Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Men warned ought to escape danger as birds instinctively avoid visibly spread nets. But stupid sinners rush to their own ruin (Psalms 9:16), and, greedy of gain, succeed in the very schemes which destroy them (I Timothy 6:10), not only failing to catch others, but procuring their own destruction.
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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