Proverbs 6:5
that thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.
Brenton Septuagint
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
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber with thine eyelids;
6Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.
Cross References
Psalms 91:3to proclaim thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth by night,
Proverbs 1:17for nets are not without cause spread for birds.
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 →