King James Version
Proverbs 1:10 in the King James Version says “My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.”
Proverbs 1:10 · KJV
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. an: Heb. an adding
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“entice”
H6601to open, i.e., be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
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