Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 1:10
10My son, if sinners entice you, don’t be persuaded.
Proverbs 1:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
- New International Version (NIV)My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
Context of Proverbs 1:10
8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching, 9for they will be a garland of favor on your head and pendants around your neck. My son, if sinners entice you, don’t be persuaded. 11If they say — “Come with us! Let’s set an ambush and kill someone. Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun! 12Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol, whole, like those who go down to the Pit.
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בְּנִ֡י אִם־יְפַתּ֥וּךָ חַ֝טָּאִ֗ים אַל־תֹּבֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 1:10
- Proverbs 7:21She seduces him with her persistent pleading; she lures with her flattering talk.
- Proverbs 13:20The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
- Proverbs 20:19The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid someone with a big mouth.
- Genesis 39:7After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
- Judges 16:16Because she nagged him day after day and pleaded with him until she wore him out,
- Psalms 1:1How happy is the one who does not walk in the advice of the wicked or stand in the pathway with sinners or sit in the company of mockers!
- Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.
- Romans 16:18because such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
- Ephesians 5:11Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10If sinners entice thee, consent thou not - תבא אל al tobe, Will-not. They can do thee no harm unless thy will join in with them. God's eternal purpose with respect to man is that his will shall be free; or, rather, that the will, which is essentially Free, shall never be forced nor be forceable by any power. Not even the devil himself can lead a man into sin till he consents. Were it not so, how could God judge the world?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The first great danger which besets the simple and the young is that of evil companionship. The only safety is to be found in the power of saying “No,” to all such invitations.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Wicked people are zealous in seducing others into the paths of the destroyer: sinners love company in sin. But they have so much the more to answer for. How cautious young people should be! "Consent thou not." Do not say as they say, nor do as they do, or would have thee to do; have no fellowship with them. Who could think that it should be a pleasure to one man to destroy another! See their idea of worldly wealth; but it is neither…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-19The father warns his child not to join a group of wrongdoers planning to attack innocent people. Their evil actions will eventually harm them (see Proverbs 28:10; Psalms 9:15; 35:8). The evil path involves violence and theft.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1910-19. A solemn warning against temptation. entice--literally, "open the way." consent ... not--Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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