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Henry - How industrious wicked people are to seduce others into the paths of the destroyer. Sinners love company in sin; the angels that fell were tempters almost as soon as they were sinners. They do not threaten or argue, but entice with flattery and fair speech; with a bait they draw the unwary young man to the hook.. But they are mistaken if they think that by bringing others to partake with them in their guilt, and to be bound, as it were, in the bond with them, they shall have the less to pay themselves, for they will have so much the more to answer for. (Matthew Henry.) Enticement is tantamount to temptation. Temptation will come at all of us. But remember that the temptation, no matter how powerful, is not a sin! Don't be deceived. Do not "consent" to the temptation. By the Spirit we can resist the temptation and put to death the deeds of the body (Ro 8:13), including the temptations that come from without and appeal to the fallen flesh within. James reminds us that... Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone, but each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. ( Jas 1:13-15-note ) Note: The father is warning the son which stresses that the son is responsible to avoid the tempter's snare. God gives us clear warning (and the empowering of His Spirit), but we still have to make the personal choice to turn away from evil every time the sinners attempt to ensnare us! God's provision is balanced by our responsibility. Entice (066601)(pathah) means to persuade or entice a person to sin. Entice means to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire and suggests drawing by artful or adroit means. The idea is to lead astray from one’s true course. In Ge 9:27 pathah means to be wide, to enlarge, to be spacious or to be open, to extend territory. The TWOT adds that "The basic verb idea is “be open, spacious, wide,” and might relate to the immature or simple one who is open to all kinds of enticement, not having developed a discriminating judgment as to what is right or wrong." One source adds that pathah is related to the word for "inexperienced." Fearn - The intensive active form, piel, is used, rendering a meaning ‘when those seasoned in sin use every trick of their trade to pull you into their path.…’ Webster's definition of entice - To incite or instigate, by exciting hope or desire; usually in a bad sense; as, to entice one to evil. Hence, to seduce; to lead astray; to induce to sin, by promises or persuasions. To tempt; to incite; to urge or lead astray. Pathah is used with a similar meaning in Delilah's enticement of Samson (Jdg 14:15, 16:5) to which Samson consented, costing him his divinely given supernatural power and ultimately his life. The enticement may look good for a moment, but can lead to despair for a lifetime! The Septuagint translates pathah with the verb planao which means to deceive or lead astray. Planao literally conveys the picture of one who is made to wander and to go astray (active sense) or be led astray (passive sense as of sheep in Mt 18:12-13). In Hosea 2:14, pathah is alludes to Yahweh's enticing or alluring His wayward people back into an intimate relationship with Himself, even as a lover would do to his beloved whom he is courting and wooing for her hand in marriage. Pathah in 1Ki 22:20-22 (2Chr 18:19-20) describes Jehovah using a spirit to entice Ahab. TWOT refers to this as an "Another arresting usage of enticement is what happens when a man refuses to follow God’s direction. He is enticed to do wrong to his ultimate hurt, a discipline or judgment for rejecting the Lord." (For further discussion of this somewhat disturbing passage see Why did God use a lying spirit to deceive Ahab?) Ryrie adds that "The Lord permitted a deceiving spirit to control the prophets and give Ahab the wrong advice. Nonetheless, Ahab made a responsible choice, having been warned of the truth by Micaiah." (Ryrie Study Bible). NAS Usage - Usage: allure(1), became...enticed(1), deceive(2), deceived(5), entice(9), enticed(1), entices(1), persuaded(1), prevailed(2), seduces(1), silly(1), simple(1). Pathah - 24v - Ex. 22:16; Dt. 11:16; Jdg. 14:15; 16:5; 2Sa. 3:25; 1Ki. 22:20, 21, 22; 2Chr. 18:19ff; Job 5:2; 31:9, 27; Ps. 78:36; Pr. 1:10; 16:29; 24:28; 25:15; Jer. 20:7, 10; Ezek. 14:9; Hos. 2:14; 7:11. Here is a use that parallels Proverbs 1:10... Deut 11:16 “Beware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods and worship them. Pr 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. Pr 16:29 A man of violence entices his neighbor And leads him in a way that is not good. Pr 24:28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips. Pr 25:15 By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded, And a soft tongue breaks the bone. Pr 1:10-18 speaks practically to the tragic rise of gang activity, particularly among young people in the inner cities. O, how those simple ones need to hear and heed this warning, lest it cost them their life! Said a boy to his sister one day, “I want the spirit to look sin right in the face when it comes to me, and say, ‘Begone.’” “Yes,” replied the sister, “and one thing more you want; you want God’s spectacles to see sin and know it when it comes, for it does not always