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Proverbs 16:29
A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The sage of Proverbs addresses readers in a wisdom collection, positioning this warning immediately after remarks on gossip and before a description of covert evil plotting.
The words — חָ֭מָס (Cha.mos) literally means violence or oppressive force, and יְפַתֶּ֣ה (ye.fa.Teh) means he entices or deceives.
The thread — The warning against being drawn into destructive paths by corrupt individuals runs through Proverbs 2:12 and Proverbs 12:26, and is echoed in the command to guard against being carried away by error in 2 Peter 3:17.
Why it lands — The text commands readers to recognize how violent men use enticement to redirect others and to actively avoid the harmful routes they establish.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 2:12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
- Proverbs 12:26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
- 2 Peter 3:17 Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
- Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- Proverbs 3:31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
- 1 Samuel 19:11 Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
- 1 Samuel 19:17 And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
- 1 Samuel 22:7 Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?
- 1 Samuel 23:19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
- Nehemiah 6:13 He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.