Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. MY SON, IF SINNERS ENTICE THEE, CONSENT THOU NOT. So Joseph (, etc.; )....

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 substance, nor precious. It is the ruinous mistake of thousands, that they overvalue the wealth of this world. Men promise themselves in vain that sin will turn to their advantage. The way of sin is down-hill; men cannot stop themselves. Would young people shun temporal and eternal ruin, let them refuse to take one step in these destructive paths. Men's greediness of gain hurries them upon practices which will not suffer them or others to live out half...

Verse Proverbs 1:10. _IF SINNERS ENTICE THEE, CONSENT THOU NOT._] אל תבא _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?...

The 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....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 1:1 PART I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION. The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short and concise language of the general scope and bearing of the book, and points out its specific utility, both to the inexperienced and to those already wise. Thus (1) in Proverbs 1:1 it gives the name of the author to whom the proverbs are attributed; (2) in Proverbs 1:2 it declares the aim, object, or design of the collection, which is to lead to the acquirement of wisdom genera

MY SON, IF SINNERS ENTICE THEE,.... Endeavour to seduce thee from thy parents, and draw thee aside from them, from listening to their instructions, advice, and commands; and make use of all plausible arguments to persuade thee to join with them in the sins they are addicted unto, and are continually employed in: for this is not to be understood of such who are sinners by nature, and through infirmity of the flesh, as all men are; but of notorious sinners, who are guilty of the grossest enormities, who live in sin, and give up themselves to work all manner of wickedness; sin is their trade and business, and the constant course of their lives; they are hardened, impudent, and daring, and not content to sin themselves, but do all they can to draw in others; and to preserve youth from filling into such bad company is this exhortation given in this tender, affectionate, and moving manner; nex...

ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS A detailed analysis, as we have made it in other books, cannot be fully made in this collection of proverbs. Most of them are detached and each has a message by itself. To interpret each separately, to point out the many spiritual lessons, as well as prophetic application, to show their relation to other portions of the Word of God and to explain them by incidents taken from the Bible, would require volumes; and even then the spiritual meaning would not be exhausted. All we can do is to hint at their meaning and give some annotations which, under God, may be helpful in the closer study of this book I. INSTRUCTIONS OF WISDOM GIVEN TO SOLOMON CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Introduction (Proverbs 1:1)_ 2. Warning against evil companions and covetousness (Pro

PROVERBS 1-9. FIRST SECTION. THE PRAISE OF WISDOM. Proverbs 1:1. Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular collection. The word for PROVERB, _mâ shâ l,_ has a wide significance _in Heb. (see BDB)._ Probably it originally expressed a comparison or allusion, drawn from history or nature, and employed to convey a taunt or satire, hence the rendering taunt-song. For different meanings _cf._ Numbers 21:27; Deuteronomy 28:37; Job 13:12; Isaiah 14:4;...

SINNERS. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. CONSENT THOU NOT: Illustrations: Joseph (Genesis 39:9; Genesis 39:10); prophet (1 Kings 13:8; 1 Kings 13:9); Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:49, contrast 2 Chronicles 18:2; 2 Chronicles 20:35); Joash (2 Chronicles 24:17;...

The Teacher passes from Appeal to Warning: Against Evil Companions. Chap. 1. Proverbs 1:10 10. _sinners_ The warning points to a state of society of which indications are to be found not only in the unsettled times "when the Judges ruled" and before the monarchy was firmly established, when "vain" and "discontented" men banded together to lead the life of the outlaw and the freebooter (Judges 11:3; 1 Samuel 22:2); but also in the better ordered periods of Jewish history when Psalmist and prophet inveigh against those who lurk privily in secret to murder the innocent (Psalms 10:8-10), and those whose feet are swift to shed bl