Proverbs 6:1
My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,
Young's Literal Translation
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
2Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I — I am surety [for] him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee — then I have sinned against thee all the days;
Job 17:3Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
Proverbs 17:18A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
Proverbs 22:26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens.
Philemon 1:18and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning;
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 →