Proverbs 1:10-19 NLT

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice thee. (As to the form of address, see Proverbs 1:8 .) It is here used because the writer is passing to a warning against bad company, and hence the term is emphatic, and intended to call especial attention to what is said. It is repeated again in Proverbs 1:15 , at a further stage in this address, with the same view. Sinners ; חַטָּאִים ( khattaim ) , the plural of חַטָּא ( khatta ) , from the root חָטָּא ( khata ) , properly "to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10

Temptation I. HOW THE TEMPTATION COMES . 1 . From sinners. 2 . By enticements. Sin is made to be attractive; and it is most important for all of us to know that there are pleasures in sin, in order that we may not be surprised at the discovery of them. The fruit is palatable, though, like apples of Sodom, it soon turns to ashes. If it were not so, who would run the risk of tasting it? If stolen waters were not sweet, who would choose to wear the brand of a thief on his... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19

Warnings against the evils of the time An unsettled time, one of violence and insecurity of life, appears to be indicated, such as has only its occasional parallel in our society. Yet the perverted impulses which lead to open crime are those which induce every species of dishonesty and more subtle attacks upon the life or property of others. We may thus draw from a particular description some general lessons. But it seems to give more point and force to the passage if we view it as... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19

The peril and the wisdom of youth: a sermon to the young Hew many human lives are nothing better than failures! How many souls are there that "make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience"! Over how many of the children of men do the wise and the holy mourn, as those who might have done well and wrought good, but who have turned aside to folly, guilt, and ruin! As a rule, these have gone astray in their younger days. Temptation assailed them when they were comparatively unarmed, attacked... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:11

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood. The teacher here puts into the mouth of the sinners, for the sake of vivid representation, the first inducement with which they seek to allure youth from the paths of rectitude, viz. privacy and concealment (Cartwright, Wardlaw). Both the verbs אָרַב ( arav ) and צָפַן , ( tzaphan ) mean "to lay in wait" (Zockler). The radical meaning of arav, from which נֶאֶרְבָה ( neerevah ) , "let us lay in wait" (Authorized... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:12

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave. A continuation of Proverbs 1:11 , expanding the idea of bloodshed ending in murder, and showing the determination of the sinners to proceed to the most violent means to effect their covetous ends. The enticement here put before youth is the courage and boldness of their exploits (Wardlaw). The order of the words in the original is, "Let us swallow them up, as the grave, living," which sufficiently indicates the meaning of the passage. Alive ; ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:13

We shall find all precious substance. This verse carries on the proposal of the sinners one step further, and puts forward a third enticement, viz. that of' the profit of crime, or the prospect of immediate riches, before youth to join in crime. A short cut to wealth, and to the acquirement of that which costs others long years of steady application and carefulness, is a strong inducement (Wardlaw). We shall find ; נִמְצָא ( nimetza ) , from מָצָא ( matza ) , properly... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:14

Cast in thy lot among us. The fourth and last enticement put forward, viz. honourable union and frank and open hearted generosity. It has distinct reference to the preceding verse, and shows how the prospect of immediate wealth is to be realized (see Delitzsch, Wardlaw). Cast in thy lot cannot mean, as Mercerus, "cast in your inheritance with us, so that we all may use it in common," though גּוֹרָל ( goral ) does mean "inheritance" in the sense of that which comes to any one by... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:15

My son, walk not thou in the way with them. The admonitory strain of Proverbs 1:10 is again resumed, and in Proverbs 1:16-19 the teacher states the reasons which should dissuade youth from listening to the temptations of sinners. My son. The recurrence of these words for the third time in this address marks the affectionate interest, the loving solicitude, in which the admonition is addressed. Walk not thou. Immediate and entire abandonment is counselled. The warning is practically a... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. This is the first dissuasive urged to enforce the warning against evil companionship, as showing the extremes to which entering upon the ways of the wicked lead ultimately. At once the youth who listens will be hurried along impetuously to the two crimes of robbery and murder, which God has expressly forbidden in the eighth and sixth commandments respectively of the moral code. Evil ( רַע , ra ) is "wickedness," τὸ κακόν ,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:16

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