Proverbs 6:1
בְּנִי אִם ־ עָרַבְתָּ לְרֵעֶךָ תָּקַעְתָּ לַזָּר כַּפֶּֽיךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
2נוֹקַשְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי ־ פִיךָ נִלְכַּדְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי ־ פִֽיךָ ׃
Cross References
Genesis 43:9אָֽנֹכִי אֶֽעֶרְבֶנּוּ מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְשֶׁנּוּ אִם ־ לֹא הֲבִיאֹתִיו אֵלֶיךָ וְהִצַּגְתִּיו לְפָנֶיךָ וְחָטָאתִֽי לְךָ כָּל ־ הַיָּמִֽים ׃
Job 17:3שִֽׂימָה ־ נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִֽי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ ׃
Proverbs 17:18אָדָם חֲסַר ־ לֵב תּוֹקֵעַ כָּף עֹרֵב עֲרֻבָּה לִפְנֵי רֵעֵֽהוּ ׃
Proverbs 22:26אַל ־ תְּהִי בְתֹֽקְעֵי ־ כָף בַּעֹרְבִים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת ׃
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 →