Proverbs 6:3
Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor.Go, humble yourself.Press your plea with your neighbor.
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In Context
2You are trapped by the words of your mouth.You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
4Give no sleep to your eyes,nor slumber to your eyelids.
Cross References
Exodus 10:3Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 Chronicles 12:5Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, "Thus says the Lord, 'You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.'"
Psalms 31:8You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy.You have set my feet in a large place.
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 →