Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbor, if thou have struck thy hands for a stranger,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
In Context
2thou are snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him, of my hand shall thou require him. If I do not bring him to thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame forever.
Job 17:3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself. Who is there that will strike hands with me?
Proverbs 17:18A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Proverbs 22:26Be thou not one of those who strike hands, [or] of those who are sureties for debts.
Philemon 1:18But if he has wronged thee, or owes anything, charge this to me.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:1
In this chapter we have, I. A caution against rash suretiship, ver. 1-5 . II. A rebuke to slothfulness, ver. 6-11 . III. The character and fate of a malicious mischievous man, ver. 12-15 . IV. An account of seven things which God hates, ver. 16-19 . V. An exhortation to make the word of God familiar to us, ver. 20-23 . VI. A repeated warning of the pernicious consequences of the sin of whoredom, ver. 24-35 . We are here dissuaded from sin very much by arguments borrowed from our secular interests, for it is not… Read the whole commentary →