Proverbs 1 · Verse 10

Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs 1:10, King James Version

Proverbs 1:10 in other translations

BSBMy son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
WEBMy son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
ASVMy son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
YLTMy son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.
DARBYMy son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
BBEMy son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
WebsterMy son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

What does Proverbs 1:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 1:10-19
10-19. A solemn warning against temptation. entice--literally, "open the way." consent ... not--Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 1:10-19
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 their days. What is a man profited, though he gain the world, if he lose his life? much less if he lose his soul?

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 1:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּנִ֡יbe.NiO son myH1121
אִם\־'im-ifH518
יְפַתּ֥וּךָye.fa.Tu.khathey will entice youH6601
חַ֝טָּאִ֗יםcha.ta.'ImsinnersH2400
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תֹּבֵֽא\׃to.Ve'you be willingH14

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 1:10

  • Ephesians 5:11

    And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

  • Proverbs 16:29

    A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

  • Psalms 1:1

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

  • Proverbs 13:20

    He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Deuteronomy 13:8

    Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

  • Romans 16:18

    For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

  • Proverbs 7:21-23

    With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • Proverbs 20:19

    He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

  • Psalms 50:18

    When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

  • Genesis 39:7-13

    And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. …

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:21-23; 13:20; 20:19; Ge 39:7-13; Jud 16:16-21; Ps 1:1; 50:18
Ro 16:18; Eph 5:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 1:9

    For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

  • Proverbs 1:10

    My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

  • Proverbs 1:11

    If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Read all of Proverbs 1

Proverbs 1:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hijo mío, si los pecadores te quisieren engañar, no consientas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mon fils, si les pécheurs cherchent à te séduire, n’y acquiesce pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mein Sohn, wenn Sünder dich locken, so willige nicht ein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fili mi, si te lactaverint peccatores, ne acquiescas eis.