BIBLE COMMENTARY/Proverbs 1: 10

PROVERBS 1: 10 – My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

– Temptations are always present in human life (Lu-ca 17: 1). Sinners usually use temptation to entice Christians to do the wrong thing (Psalm 5: 9). It is important to know what is right and what is wrong. Sinners are actually very good at persuading us to live and act like they do, so we must know and remember God’s standards in the Bible to keep away from such persuasive people (Psalm 119: 165).
– When Christians don’t know the basic standards in the Bible, they will think the unbeliever’s lifestyle is acceptable, and start to become like them.
– Jesus let us know that the way we Christians follow God is different from the way of unbelievers (Proverbs 15: 24, Matthew 7: 13), and we must make the choice of which way we want to go in this life. God has given mankind the freedom to choose (ecclesiaste 11: 9), so we should use that gift with precaution to not fall into the trap of sinners (Romans 12: 2), so that we can be rewarded with the eternal life when Jesus comes back to Earth.

QUOTED VERSES:

PSALM 5: 9 – For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

PSALM 119: 165 – Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

PROVERBS 15: 24 – The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

ECCLESIASTE 11: 9 – Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

MATTHEW 7: 13-14 – Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

LUKE 17: 1 – Then said He unto the disciples: It is impossible but that offences will come, but woe unto him, through whom they come.

ROMANS 12: 2 – And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.