Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Proverbs 6:1-2
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Proverbs6:1-2
CHAPTER 6
Pr 6:1-35. After admonitions against suretyship and sloth (compare Pr 6:6-8), the character and fate of the wicked generally are set forth, and the writer (Pr 6:20-35) resumes the warnings against incontinence, pointing out its certain and terrible results. This train of thought seems to intimate the kindred of these vices.
1-2. if--The condition extends through both verses.
be surety--art pledged.
stricken ... hand--bargained (compare Job 17:3).
with a stranger--that is, for a friend (compare Pr 11:15; 17:18).
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