Proverbs 1:10

Proverbs 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!

Context of Proverbs 1:10

8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. 9They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them. 11If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul; 12let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

Proverbs 1:10 word by word

בְּנִ֡י אִם־יְפַתּ֥וּךָ חַ֝טָּאִ֗ים אַל־תֹּבֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• if sinnersחַטָּאchaţţâ' · sinnerH2400
• enticeפָּתָהpâthâh · to enticeH6601
• thee, consentאָבָה'âbâh · be willingH14

Cross-references for Proverbs 1:10

• Proverbs 7:21With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
• Proverbs 13:20Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
• Proverbs 20:19A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.
• Genesis 39:7and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”
• Judges 16:16With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
• Psalms 1:1Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
• Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
• Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.
• Ephesians 5:11Have nothing to do with the fruitless 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

Topics related to Proverbs 1:10

• Character
• Company
• Fellowship
• Temptation
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Consent
• Despise
• Entice
• Hate
• Lurk
• Naught
• Prosperity
• Proverb
• Refrain

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