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Or, “If thou art snared ... if thou art taken,” etc....
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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 (Proverbs 6:20)
Proverbs 6:1. These are instr...
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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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WORDS. sayings. Hebrew. _'imrah._ App-73....
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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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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the
words of thy mouth.
THOU ART SNARED WITH THE WORDS OF THY MOUTH - the consequent of the
antecedent supposition "If-if" (). Bayne...
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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 ...
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In this poem, Solomon compares our mistakes to a hunter’s trap. When
a hunter works, he may build traps. He hides his traps so that animals
will not see them. He hopes that the animals will fall into...
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נֹוקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְ אִמְרֵי ־פִ֑יךָ
נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ בְּ אִמְרֵי ־פִֽיךָ׃...
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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 othe...
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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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Thou art (a) snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with
the words of thy mouth.
(a) He forbids us not to become surety one for another, according to
the rule of charity, but that we cons...
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_A CHAPTER OF WARNINGS_
‘Snared.’
Proverbs 6:2
Wisdom directs us not only what to do but what to avoid. The hidden
rocks upon which we may strike are all marked. Obedience to the Word
of God, whole...
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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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THOU ART SNARED WITH THE WORDS OF THY MOUTH,.... Got into a snare out
of which an escape is not easy; art no longer free, and thine own man,
but under obligation to pay the debt if required; by the ve...
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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the
words of thy mouth.
Ver. 2. _Thou art snared,_] i. e., Endangered to slavery or poverty,
or both. Hence the proverb, _Sponde, noxa...
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_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 occasion...
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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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Thy freedom is lost, and thou art now in bondage to another....
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Proverbs 6:2 snared H3369 (H8738) words H561 mouth H6310 taken H3920
(H8738) words H561 mouth H6310
Proverbs 12:13, Proverbs 18:7...
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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 oft...
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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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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 (Proverbs 6:6);
(3) m...
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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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Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 18:7...