Proverbs 6:1
My sonne if thou be suretie for thy neyghbour, and hast fastened thyne hande for another man:
Bible (Bishops')
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 bounde with thine owne wordes, and taken with thine owne speach.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I wylbe suretie for hym, of my handes shalt thou require hym: yf I bryng hym not to thee agayne, and set him before thine eyes, then let me beare the blame for euer.
Proverbs 17:18Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour, he is a foole.
Proverbs 22:26Be not thou one of them that binde their hande vpon promise, and are suretie for waightie causes:
Philemon 1:18If he haue iniuried, or oweth [thee ought] that lay to my charge.
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 →