Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour,—have struck for a stranger thy hands,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I, will be surety for him, at my hand, shalt thou require him,—as surely as I bring him not in unto thee, and set him down before thee, so surely will I be counted a sinner against thee all the days,
Job 17:3Appoint it, I pray thee—be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?
Proverbs 17:18A man lacking sense, is one who striketh hands, giving security, before his neighbour.
Proverbs 22:26Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:
Philemon 1:18And, if he hath wronged thee at all or oweth thee aught, the same, unto me, do thou reckon:—
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 →