Proverbs 1:14
in Proverbs 1Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:
KJV
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
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This verse in Proverbs 1
Commentary
9 notes on this verseCast 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 by us into one common stock, and live upon it comfortably and merrily.
This site's exposition
My son, if sinners entice you
on Proverbs 1:10-14
“My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them” opens the first voice the father warns against. The offer has the pattern, invitation, belonging and hidden cost: “share one purse,” the con of every gang, that shared spoil buys shared guilt. The father's strategy is refusal before argument.
This site's exposition
Throw in your lot with us
Throw in your lot pictures the casting of lots to divide the spoil. John Gill reads it as a promise to the newcomer of a full share beside men long in the trade. The offer flatters the young.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
"Cast in your lot with us," etc. A purse is a sack of money. It is evident about robbers that, to gather more accomplices in crime, they promise them a share of the booty they have taken. But also the persecutors of our Redeemer, whoever …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They thirst after blood, and hate those that are innocent and never gave them any provocation, because by their honesty and industry they shame and condemn them: " Let us therefore lay wait for their blood, and lurk privily for them; they are conscious to themselves of no crime and consequently apprehensive of no danger, but travel unarmed; therefore we shall make the more easy prey of them.
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A faithful and lively representation of wisdom's reasonings with the children of men, and the certain ruin of those who turn a deaf ear to those reasonings,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Cast in thy lot - Be a frater conjuratus, a sworn brother, and thou shalt have an equal share of all the spoil. Common sense must teach us that the words here used are such as must be spoken when a gang of cutthroats, pickpockets, etc., are associated together.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
A solemn warning against temptation. entice--literally, "open the way." consent . . . not--Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Abundant rewards of villainy are promised as the fruits of this easy and safe course. The society of the wicked (way or path) is dangerous. Avoid the beginnings of sin (Pr 4:14;
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Cast your lot among us If you wish, you may share; if you wish, it will be common property.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גּ֭וֹרָ֣לְךָ | goralkha | lot your | H1486 → | 78 times |
| תַּפִּ֣יל | tapil | you will cast | H5307 → | 435 times |
| בְּתוֹכֵ֑נוּ | betokhenu | in midst of us | H8432 → | 418 times |
| כִּ֥יס | kis | a bag | H3599 → | |
| אֶ֝חָ֗ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְכֻלָּֽנוּ׃ | lekhulanu | to all of us | H3605 → | 5413 times |
גּ֭וֹרָ֣לְךָlot your
goralkhaH1486 →78 times
תַּפִּ֣ילyou will cast
tapilH5307 →435 times
בְּתוֹכֵ֑נוּin midst of us
betokhenuH8432 →418 times
כִּ֥יסa bag
kisH3599 →
אֶ֝חָ֗דone
ʾechadH259 →
יִהְיֶ֥הit will belong
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
לְכֻלָּֽנוּ׃to all of us
lekhulanuH3605 →5413 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.