Proverbs 6:5
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Berean Standard Bible
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
4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Cross References
Psalms 91:3Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
Proverbs 1:17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
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 →