"My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, {if} thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger," — Proverbs 6:1

Proverbs 6:1 · KJV

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

— Proverbs 6:1

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Proverbs 6 — Context

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

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Do 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. {and make...: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend}

Cross References

Proverbs 17:18

A man void of understanding striketh hands, {and} becometh surety in the presence of his friend. {understanding: Heb. heart}

Proverbs 22:26

Be not thou {one} of them that strike hands, {or} of them that are sureties for debts.

Proverbs 11:15

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart {for it}: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. {smart: Heb. be sore broken} {suretiship: Heb. those that strike hands}

Proverbs 20:16

Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Genesis 44:32-33

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

Genesis 43:9

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

Proverbs 27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Hebrews 7:22

By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.