Proverbs 6:1

My son, if thou hast become surety for another, If thou hast stricken hands for another,

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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 hast become ensnared by the words of thy mouth, If thou hast been caught by the words of thy mouth,

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Cross References

Job 17:3Give a pledge, I pray thee; be thou a surety for me with thee; Who is he that will strike hands with me?

Proverbs 17:18A man who lacketh understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Proverbs 22:26Be not thou one of those who strike hands, Of those who are sureties for debts.

Philemon 1:18And if he wronged thee in anything, or oweth thee, put that 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 →

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