Proverbs 6:5

Save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, 1 like a bird from the hand of the fowler. 1

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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

In Context

4Give your eyes no sleep 1 and your eyelids no slumber. 1

6Look at the ant, you lazy person, 1 consider her ways, and be wise. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 91:3For he will rescue you from the snare of the hunter 1 and from the deadly plague. 1

Proverbs 1:17For it is useless to spread the net in the sight of any bird. 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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