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Verse Proverbs 6:5. _DELIVER THYSELF AS A ROE_] צבי _tsebi_, the
antelope. If thou art got into the snare, get out if thou possibly
canst; make every _struggle_ and _excertion_, as the antelope taken...
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_
2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6)
3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12)
4. The strange woman ...
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A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It
consists of four short subsections
Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs
6:12 against talebearing,...
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HAND. Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac read "snare"....
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of the hunter] These words, which are not in the Heb., are not
necessary to the sense. The struggling roe forces itself from the hand
(be it of hunter or of anyone else) that has laid hold on it....
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Eleventh Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:1. _The Surety_
"From the solemn principle announced at the close of the last chapter
(Proverbs 6:23) the teacher passes … to illustrate the truth by
three exampl...
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CHAPTER 6
TEXT Proverbs 6:1-11
1.
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,
If thou hast striken thy hands for a stranger;
2.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art tak...
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DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS
Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain
warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15),
evils which the Lordhates (1...
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We should act quickly, like an animal that runs to escape from a
hunter.
V6 Do not be lazy! Think about the ant! (Ants are insects. They live
in large groups.)
Learn from the ant, and so be wise!
V...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 6
V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake.
Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
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OF THE HUNTER. — This, or some such phrase (perhaps, the hand
“that held him”), must be supplied here....
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הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּ צְבִ֣י מִ יָּ֑ד וּ֝ כְ
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CHAPTER 7
CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS
"The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1;
Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12
FROM the solemn principle announc...
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AVOID SURETYSHIP AND SLOTH
Proverbs 6:1
A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him,
consents, in an easy-going way to become his surety. He promises to be
responsible for the other...
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The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are
directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain
specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming
s...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9.
There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter
s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly
so...
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DELIVER THYSELF AS A ROE FROM THE HAND [OF THE HUNTER],.... As such a
creature, which is very swift, when it is got into the hand of the
hunter, will strive and struggle to get out; so should a man tr...
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird
from the hand of the fowler.
Ver. 5. _As a roe from the hand, &c._] This creature may be taken, but
not easily tamed: it seeks th...
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_Do this now, my son_ Immediately follow the counsel which I now give
thee, and _deliver thyself_ Use thy utmost endeavours to be
discharged; _when_, or _since, thou art come into the hand_ That is,
i...
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WARNING AGAINST FOOLISH SURETYSHIP, IDLENESS, AND MALICE...
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, literally, "from
his," the debtor's, "hand," bending every effort, with anxiety and
exertion, AND AS A BIRD FROM THE HAND OF THE FOWLER. Prompt an...
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1-5 If we live as directed by the word of God, we shall find it
profitable even in this present world. We are stewards of our worldly
substance, and have to answer to the Lord for our disposal of it;...
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With all possible expedition, as the roe runs swiftly away....
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Proverbs 6:5 Deliver H5337 (H8734) gazelle H6643 hand H3027 bird H6833
hand H3027 fowler H3353
as a bird -...
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IF HIS SON HAS BECOME SURETY FOR ANOTHER HE SHOULD SEEK TO OBTAIN
RELEASE FROM HIS OBLIGATION AT ALL COSTS (PROVERBS 6:1).
To become a surety is to guarantee to pay someone else's debts if that
person...
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CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness,
and whoredom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and
ruin are ofte...
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Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has
gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy
covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending
w...
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_If thou be surety for thy friend._
SOCIAL SURETYSHIPS
The principles of domestic, social, and political economy in the Bible
are far more wise, as well as righteous, than can be found in human
book...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:1 SECURITY. Promising to pay someone
else’s debt if he does not pay it is described as a trap in which
one’s life is endangered. A person should not put himself in a
positi...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:3 If the son has already given security
for a loan, he is urged to SAVE himself from the whim of the one in
debt and PLEAD URGENTLY with him. The point of such pleading is...
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CRITICAL NOTES,—
Proverbs 6:1. With a stranger, rather, “for” a stranger.
PROVERBS 6:3. WHEN THOU ART COME, rather, “for thou hast come.”
HUMBLE THYSELF, literally “let thyself be trodden under foot...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 6:1
The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is
a warning. The subjects treated of are
(1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1);
(2) sloth ...
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Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs
is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And
chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
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Proverbs 1:17; Psalms 11:1; Psalms 124:7...