Proverbs 6:1
My son, suppose you have pledged to guarantee your neighbor's debt, or you have shaken hands in agreement with a stranger,
Free Bible Version
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
2then you've trapped yourself by what you promised, you've been caught by what you said.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I promise to take care of him—I'll be personally responsible for bringing him back to you. If I don't, then I will always carry the blame!
Job 17:3God, you need to put down a pledge for me with yourself, for who else will be my guarantor?
Proverbs 17:18It's not a wise idea to make a pledge and guarantee a neighbor's debt.
Proverbs 22:26Don't shake hands and guarantee someone's debt,
Philemon 1:18If he has done you any wrong, 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 →