A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Parallel translations
- WEB A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
- BSB A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
- NKJV A violent man entices his neighbor, And leads him in a way that is not good.
- NASB A person of violence entices his neighbor And leads him in a way that is not good.
- NLT Violent people mislead their companions, leading them down a harmful path.
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Quick answer
A violent person lures a neighbor into a harmful path. It matters because the wicked seek to draw others into their evil ways.
Overview
This proverb warns of the violent man who entices his neighbor down a way that is not good. Sin is not content to corrupt one person but seeks to spread. It calls for discernment about the company and influences we follow, and points to the contrasting call of Christ, who leads into life.
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 2:12–15To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
- Prov 12:26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
- 2 Pet 3:17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
- Prov 3:31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
- Prov 1:10–14My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
- 1 Sam 22:7–9Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
- 1 Sam 19:11Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
- Neh 6:13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
- 1 Sam 19:17And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
- 1 Sam 23:19–21Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
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