1 Instruction for sureties. 6 The slothful and sluggish is stirred to work. 12 He describeth the nature of the wicked. 16 The things that God hateth. 20 To observe the word of God. 24 To flee adultery.

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbor, and hast stricken hands with the stranger,

Thou art [a]snared with the words of thy mouth: thou art even taken with the words of thine own mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:2 He forbiddeth us not to become surety one for another, according to the rule of charity, but that we consider for whom and after what sort, so that the creditor may not be defrauded.

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