Proverbs 1:11 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Proverbs 1:11

9 For they will be a ^agraceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice you,
^aDo not consent.

11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us ^alie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

12 Let us swallow them alive like¹ Sheol,
And whole, ^alike those who go down to the Pit;

13 We shall find all kinds of precious¹ possessions,
We shall fill our houses with¹ spoil;

14 Cast in your lot among us,
Let us all have one purse”—

15 My son, ^ado not walk in the way with them,
^bKeep your foot from their path;

16 ^aFor their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Proverbs 1:11-14

Murder and robbery are given as specific illustrations.

lay wait . . . lurk privily—express an effort and hope for successful concealment.

swallow . . . grave—utterly destroy the victim and traces of the crime (Numbers 16:33; Psalms 55:15). Abundant rewards of villainy are promised as the fruits of this easy and safe course.

Proverbs 1:10-19

A solemn warning against temptation.

entice—literally, "open the way."

consent . . . not—Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.

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