Proverbs 1:10-19 NLT

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:17

Surely in vain the net is spread in the face of any bird. The teacher here advances a second reason in support of his warning in Proverbs 1:15 , under the form of a proverb in its strict sense. It is based on the ill-advised audacity of sinners in flying in the face of God's judgments. In vain ( חִנָּם , khinnam ) , see Proverbs 1:11 , may be taken in two senses. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:18

And they lay wait for their own blood, etc. The third reason or argument why the teacher's warning should be followed, drawn from the destruction which overtakes the sinners themselves. "Lay wait," and "lurk privily," as in Proverbs 1:11 , from which this verse is evidently borrowed. They propose, as they say, to lay wait for the blood of others; but it is, says the teacher, for their own blood. לְדָמָם ( l'dhammam ), contra sanguinem suum ; they lurk privily. as they say,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:19

So am the ways of every one that is greedy of gain. The epiphonema or moral of the preceding address. So are the ways, or such is the lot (as Delitzsch), or such are the paths (as Zockler), i.e. so deceitful, so ruinous, are the ways. כֵּן ( chen, ) is here used as a qualitative adverb. Ways ; אָרְחוֹת ( ar'khoth ) , the plural of אֹרַח ( orakh ) , a poet. word, equivalent in the first instance to "way," i . q. דֶרֶךְ ( derekh ) , and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:10

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. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:11

The temptation against which the teacher seeks to guard his disciple is that of joining a band of highway robbers. The “vain men” who gathered around Jephthah Judges 11:3, the lawless or discontented who came to David in Adullam 1 Samuel 22:2, the bands of robbers who infested every part of the country in the period of the New Testament, and against whom every Roman governor had to wage incessant war, show how deeply rooted the evil was in Palestine. Compare the Psalms 10:7, note; Psalms 10:10... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:12

i. e., “We will be as all-devouring as Sheol. The destruction of those we attack shall be as sudden as that of those who go down quickly into the pit.” Some render the latter clause, and upright men as those that go down to the pit. “Pit” here is a synonym for Sheol, the great cavernous depth, the shadow-world of the dead. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 1:10-14

Proverbs 1:10-14. 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, persuasions, or solicitations, for why shouldest thou destroy thyself to gratify them? If they say, Come with us We are numerous, and strong, and sociable. Let us lay wait for blood That is, to shed blood. He does not intend to express their words, for such words would rather affright... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 1:15-16

Proverbs 1:15-16. Walk not thou in the way with them Avoid their courses, their conversation, and company. Refrain thy foot from their path If thou shouldst have any thought, inclination, or temptation to hearken to their counsels, or to follow their examples, suppress it, and restrain thyself, as it were, by force and violence, as the word מנע , implies. For their feet run to evil Without considering what they are doing, and shutting their eyes against the consequences, they make... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 1:17

Proverbs 1:17. Surely in vain the net is spread, &c. Even the silly birds will not suffer themselves to be taken if the net be spread in their sight; therefore, be at least as wise as they, and shun that which, by repeated experience, is always known to end in ruin. Thus understood, the sentence connects with the preceding verse, and contains an argument to enforce the caution given to the young man, to shun the misery and ruin in which his hearkening to the counsel of sinners would... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 1:18-19

Proverbs 1:18-19. And they lay wait, &c. Assure thyself, such men are working their own ruin, and, as it were, lying in wait for themselves, when they lie in wait to take away the lives of others; for, in the end, they shall not escape the hand of justice, but be overtaken and suffer, either by a special vengeance of God, or by human punishment, what they have deserved. Let the young and unexperienced, who are entering into the paths of the world, treasure up this in their memories; let... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 1:10-14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 1:15-16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 1:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 1:18-19

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