Proverbs 1 · Verse 14

Proverbs 1:14

Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
Proverbs 1:14, King James Version

Proverbs 1:14 in other translations

BSBThrow in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
WEBYou shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse”—
ASVThou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:
YLTThy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is--to all of us.'
DARBYcast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
BBETake your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:
WebsterCast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

What does Proverbs 1:14 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Cast in thy lot - Be a frater conjuratus, a sworn brother, and thou shalt have an equal share of all the spoil. Common sense must teach us that the words here used are such as must be spoken when a gang of cutthroats, pickpockets, etc., are associated together.

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…

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Proverbs 1:14 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.

גּ֭וֹרָ֣לְךָgo.Ral.khalot yourH1486
תַּפִּ֣ילta.Pilyou will castH5307
בְּתוֹכֵ֑נוּbe.to.Khe.nuin midst of usH8432
כִּ֥יסkisa bagH3599
אֶ֝חָ֗ד'e.ChadoneH259
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will belongH1961
לְכֻלָּֽנוּ\׃le.khu.La.nuto all of usH3605

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

Context

  • Proverbs 1:13

    We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

  • Proverbs 1:14

    Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

  • Proverbs 1:15

    My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

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Proverbs 1:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Echa tu suerte entre nosotros; tengamos todos una bolsa:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
prends ton lot parmi nous, il n’y aura qu’une bourse pour nous tous:
German
Elberfelder 1871
du sollst dein Los mitten unter uns werfen, wir alle werden einen Beutel haben:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
sortem mitte nobiscum, marsupium unum sit omnium nostrum: