THEOSISProverbs 6:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger,
בְּ֭נִי אִם־עָרַ֣בְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ לַזָּ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 17:18A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.
- Prov 22:26Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
- Prov 11:15He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: but he that is aware of snares, shall be secure.
- Prov 20:16Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
- Phlm 1:18And if he hath wronged thee in any thing or is in thy debt, put that to my account.
- Phlm 1:19I Paul have written it with my own hand: I will repay it: not to say to thee that thou owest me thy own self also.
- Prov 27:13Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
- Gen 44:32Let me be thy proper servant, who took him into my trust, and promised, saying: If I bring him not again, I will be guilty of sin against my father for ever.