Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Fili mi, si te lactaverint peccatores, ne acquiescas eis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- υἱέ, μή σε πλανήσωσιν ἄνδρες ἀσεβεῖς, μηδὲ βουληθῇς
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בְּנִ֡י אִם יְפַתּ֥וּךָ חַ֝טָּאִ֗ים אַל תֹּבֵֽא
Haydock's commentary
Entice. Hebrew, "deceive." (Calmet)
Pessimum inimicorum genus laudantes. (Tacitus, in vit. Agric.)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor, Chapter X. That the Same God, by the Same Word, Restrains from Sin by Threatening, and Saves Humanity by Exhorting
But there are myriads of injunctions to be found, whose aim is the attainment of what is good, and the avoidance of what is evil. “For there is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord .” Wherefore by Solomon He commands the children to beware: “My son, let not sinners deceive thee, and go not after their ways; and go not, if they entice thee, saying, Come with us, share with us in innocent blood, and let us hide unjustly the righteous man in the earth; let us put him out of sight, all alive as he is into Hades.” This is accordingly likewise a prediction concerning the Lord’s passion. And by Ezekiel, the life supplies commandments: “The soul that sinneth shall die; but he that doeth righteousness shall be righteous. …