New English Translation
Proverbs 1:10
10My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
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 child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother. 9For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck. My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent! 11If they say, “Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously. 12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going 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 persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him.
- Proverbs 13:20The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Proverbs 20:19The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.
- Genesis 39:7Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Have sex with me.”
- Judges 16:16She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it.
- Psalms 1:1How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
- Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.
- Romans 16:18For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.
- Ephesians 5:11Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather 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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