The Enticement of Sinners

Proverbs 1

⁸ _i Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
and forsake not your mother's teaching,
⁹ for they are _j a graceful garland for your head
and _k pendants for your neck.
¹⁰ My son, if sinners _l entice you,
do not consent.
¹¹ If they say, "Come with us, _m let us lie in wait for blood;
_n let us ambush the innocent without reason;
¹² like Sheol let us _o swallow them alive,
and whole, like _p those who go down to the pit;
¹³ we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
¹⁴ throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse" -
¹⁵ my son, _q do not walk in the way with them;
_r hold back your foot from their paths,
¹⁶ for _s their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.
¹⁷ _t For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,
¹⁸ but these men _u lie in wait for their own blood;
they _u set an ambush for their own lives.
¹⁹ _v Such are the ways of everyone who is _w greedy for unjust gain;
_x it takes away the life of its possessors.

1. Cross References
   Proverbs 6:20
   My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
   Psalms 34:11
   Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
   Ephesians 6:1 - 2
   Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
   
2. Cross References
   Proverbs 4:9
   She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.
   Proverbs 3:22
   And they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 41:42
   Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck.
   Daniel 5:29
   Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
   
4. Cross References
   Proverbs 16:29
   A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.
   
5. Cross References
   Proverbs 1:18
   But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
   Proverbs 12:6
   The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
   Jeremiah 5:26
   For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
   
6. Cross References
   Proverbs 1:18
   But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
   Psalms 10:8
   He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.
   Psalms 64:5
   They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "Who can see them?
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 124:3
   Then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us.
   Numbers 16:32 - 33
   And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods.
   
8. Cross References
   Psalms 28:1
   To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
   
9. Cross References
   Proverbs 4:14
   Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.
   Proverbs 24:1
   Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.
   Psalms 1:1
   Book One Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.
   
10. Cross References
    Psalms 119:101
    I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
    
11. Cross References
    Proverbs 6:18
    A heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil.
    Isaiah 59:7
    Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways.
    Romans 3:15
    Their feet are swift to shed blood.
    
12. Cross References
    Job 40:24
    Can one take him by his eyes, or pierce his nose with a snare?
    
13. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:11
    If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason.
    
14. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:11
    If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason.
    
15. Cross References
    Job 8:13
    Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.
    
16. Cross References
    Proverbs 15:27
    Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.
    
17. Cross References
    1 Timothy 6:10
    For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.