Proverbs 6:1
Beni (my son), if thou put up collateral for thy re'a, 1 if thou hast shaken hands in pledge with a zar (stranger), 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him; of my yad shalt thou require an accounting for him; if I bring him not back unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame kol hayamim;
Job 17:3Lay down an eravon (pledge) with Thee; 1 who is he that will put up security for me? 1
Proverbs 17:18Adam devoid of lev + 17:18 of understanding shaketh hands in pledge, 1 and becometh the security deposit for his neighbor. 1
Proverbs 22:26Be not thou one of them that shake hands in a pledge, 1 or of them that are collateral for masha'ot (debts, loans). 1
Philemon 1:18But if in anything he wronged you or owes you, charge this to my cheshbon (account, bill).
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 →