Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
In Context
9For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
11If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
Cross References
Genesis 37:20and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'
Deuteronomy 13:8thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.
Psalms 1:1O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;
Proverbs 7:21She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
Proverbs 16:29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.
Proverbs 24:2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.
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 →