Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,
Darby Translation
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 art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.
Job 17:3Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?
Proverbs 17:18A senseless man striketh hands, becoming surety for his neighbour.
Proverbs 22:26Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
Philemon 1:18but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything [to thee], put this 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 →