Bible Strands
Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses a son in the context of warning against entrapment by one's own spoken commitments.
The words — The term עָרַבְתָּ ('a.Rav.ta) literally means "you have stood surety," while תָּקַ֖עְתָּ (ta.Ka'.ta) translates to "you have struck."
The thread — This warning against financial surety appears in Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 17:18, and Proverbs 22:26.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate caution before voluntarily binding oneself to another's debt.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Cross-references
- Proverbs 17:18 A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
- Proverbs 22:26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
- Proverbs 11:15 He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
- Proverbs 20:16 Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Genesis 43:9 I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
- Genesis 44:32 Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
- Job 17:3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
- Proverbs 27:13 Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Philemon 1:18 But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.
- Hebrews 7:22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.