Proverbs 6:1

My son, if thou become surety for thy friend, 1 Thou shalt deliver thy hand to an enemy. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

2For a man’s own lips become a strong snare to him, 1 And he is caught with the lips of his own mouth. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 43:9And I engage for him; at my hand do thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be guilty toward thee forever.

Job 17:3Who is this? let him join hands with me. 1

Proverbs 17:18A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, 1 As he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends. 1

Proverbs 22:26Become not surety from respect of a man’s person. 1

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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