“ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. ”
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.
My son, (i) if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. (i) That is, the wicked who do not have the fear of God.
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...
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...
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 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 purpos...
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. So Joseph ( Genesis 39:7 , etc.; Psalms 1:1 ).
The chapter falls into three principal divisions. 1-6 . Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's knowledg...
If sinners entice thee. — A warning against taking part in brigandage, a crime to which Palestine was at all times peculiarly exposed, from the wild character of its formation, and from its neighbo...
CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is und...
“The Beginning of Knowledge” Proverbs 1:1-19 Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse. Wisdom as used in this book...
The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people. Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God; intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine wisdom;...
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. My son, if sinners entice thee, con...
‘YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION’ ‘My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.’ Proverbs 1:10 There are two chief sources of temptation which Solomon indicates in these Chapter s, and which, w...
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 plausib...
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Ver. 10. If sinners entice thee. ] To an ill bargain; to a match of mischief, as Ahab did Jehoshaphat, as Potiphar's wife would have done Joseph;...
My son, if sinners Sinners of any description; entice thee To sin, to commit any known iniquity, or to omit any known duty; consent thou not Yield not in any degree to their advice, persuasion...
Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay w...
Sinners; eminently so called, as Genesis 13:13 Psalms 1:1 , Psalms 26:9 ; such as sell themselves to work all manner of wickedness; particularly thieves, and robbers, and murderers, as appear...
Prologue To The Book ( Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18 ). It was common throughout the 3rd to the 1st millenniums BC for collections of wisdom saying to have a prologue preparing for the ‘sayings'...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 1:10 . Entice thee , “lay thee open.” Miller here reads “if sinners would make a door of thy simplicity, afford thou no entrance.” Proverbs 1:17 . Some interpret thi...
Proverbs 1:10 There are two chief sources of temptation which Solomon indicates in these Chapter s, and which, when we have stripped off the figure or the accidental circumstances of age and time,...
Proverbs 1:1 . Proverbs, apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use,...
My son, if sinners entice thee. Reasons for resisting the enticements of sinners By sinners is meant all persons who are not true Christians. Three reasons why we should not consent when sinner...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 1:1-20 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...
A Fundamental Trait of Wisdom is the Avoidance Of Wickedness
Ephesians 5:11 ; Genesis 39:7-13 ; Judges 16:16-21 ; Proverbs 13:20 ; Proverbs 20:19 ; Proverbs 7:21-23 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 50:18 ; Romans 16:18
The Proverbs of Solomon Proverbs 1:1-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Solomon's great choice. It was in Gibeon that the Lord appeared unto Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, "Ask what I shall...