Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
Berean Standard Bible
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
2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
Job 17:3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Philemon 1:18But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it 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 →