Proverbs 6:3

Dangerous Promises

1 My son, ^aif you become surety for your friend,
If you have¹ shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

2 You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.

3 So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.

4 ^aGive no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.

5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the¹ fowler.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Proverbs 6:3

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 persuasion, and if need be, by threats, get back the bond which thou hast been entrapped into signing:" The "friend" is, as before, the companion, not the creditor.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Proverbs 6:3:

Isaiah 30:7

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