Proverbs 6:1
What meaning of the proverbs 6:1 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 6:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,"
What does Proverbs 6:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,"
CHAPTER VI _Exhortations against becoming surety for others_, 1-5; _against idleness, from the example of the ant_, 6-11; _description of a worthless person_, 12-15; _seven things hateful to God_,...
SURETY - The “pledge,” or security for payment, which, for example, David was to bring back from his brothers 1 Samuel 17:18. So the word was used in the primitive trade transactions of the early Isra...
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 (Proverbs 6:20) Proverbs 6:1. These are instr...
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...
MY SON. See note on Proverbs 1:8. IF. This word should be supplied at the beginning of each line in Proverbs 6:2, as well as in Proverbs 6:1. FRIEND. neighbour. STRICKEN THY HAND. Idiom for making....
_be surety_ Better, ART BECOME SURETY, R.V. The frequent mention of suretiship in this Book, and the strong terms of warning and reprobation in which it is invariably spoken of, accord well with what...
MY SON, IF THOU BE SURETY— This and the ten following verses contain precepts oeconomical. The wise man recommends first, not to become surety for another; and, secondly, to avoid idleness: he inculca...
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...
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Proverbs 6:1.-Warning against suretiship (Proverbs 6:1); against indolence, by the example of the ant (Prov...
6:1 friend, (e-10) Or 'neighbour.' so in ver. 3....
The surety appears to have taken the creditor's hand in the presence of witnesses: cp. 2 Kings 10:15....
In this poem, Solomon compares our mistakes to a hunter’s trap. When a hunter works, he may build traps. He hides his traps so that animals will not see them. He hopes that the animals will fall into...
VI. (i)._ Ninth Discourse:_ — _Against Suretyship_ (Proverbs 6:1). (1) IF THOU BE SURETY FOR THY FRIEND. — When the Mosaic Law was instituted, commerce had not been taken up by the Israelites, and th...
בְּ֭נִי אִם ־עָרַ֣בְתָּ לְ רֵעֶ֑ךָ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ לַ † זָּ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃...
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...
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 othe...
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...
_Hand. Agreements were made by shaking hands, Isaias lxii. 8. (Xenophon, Anab. iii.) --- Stranger. Septuagint, "enemy." He will presently be such, or thy friend's creditor will soon lay hold on thee....
CONTENTS Under the similitude of a surety Solomon opens this chapter, with shewing the consequence of such engagements. He follows up the chapter with divers cautions, which are founded in much wisdo...
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...
MY SON, IF THOU BE SURETY FOR THY FRIEND,.... To another; hast engaged thyself by promise or bond, or both, to pay a debt for him, if he is not able, or if required; or hast laid thyself under obligat...
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Ver. 1. _My son, if thou be surety._] The wise man, having exhorted his son to marry, rather than burn, and...
_My son, if thou be surety for_, or _to, thy friend_ Namely, rashly and unadvisedly, without considering for whom, or how the thou dost oblige thyself, or how thou shalt discharge the debt if occasion...
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, pledging himself or giving security for the debts of another, IF THOU HAST STRICKEN THY HAND WITH A STRANGER, giving his hand to any neighbor in need, to any...
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;...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 6 A dehortation against suretiship, PROVERBS 6:1. The danger of it, PROVERBS 6:2; and the way of delivery, PROVERBS 6:3. Sluggards reproved by a similitude of the ant, PROVERBS 6:6. T...
Proverbs 6:1 son H1121 surety H6148 (H8804) friend H7453 shaken H8628 (H8804) hands H3709 stranger H2114 (H8801) if thou be - Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 17:18, Proverbs 20:16, Proverbs 22:26,...
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...
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 oft...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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 (Proverbs 6:6); (3) m...
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...
Genesis 43:9; Genesis 44:32; Genesis 44:33; Hebrews 7:22; Job 17:3; Philemon 1:18; Philemon 1:19; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverb
Surety — Rashly, without considering how thou shalt discharge the debt as occasion require. Otherwise suretyship in some cases may be not only lawful, but an act of justice and charity. Stricken thy h...