Proverbs 1:11

"My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent."

Key Reflection

Proverbs 1:11 addresses a scenario familiar to the ancient Hebrew audience, where young men were often enticed by older sinners into immoral and lawless activities. The command not to consent reflects the cultural expectation that younger members of society should resist peer pressure from corrupt elders, maintaining their moral integrity and avoiding involvement in sinful practices that could lead them astray from God’s way.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The temptation against which the teacher seeks to guard his disciple is that of joining a band of highway robbers. The “vain men” who gathered around JephthahJudges 11:3, the lawless or discontented who came to David in Adullam1 Samuel 22:2, the bands of robbers who infested every part of the country in the period of the New Testament, and against whom every Roman governor had to wage incessant war, show how deeply rooted the evil was in Palestine. Compare thePsalms 10:7, note;Psalms 10:10note. Without cause -Better, in vain; most modern commentators join the words with “innocent,” and interpret them afterJob 1:9.

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