 7:21With much talk she turned him; 1 with her smooth lips she misled him. 1
Proverbs 16:29A man of violence lies to his neighbor 1 and leads him down a path that is not good. 1
Proverbs 24:2because their hearts plot violence 1 and their lips talk about 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 →