Proverbs 1:14 (BSB)

Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—

From Proverbs 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 1:14

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 1:10-19: Here Solomon gives another general rule to young people, in order to their finding out, and keeping in, the paths of wisdom, and that is to take heed of the snare of bad company. David's psalms begin with this caution, and so do Solomon's proverbs; for nothing is more destructive, both to a lively devotion and to a regular conversation (Pro 1:10): "My son, whom...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 1:14: Cast in thy lot among us,.... Or "thou shall cause thy lot to fall among us" (u); though just entered, as soon as any booty is taken thou shalt cast lots with us, and have thy full share with those that have been longer engaged; let us all have one purse; or "we will all have one purse" (w); will throw all our booty, taken...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 1:14: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: (m) He shows how the wicked are allured to join together, because they have everyone part of the spoil of the innocent.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 1:13-14: Pro 1:13-14 To their invitation, bearing in itself its own condemnation, they add as a lure the splendid self-enriching treasures which in equal and just fellowship with them they may have the prospect of sharing. הון (from הוּן, levem, then facilem esse, être aisé, à son aise) means aisance, convenience, opulence, and concretely that by which life is made agreeable, thus money and possessions (Fleischer in Levy’s Chald. Wörterbuch, i.