Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Proverbs 1:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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Quick Meaning
This verse contributes the claim, image, or instruction “My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not”.
Father and mother speak first, and their teaching is an honor, not a chain
This verse is one part of that explanation in Proverbs 1:8–19. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Proverbs 1:8–19
Read Proverbs 1:10 with 1:8–19. Read alone, “My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not” could turn a compressed observation, warning, comparison, or command into a guarantee or complete policy. The full unit establishes: contributes the claim, image, or instruction “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother”; by 1:19, it uses two-part parallelism to place “So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain” beside “which taketh away the life of the owners thereof”. Together the unit concentrates on violence, predation, conflict, and protection, family teaching, responsibility, and mutual care, instruction, correction, and formation within “Purpose, parental discourses, and the rival invitations of Wisdom and Folly.”
Why This Verse Appears Here
Proverbs 1:8–19 continues “The collection's purpose and governing fear” by carrying “Do not join the violent ambush” within the same sustained discourse, admonition, numbered form, or poem. Within that relationship, this verse contributes the claim, image, or instruction “My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not”.
What Remains True
Family relationships can transmit wisdom and responsibility, but their authority remains accountable to truth, safety, and justice. In Proverbs 1:10, that bounded truth is expressed through “My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not,” not through a promise detached from its literary form.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Proverbs 1:8–19 — Do not join the violent ambushSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV words, canonical order, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and complete unit coverage.
Exact location: Proverbs 1:8–19, repository-pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Proverbs
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology used only for the exact unit's lexical, grammatical, parallel, superscription, number-saying, and acrostic questions.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Prov.xml, OSIS 1:8-1:19
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Proverbs with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, lexical, grammatical, syntactic, parallelism, and older-English controls for the exact range.
Exact location: NET Bible Proverbs PDF, printed pp. 1074-1080, exact tc/tn/sn entries attached to 1:8–19
Open source ↗