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Proverbs 6:1 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 6 · verse 1
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,Proverbs 6:1 · King James Version
Proverbs 6:1 in context
1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3Do 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- strickentâqaʻto clatterH8628 →
- suretyʻârabto braidH6148 →
- friendrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- handkaphthe hollow hand or palmH3709 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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It is the excellency of the word of God that it teaches us not only divine wisdom for another world, but human prudence for this world, that we may order our affairs with discretion;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5