Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
Cross References
Genesis 37:20Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”
Deuteronomy 13:8you shall not consent to him nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him;
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
Proverbs 7:21With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
Proverbs 16:29A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 24:2for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.
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 →