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Proverbs 1:14
14So come and join us! We will share with each other everything that we rob from other people.’
Proverbs 1:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
- New International Version (NIV)cast lots with us; we will all share the loot”—
- English Standard Version (ESV)throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse"—
- New King James Version (NKJV)Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse”—
Context of Proverbs 1:14
12We will send them quickly to their graves. They may be strong and healthy, but they will soon be under the earth. 13We will take all their valuable things for ourselves. We will fill our houses with lots of good things. So come and join us! We will share with each other everything that we rob from other people.’ 15My child, do not go along with people like that. Stay away from them. 16They are in a hurry to do evil things. They cannot wait to murder someone!
Read all of Proverbs 1Proverbs 1:14 word by word
גּ֭וֹרָ֣לְךָ תַּפִּ֣יל בְּתוֹכֵ֑נוּ כִּ֥יס אֶ֝חָ֗ד יִהְיֶ֥ה לְכֻלָּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Cast in thy lot - Be a frater conjuratus, a sworn brother, and thou shalt have an equal share of all the spoil. Common sense must teach us that the words here used are such as must be spoken when a gang of cutthroats, pickpockets, etc., are associated together.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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