Proverbs 6:5
Rescue yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
In Context
4Do not grant sleep to your eyes, nor let your eyelids slumber.
6Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.
Cross References
Psalms 91:3to announce your mercy in the morning, and your truth throughout the night,
Proverbs 1:17But a net is thrown in vain before the eyes of those who have wings.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:2-6
Cautions against Suretiship. 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. It is… Read the whole commentary →