Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto your head, and chains about your neck.
Cross References
Genesis 37:20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Deuteronomy 13:8You shall not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall yours eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Proverbs 16:29A violent man entices his neighbour, and leads him into the way that is not good.
Proverbs 24:2For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of 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 →