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Proverbs 6:3

Be humble! The Bible warns us not to be proud. Jesus said, ‘If you are humble, like a little child, then you will be great in heaven.’ (Matthew 18:7) James wrote, ‘Be humble. Then God will give you honour.’ (James 4:10)

If Solomon’s son was proud, he could not escape. He is like an animal in a trap. He cannot free himself. He must ask for freedom. He must ask for help.

We have all done wrong things, against God. We must be humble. We must ask God to forgive us. Only God can do this.

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See also Proverbs 6:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 6:3. _DO THIS - DELIVER THYSELF_] Continue to press him for whom thou art become surety, to pay his creditor; give him no rest till he do it, else thou mayest fully expect to be left to...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Better, “Do this now, O my son, and free thyself when thou hast come into thy friend’s house; go, how thyself down (perhaps “stamp with thy foot,” or “hasten”), press hotly upon thy friend. By persuas...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DELIVER. rescue....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _when_ Rather, FOR, or, SEEING THAT, R.V. _humble thyself_ Lit. offer thyself to be trampled upon; prostrate thyself. Others render, _stir thyself_, R.V. marg.; ἴσθι μὴ ἐκλυόμενος, LXX., festina, Vul...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEN THOU ART COME, &C.— The LXX render this, _For thou art come into the hands of evil men upon thy friend's account; go therefore, be not careless, or remiss, but earnest and importunate with thy fr...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. DO THIS NOW, MY SON, AND DELIVER THYSELF, WHEN THOU ART COME...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    6:3 thyself, (f-21) Or 'submit thyself,' as Psalms 68:30 . with (g-25) A rare strong word implying fierceness -- to be moved violently. Translated 'encourage,' Psalms 138:3 ; 'overcome,' Song of Solo...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Read, 'Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour, go, bestir thyself, and beset thy neighbour. Make haste to get out of his power' (Matthew 5:25)....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHEN THOU ART COME... — Rather, _for thou hast come under the power of thy friend;_ thou hast made thy freedom and property dependent on him for whom thou hast become surety. HUMBLE THYSELF. — Litera...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֲשֵׂ֨ה זֹ֥את אֵפֹ֪וא ׀ בְּנִ֡י וְֽ הִנָּצֵ֗ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Make. Hebrew, "humble thyself, and made sure thy friend," (Protestant) entreating (Haydock) and forcing him to pay his debts. The Fathers apply this to pastors, who have undertaken to direct others....

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    DO THIS NOW, MY SON, AND DELIVER THYSELF,.... Take the following advice, as the best that can be given in such circumstances, in order to be freed from such an obligation, or to be safe and easy under...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 3. _When thou art come into the hand._] For "the borrower...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, tearing himself loose from the entanglement, WHEN THOU ART COME INTO THE HAND OF THY FRIEND, or, "since thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbor," this be...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WARNING AGAINST FOOLISH SURETYSHIP, IDLENESS, AND MALICE...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MAKE SURE THY FRIEND: Or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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;...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    INTO THE HAND; into the power. OF THY FRIEND; either, 1. Of the creditor, who possibly may be also thy friend; yet take the following course with him, and much more if he be a stranger. Or, 2. Of the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 6:3 do H6213 (H8798) H645 son H1121 deliver H5337 (H8734) come H935 (H8804) hand...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 12:5; 2 Chronicles 36:12; 2 Samuel 24:14; Exodus 10:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hand — Into the power. Friend — Of the debtor, for whom, as being thy friend, thou didst become surety; whereby thou art in his power, by his neglect or unfaithfulness, to expose thee to the payment o...

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