Proverbs 6:1

My son, If thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand for a stranger;

Leeser Tanakh

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 thou art ensnared through the words of thy mouth, if thou art caught through the words of thy mouth:

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Cross References

Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him; from my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then shall I have sinned against thee all the days.

Job 17:3And thou, [Creator!] attend, I pray thee, be my surety with thyself: who else is there that would strike hands with me?

Proverbs 17:18A man void of sense pledgeth his hand, and becometh surety for his friend.

Proverbs 22:26Be not one of those that pledge their hand, or of those that are sureties for debts.

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 →

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