Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
King James Version with Apocrypha
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 snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Job 17:3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Proverbs 17:18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Philemon 1:18If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine 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 →