Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
World Messianic 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
2you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever;
Job 17:3“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
Proverbs 17:18A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.
Proverbs 22:26Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
Philemon 1:18But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, 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 →