Proverbs 1:10
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
9 For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
11 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
12 let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- KJV
- My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
- WEB
- My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
- ASV
- My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
- DARBY
- My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
- BLB
- My son, if sinners should entice you, do not be willing.
- ÅB
- Min sønn! Når syndere lokker deg, da samtykk ikke!
- OTB
- Min sønn, hvis syndere prøver å lokke deg, følg ikke.
- B1930
- Min sønn! Når syndere lokker dig, da samtykk ikke!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Read in contextProverbs 16:29
A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
Read in contextPsalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Read in contextProverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 13:8
you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
Read in contextRomans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Read in contextProverbs 7:21–23
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Read in contextProverbs 20:19
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Read in context