My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!
Parallel translations
- WEB My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
- KJV My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
- BSB My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- NKJV My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
- NASB My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
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Quick answer
When sinners try to lure you into evil, refuse to go along. It matters because wisdom begins with the resolve to say no to temptation.
Overview
The first concrete warning targets peer pressure toward sin. The simple imperative 'don't consent' locates the decisive moment of resistance at the will. This echoes the consistent biblical call to flee evil and reflects the believer's daily need to refuse sin's enticement by God's grace.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Eph 5:11Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
- Prov 16:29A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
- Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- Prov 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Deut 13:8you shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him;
- Rom 16:18For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
- Prov 7:21–23With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
- Prov 20:19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
- Ps 50:18When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
- Gen 39:7–13After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”
- Judg 16:16–21When she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, his soul was troubled to death.
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Wisdom personified, with God before creation and the agent of all things, anticipates Christ 'in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom' — the wisdom of God made flesh.
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