Digging Into the Word: Proverbs 1:10-19

 

Today, we will continue our study in the book of Proverbs. If this is your first time reading about my Proverbs study, I suggest you start with the first post. I will list previous Proverbs posts at the end of this one. What I do is just take a section of the scripture, share it, and then share some of the thoughts I wrote in my journal after copying that scripture. I highly encourage you to do the same for yourself. It's a great way to study God's Word. Let's dig into scripture!

My son, if sinners entice you,

Do not consent.

If they say, "Come with us,

Let us lie in wait to shed blood;

Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

Let us swallow them alive like sheol,

And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;

We shall find all kinds of precious possessions,

We shall fill our houses with spoil;

Cast in your lot among us,

Let us all have one purse"--

My son, do not walk in the way with them,

Keep your foot from their path;

For their feet run to evil,

And they make haste to shed blood.

Surely, in vain the net is spread

In the sight of any bird;

But they lie in wait for their own blood,

They lurk secretly for their own lives.

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;

It takes away the life of its owners.

~Proverbs 1:10-19

First of all, I agree with the commentary in my Bible that this is about avoiding temptation by 1) not succumbing to peer pressure, and 2) refusing even the association that can lead to sin. Do not consent, do not even go with them. "Spoil" is promised by murder and robbery. In life, good things will be promised to us in order to entice us to sin, but we must not give in. As such, we need to avoid putting ourselves into situations or with people that we know will be tempting us to sin.

In the second part, the sinners set traps in vain because they think they are setting them to ensnare others. But, they eventually get caught themselves. Everyone who is greedy for gain, it will eventually catch up to them.

Thank you again for joining me while I dig into the book of Proverbs! If you want to see the previous posts I wrote on this, here they are.
Proverbs 1:1-7
Proverbs 1:8-9