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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 6:12-19

12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in ourselves; it is nothing to hate them in others. Let us... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 6:1-19

Warning Against Foolish Suretyship, Idleness, and Malice v. 1. My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, pledging himself or giving security for the debts of another, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, giving his hand to any neighbor in need, to any debtor as a sign of binding oneself for his debts, Job 17:3, v. 2. thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, or, "if thou art entangled with the sayings of thy mouth," thou art taken, held captive, with the words of thy mouth,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 6:1-35

9. Warning against inconsiderate suretyshipProverbs 6:1-51          My son, if thou hast become surety for thy neighbor,hast given thine hand to a stranger2     if thou art entangled through the words of thy mouth,art snared by the words of thy mouth:3     then do this, my son, and free thyself,since thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbor:go, bestir thyself, and importune thy neighbor!4     Give no sleep to thine eyes,nor slumber to thine eyelids;5     free thyself, like a roe, from his... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 6:1-19

Avoid Suretyship and Sloth Proverbs 6:1-19 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 other’s debt. From that moment he resembles a roe caught by a hunter or a bird snared by a fowler. If any shall have enmeshed himself in an obligation of this kind he is exhorted to spare no pains, to stand on no false pride, but to go with all urgency to the man for whom he has pledged his credit,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 6:1-35

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 surety here and elsewhere must be interpreted in the light of the conditions obtaining when they were uttered. The sin of the sluggard is rebuked by the illustration of the ant, who, without the constraint of judge, ruler, or overseer, diligently toils to provide meat for herself. The description... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 6:1-35

Prologue To The Book (Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18 ). It was common throughout the 3rd to the 1st millenniums BC for collections of wisdom saying to have a prologue preparing for the ‘sayings’ that would follow. Those sayings would then be introduced by a subheading. Proverbs thus follows the usual precedent in having such a prologue in Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18, followed by general sayings in Proverbs 10:1 ff headed by a subheading (Proverbs 10:1). It was also common for such a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 6:12-19

The Worthless Man (Proverbs 6:12-19 ). We now come to the third person in the triumvirate. The first one committed as a surety what he did not have. He was naive. The second was too lazy to do anything to provide for himself. He was a fool. But this third is a scorner. He is totally untrustworthy. He is called ‘a man of belial’, a ‘man without profit’, a man in whom there is no good, thus a worthless man. It will be noted that Solomon makes no appeal to him. He sees him as a hopeless case to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 6:16-19

Seven Things Which YHWH Hates (Proverbs 6:16-19 ). We now have listed seven thing which YHWH hates. The ‘six things -- yes seven’ was a technique saying ‘more than six’ (double completeness) and emphasising the seven (divine completeness), thus stressing the divine completeness of the list. Compare the ‘three things -- yes four’ found three times in Proverbs 30:15-33 (four times if we include ‘for three things -- and for four’). Again the thought is of being over and above completeness’.... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 6:1-35

Proverbs 6:1-Psalms : . A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1-Deuteronomy : against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6-1 Kings : against sloth, Proverbs 6:12-Ezra : against talebearing, Proverbs 6:16-Psalms : against seven sins. Then the subject of sexual vice is continued from Proverbs 5. Proverbs 6:1-Psalms : obviously breaks the connexion, and was probably inserted after the compilation of Proverbs 6:1-1 Samuel :.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:18

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; he whose practice it is to design and contrive wickedness. Feet that be swift in running to mischief; such as greedily and readily execute their wicked designs, without any restraint or delay. read more

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