show its colours.” (R. Newton, D.D.) Do not consent - Do not be willing. Do not acquiesce (accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively). Do not yield to the temptation. Do not accept the "invitation." Do not yield your will to anyone except God! When they do their best to seduce and lead you astray, keep your will bent away from their path. Matthew Henry - (The warning here) is the same that St. Peter gave to his new converts, (Acts 2:40). Consent (014)(abah) means to be willing, to be acquiescent, to yield, to desire (want), to agree to demands. The idea is one is making a choice of their will to accept and consent to a situation, request or demand, which the implication that they will obey and/or submit. In this passage the call would be "Do not yield your will to anyone except God!" Baker - Its primary meaning is to be positively inclined to respond to some authority or petition. The word is used to signify willingness or desire (Gen. 24:5, 8; Jdg. 19:25; 2Chr. 21:7; Isa. 30:15); agreement in principle (Jdg. 11:17; 1Kgs. 20:8); consent to authority (Job 39:9; Isa. 1:19); yielding, as to sin (Dt. 13:9; Pr. 1:10); and, by extension, to be content (Pr 6:35; Eccl 7:8). NAS Usage: consent(5), obey(1), refuse*(1), refused*(1), satisfied(1), unwilling*(3), want(1), willing(23), would(16), would...accept(1), yield(1). Abah - 52v -Gen. 24:5, 8; Ex 10:27; Lev. 26:21; Deut. 1:26; 2:30; 10:10; 13:8; 23:5; 25:7; 29:20; Jos 24:10; Jdg. 11:17; 19:10, 25; 20:13; 1 Sam. 15:9; 22:17; 26:23; 31:4; 2Sam. 2:21; 6:10; 12:17; 13:14, 16, 25; 14:29; 23:16f; 1Ki. 20:8; 22:49; 2Ki. 8:19; 13:23; 24:4; 1Chr. 10:4; 11:18-19; 19:19; 2Chr. 21:7; Job 39:9; Ps. 81:11; Pr. 1:10, 25, 30; 6:35; Isa. 1:19; 28:12; 30:9, 15; 42:24; Ezek. 3:7; 20:8 Pr 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. Pr 1:25 And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof; Pr 1:30 “They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof. Pr 6:35 He will not accept any ransom, Nor will he be satisfied though you give many gifts. Henry Blackaby - Enticed My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them. Proverbs 1:10 When you read this proverb, do you think, Oh, sinners won’t entice me; I don’t even hang out with sinners. In the Bible, sinners refers to anyone who is not actively obeying God. That means the enticing may not come from the drug dealer in the alley or the prostitute on the street corner; it may come through an invitation from your best friend. These invitations can be exciting and tempting, but be careful! They may also lead to great harm. Others may make choices without considering God’s standards; that holds potential for disaster! Proverbs warns that the end for people who ignore God in their decisions is destruction. If you allow yourself to be lured into sin strictly for the thrill of the moment, you will also suffer the consequences. Don’t be fooled! Mistakes made in your youth can haunt you for the rest of your life. You may ask for and receive forgiveness, but the consequences of your choices could last a lifetime. So what should you do? God holds the perspective of eternity, not just the present. He knows what’s in your best interest. Trust his Holy Spirit to alert you to dangerous invitations. Ask God daily for the strength to say no, even to your best friend. A final caution: if you have friends who constantly seek to persuade you into activities that don’t honor God, these are not friends at all. The Bible calls them sinners. Don’t give in to them, and don’t spend time with them. (Borrow The experience : a devotional and journal : day by day with God) Stay Away from Trouble By Pastor Al Detter SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 1:10–19 INTRODUCTION: Scripture warns us against keeping the wrong company. 1. When the Wrong Crowd Pressures You to Do Wrong, Don’t Accept Their Invitation (vv. 10–14). A. Pressure (vv. 11–14). Notice the recurrence of “us” and “we.” Peer pressure is not a new phenomenon! B. Plot (vv. 11–12). The wrong crowds know exactly what they will do, and it’s not pretty! C. Purse (vv. 13–14). This type of crowd entices you based on what will be gained by doing evil. 2. Stay Away from the Wrong Crowd (vv. 15–19). A. Their Agenda Is Evil (v. 16). B. They Are Oblivious to Danger (v. 17). C. They Destroy Their Own Lives (vv. 18–19). CONCLUSION: What kind of company are you keeping around you? Parents, do you set a high standard for your children’s choice of friends? Proverbs 1:11 If they say, "Come with us. Let us lie in wait for blood. Let us ambush the innocent without cause; let us lie - Pr 1:16; 12:6; 30:14; Ps 56:6; 64:5,6; Jer 5:26; Mic 7:2; Acts 23:15; 25:3 let us ambush - Pr 1:18; Ps 10:8-10; 17:12; 35:7; Jer 11:19; 18:18-20; Mt 26:3,4; Jn 15:25 Amplified - If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait [to shed] blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause [and show that his piety is in vain]; HCSB - If they say-- "Come with us! Let's set an ambush and kill someone. Let's attack some innocent person just for fun! THE LURE IS CAST Solomon now vividly imagines what these sinners might say to entice the son (Pr 1:11-14), the very thing he had warned of in Pr 1:10. He quickly follows with the admonition to not "travel down that road with them," (Pr 1:15), explaining why the road of sinners is so dangerous (Pr 1:16-19). John
