Proverbs 6:3

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, 2 since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. 2 Go, humble yourself. 2 Press your plea with your neighbor. 1

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In The King James Version

Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

In Context

2You are trapped by the words of your mouth. 2 You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. 1

4Give no sleep to your eyes, 2 nor slumber to your eyelids. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 10:3Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what Adonai, the God of the Hebrews [Immigrants], says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may abad ·serve· me.

Psalms 31:8You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. 2 You have set my feet in a large place. 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:2-6

Cautions against Suretiship. 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. It is… Read the whole commentary →

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