Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,
Bible in Basic English
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
2You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9\43:10\Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
Job 17:3Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
Proverbs 17:18A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.
Proverbs 22:26Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:
Philemon 1:18If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.
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 →