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Proverbs 6:4

If we want freedom, then we must not be lazy. We must not delay until tomorrow. If we delay, then we might never take action.

God calls us to trust him now. Do not be like King Agrippa. Paul spoke to the king about Jesus. Agrippa answered, ‘You cannot persuade me so quickly to become a Christian.’ He was not ready to trust God. Perhaps he was never ready to trust God. (Acts 26:28)

Earlier, Paul spoke to a ruler called Felix. Felix said, ‘I will speak to you at a convenient time.’ Felix never trusted God. He waited. Although he spoke again to Paul, Felix never found the ‘convenient time’ to trust in God. (Acts 24:25)

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See also Proverbs 6:4 in other biblical comments:

  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • 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

    Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. GIVE NOT SLEEP TO THINE EYES, NOR SLUMBER TO THINE EYELIDS - before that thou hast released thyself from the obligation (cf. the phrase...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַל ־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְ עֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝ תְנוּמ

  • 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...

  • 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

    GIVE NOT SLEEP TO THINE EYES, NOR SLUMBER TO THINE EYELIDS. Until the above things are done; which denotes of what consequence and importance they are; and that persons in such circumstances should no...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Ver. 4. _Give not sleep to thine eyes, &c._] Augustus wondered at a certain knight in Rome, that owed much, and yet could sleep securely; a...

  • 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

    Give not sleep to thine eyes nor slumber to thine eyelids, the most strenuous, ceaseless endeavors being demanded by the situation....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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

  • 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

    To wit, until thou hast taken care for the discharge of this obligation. Be not secure, nor negligent, nor dilatory in this matter....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 6:4 Give H5414 (H8799) sleep H8142 eyes H5869 slumber H8572 eyelids H6079...

  • 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

    Ecclesiastes 9:10; Mark 13:35; Mark 13:36; Matthew 24:17; Matthew

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Give not sleep — Until thou hast taken care for the discharge of this obligation....

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