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Henry - To enforce the caution in Pr 1:10, he represents the fallacious reasonings which sinners use in their enticements, and the arts of wheedling which they have for the beguiling of unstable souls. Come with us - This is innocent enough, but it's very "innocence" is part of the lure. The sinners are baiting the hook! A good "come back" to their "come with us" is "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD!" (Isa 2:3-note). "With us" (not with me) implies that there is a group enticing the young son, which speaks of the the intimidating force of peer pressure on the impressionable individual. This is often the way to entice those who lack wisdom. John
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Henry - These bloody men would do this as greedily as the hungry lion devours the lamb. If it be objected, “The remains of the murdered will betray the murderers;” they answer, “No danger of that; we will swallow them whole as those that are buried.” Who could imagine that human nature should degenerate so far that it should ever be a pleasure to one man to destroy another! Waltke makes the point that "The speech is obviously fictitious, for, as Meinhold notes, enticers would hardly use these condemning, unvarnished signals that expose, not cover, their deeds as vile. However, although the father gives their invitation the roar of a lion to repulse the son, he also invests it with the subtlety of a serpent. Aitken comments, “Its allurements are not far to seek: excitement (Pr 1:11-12), easy money (Pr 1:13), and the camaraderie of being one of the gang (Pr 1:14). Even whole as those who go down to the Pit - When a person dies, not just a part of them dies, but their entirety (the "whole") dies. And they go to Sheol, here called the "Pit." (Heb = bor, used again in Pr 5:15 = cistern, Pr 28:17 = death in NAS, ESV). The Lxx translates pit (bor) with the noun ge which means earth or ground, which is fitting as we were formed from dust of the ground (ground = adamah in Ge 2:7) and "to dust you shall return." (Ge 3:19)! Whole (08549)(tamin) is used 85x in the OT and usually means blameless (as God made David's way in Ps 18:32-note), integrity (Ps 15:2-note), or perfect (the Law of the LORD - Ps 19:7-note), but in this context means entire, that which constitutes the total sum (an undivided unit so to speak), the totality of an object (as in Lev 3:9; Ezek 15:5). Proverbs 1:13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil; Pr 1:19; Job 24:2,3; Isaiah 10:13,14; Jeremiah 22:16,17; Nahum 2:12; Haggai 2:9; Luke 12:15; 1 Timothy 6:9,10; Revelation 18:9-16 This is the promise of "good news" by the gang members to the son, but ultimately it is a lie (sin is always deceptive! Heb 3:13-note on sin's deceitful nature) as the father warns in Pr 1:19!
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Henry - Solomon, having undertaken to teach a young man knowledge and discretion, here lays down two general rules to be observed in order thereunto, and those are, to fear God and honour his parents, which two fundamental laws of morality Pythagoras begins his golden verses with, but the former of them in a wretchedly corrupted state. Primum, deos immortales cole, parentesque honora--First worship the immortal gods, and honour your parents. To make young people such as they should be, I. Let them have regard to God as their supreme. 1. He lays down this truth, that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge (Proverbs 1:7) it is the principal part of knowledge (so the margin) it is the head of knowledge that is, (1.) Of all things that are to be known this is most evident, that God is to be feared, to be reverenced, served, and worshipped this is so the beginning of knowledge that those know nothing who do not know this. (2.) In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God we are not qualified to profit by the instructions that are given us unless our minds be possessed with a holy reverence of God, and every thought within us be brought into obedience to him. If any man will do his will, he shall know of his doctrine, John 7:17. (3.) As all our knowledge must take rise from the fear of God, so it must tend to it as its perfection and centre. Those know enough who know how to fear God, who are careful in every thing to please him and fearful of offending him in any thing this is the Alpha and Omega of knowledge. 2. To confirm this truth, that an eye to God must both direct and quicken all our pursuits of knowledge, he observes, Fools (atheists, who have no regard to God) despise wisdom and instruction having no dread at all of God's wrath, nor any desire of his favour, they will not give you thanks for telling them what they may do to escape his wrath and obtain his favour. Those who say to the Almighty, Depart from us, who are so far from fearing him that they set him at defiance, can excite no surprise if they desire not the knowledge of his ways, but despise that instruction. Note, Those are fools who do not fear God and value the scriptures and though they may pretend to be admirers of wit they are really strangers and enemies to wisdom. Adam