Proverbs 1:10 {11}
Good News Translation
My child, when sinners tempt you, don't give in.

New Revised Standard Version
My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Contemporary English Version
Don't be tempted by sinners or listen

New American Bible
My son, should sinners entice you,

Douay-Rheims Bible
If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:

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If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 7:21-23 Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds, . . .

Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

Proverbs 20:19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

Genesis 39:7-13 And after many days, his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and said: Lie with me. . . .

Judges 16:16-21 And when she pressed him much, and continually hung upon him for many days, giving him no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was wearied even unto death. . . .

Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:

Psalm 50:18 If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent.

Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them.

Context
The Enticement of Sin
9My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them. 10If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:11Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.…
Cross References
Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them.

Genesis 39:7
And after many days, his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and said: Lie with me.

Deuteronomy 13:8
Consent not to him, hear him not, neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him,

Psalm 50:18
If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

Proverbs 16:29
An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good.

Proverbs 1:9
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