Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider,
Catholic Public Domain 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
2then you are ensnared by the words of your own mouth, and taken captive by your own words.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I accept the boy; require him at my hand. Unless I lead him back and restore him to you, I will be guilty of a sin against you for all time.
Job 17:3Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.
Proverbs 17:18A foolish man will clap his hands, when he makes a pledge for his friend.
Proverbs 22:26Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts.
Philemon 1:18But if he has harmed you in any way, or if he is in your debt, charge it 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 →