Proverbs 1:10

“A solemn warning against temptation. entice--literally, "open the way." consent . . . not--Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“1:10-19 The father warns his child not to join a gang of sinners in their plan to pounce on the innocent, for their evil actions will rebound on themselves (see 28:10; Pss 9:15; 35:8). The evil way is a path of violence and robbery.”

“Pro 7:21-23, Pro 13:20, Pro 20:19; Gen 39:7-13; Jdg 16:16-21; Psa 1:1, Psa 50:18; Rom 16:18; Eph 5:11 Proverbs 1:11”

“The general counsel of Pro 1:9 is here followed by a more special warning: My son, if sinners entice thee Consent thou not. The בּני (Note: The accent Pazer over the בּני has the force of Athnach.) (my son) is emphatically repeated. The intensive from חטּאים (signifies men to whom sin has become a habit, thus vicious, wicked. פּתּה (Pi. of פּתה, to open) is not denom., to make or wish to make a פּתי; the meaning, to entice (harmonizing with πείθειν), פּתּה obtains from the root-meaning of the Kal, for it is related to it as pandere (januam) to patere: to open, to make accessible, susceptible, namely to persuasion. The warning 10b is as brief as possible a call of alarm back from the abyss.…”