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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_
2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6)
3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12)
4. The strange woman ...
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A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It
consists of four short subsections
Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs
6:12 against talebearing,...
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Eleventh Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:1. _The Surety_
"From the solemn principle announced at the close of the last chapter
(Proverbs 6:23) the teacher passes … to illustrate the truth by
three exampl...
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CHAPTER 6
TEXT Proverbs 6:1-11
1.
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,
If thou hast striken thy hands for a stranger;
2.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art tak...
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
GIVE NOT SLEEP TO THINE EYES, NOR SLUMBER TO THINE EYELIDS - before
that thou hast released thyself from the obligation (cf. the phrase...
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DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS
Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain
warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15),
evils which the Lordhates (1...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 6
V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake.
Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
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If we want freedom, then we must not be lazy. We must not delay until
tomorrow. If we delay, then we might never take action.
God calls us to trust him now. Do not be like King Agrippa. Paul spoke
to...
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אַל ־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְ עֵינֶ֑יךָ
וּ֝ תְנוּמ
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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 principle announc...
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AVOID SURETYSHIP AND SLOTH
Proverbs 6:1
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 the other...
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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
s...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9.
There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter
s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly
so...
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GIVE NOT SLEEP TO THINE EYES, NOR SLUMBER TO THINE EYELIDS. Until the
above things are done; which denotes of what consequence and
importance they are; and that persons in such circumstances should no...
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Ver. 4. _Give not sleep to thine eyes, &c._] Augustus wondered at a
certain knight in Rome, that owed much, and yet could sleep securely;
a...
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_Do this now, my son_ Immediately follow the counsel which I now give
thee, and _deliver thyself_ Use thy utmost endeavours to be
discharged; _when_, or _since, thou art come into the hand_ That is,
i...
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Give not sleep to thine eyes nor slumber to thine eyelids, the most
strenuous, ceaseless endeavors being demanded by the situation....
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WARNING AGAINST FOOLISH SURETYSHIP, IDLENESS, AND MALICE...
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1-5 If we live as directed by the word of God, we shall find it
profitable even in this present world. We are stewards of our worldly
substance, and have to answer to the Lord for our disposal of it;...
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To wit, until thou hast taken care for the discharge of this
obligation. Be not secure, nor negligent, nor dilatory in this matter....
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Proverbs 6:4 Give H5414 (H8799) sleep H8142 eyes H5869 slumber H8572
eyelids H6079...
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IF HIS SON HAS BECOME SURETY FOR ANOTHER HE SHOULD SEEK TO OBTAIN
RELEASE FROM HIS OBLIGATION AT ALL COSTS (PROVERBS 6:1).
To become a surety is to guarantee to pay someone else's debts if that
person...
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CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness,
and whoredom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and
ruin are ofte...
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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 lending
w...
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_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
book...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:1 SECURITY. Promising to pay someone
else’s debt if he does not pay it is described as a trap in which
one’s life is endangered. A person should not put himself in a
positi...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:3 If the son has already given security
for a loan, he is urged to SAVE himself from the whim of the one in
debt and PLEAD URGENTLY with him. The point of such pleading is...
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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 trodden under foot...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 6:1
The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is
a warning. The subjects treated of are
(1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1);
(2) sloth ...
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Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs
is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And
chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
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Give not sleep — Until thou hast taken care for the discharge of
this obligation....