Proverbs Chapter 6

Proverbs Chapter 6

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Introduction: Proverbs Chapter 6 introduces us to other warnings. They are of financial prudence in verses 1-11. The matter of gossip and discord are addressed in verses 12-19. Obedience to parents is addressed in verses 20-23. Finally, further warning about adultery and sexual immorality are addressed in verses 24-35.

I. Practical Warnings

Pro 6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Pro 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Pro 6:3 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.

Pro 6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Pro 6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

The chapter begins with a warning about being a cosigner on a note. The thought of surety is of being a cosigner on a loan for a friend. Solomon warns his son that such an arrangement is a trap entered into by one’s own agreement. Being a co-signer might be prudent for a family member, but for one outside the family, it usually is cause for great trouble.

Solomon’s counsel to his son was to get out of that arrangement as quickly as possible. To enter into such an agreement is like a deer coming into the sights of a hunter or a bird into the trap of a fowler. The thought at hand is not so much that co-signing for a friend is morally evil. Rather, it is foolish.

If your friend does not have enough of a credit rating to borrow against his own signature, you as co-signer will be immediately trapped into his poor business dealings. The greater point is to avoid co-signing, even for a friend, at all costs.

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