Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you set aside your money as a guarantee for your neighbor's loan, 1 if you gave your promise for a loan of someone you do not know, 1
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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will be a guarantee for him. You will hold me responsible. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
Job 17:3Give now a pledge, be a guarantee for me with yourself; 1 who else is there who will help me? 1
Proverbs 17:18A man having no sense makes binding promises 1 and becomes responsible for his neighbor's debts. 1
Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who strikes hands in making a pledge, 1 or who puts up security for debts. 1
Philemon 1:18If he has wronged you or owes you anything, charge that to me.
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 →