God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 1:10
10My son, if sinners lure you, do not go along.
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
8My son, listen to your father’s discipline, and do not neglect your mother’s teachings, 9because discipline and teachings are a graceful garland on your head and a ⌞golden⌟ chain around your neck. My son, if sinners lure you, do not go along. 11If they say, “Come with us. Let’s set an ambush to kill someone. Let’s hide to ambush innocent people for fun. 12We’ll swallow them alive like the grave, like those in good health who go into the pit.
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בְּנִ֡י אִם־יְפַתּ֥וּךָ חַ֝טָּאִ֗ים אַל־תֹּבֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:10
- Proverbs 7:21With all her seductive charms, she persuades him. With her smooth lips, she makes him give in.
- Proverbs 13:20Whoever walks with wise people will be wise, but whoever associates with fools will suffer.
- Proverbs 20:19Whoever goes around as a gossip tells secrets. Do not associate with a person whose mouth is always open.
- Genesis 39:7After a while his master’s wife began to desire Joseph, so she said, “Come to bed with me.”
- Judges 16:16Every day she made his life miserable with her questions. She pestered him until he wished he were dead.
- Psalms 1:1Blessed is the person who does not follow the advice of wicked people, take the path of sinners, or join the company of mockers.
- Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you want to make friends with him. You keep company with people who commit adultery.
- Romans 16:18People like these are not serving Christ our Lord. They are serving their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive unsuspecting people.
- Ephesians 5:11Have nothing to do with the useless works that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.
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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