Proverbs 6:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, ”

Proverbs 6:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 ear...
Proverbs 6:1 - 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 6:1-5 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6-11 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12-15 ag...
Proverbs 6:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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. Id...
Proverbs 6:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, If thou be surety for thy friend - לרעך lereacha, for thy neighbor; i.e., any person. If thou pledge thysel...
Proverbs 6:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 incu...
Proverbs 6:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Proverbs 6:1-35 .-Warning against suretiship ( Proverbs 6:1-5 ); against indolence, by the example of...
Proverbs 6:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The surety appears to have taken the creditor's hand in the presence of witnesses: cp. 2 Kings 10:15 .
Proverbs 6:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

VI. (i). Ninth Discourse: — Against Suretyship ( Proverbs 6:1-5 ). (1) If thou be surety for thy friend. — When the Mosaic Law was instituted, commerce had not been taken up by the Israelit...
Proverbs 6:1 - 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 princip...
Proverbs 6:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Avoid Suretyship and Sloth Proverbs 6:1-19 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...
Proverbs 6:1 - 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...
Proverbs 6:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 wisd...
Proverbs 6:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 obli...
Proverbs 6:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, a...
Proverbs 6:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 occasio...
Proverbs 6:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cautions against Suretiship. 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a strang...
Proverbs 6:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PROVERBS CHAPTER 6 A dehortation against suretiship, Proverbs 6:1 . The danger of it, Proverbs 6:2 ; and the way of delivery, Proverbs 6:3-5 . Sluggards reproved by a similitude of the ant...
Proverbs 6:1 - 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 6:1-5 ). To become a surety is to guarantee to pay someone else's debts if tha...
Proverbs 6:1 - 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 trodde...
Proverbs 6:1 - 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 lendin...
Proverbs 6:1 - 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 b...
Proverbs 6:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 6:1-20 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship ( Proverbs 6:1-20 ); (2) sloth...
Proverbs 6:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 a...
Proverbs 6:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Proverbs 20:16 ; Proverbs 22:26 ; Proverbs 27:13...
Proverbs 6:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 th...

Proverbs 6:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 6:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 6:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 6:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 6:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 6:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 6:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 6:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 6:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 6:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 6:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 6:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 6:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 6:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 6:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes