Proverbs 6:6 ASV

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 6:1-35

On Suretyship The "Naughty Persons-Seven Things Hateful to God Proverbs 6:0 There is no necessary reference here to modern commercial usages. The passage may be easily misunderstood and misapplied. The case is well put in Bishop Ellicott's Bible: "When the Mosaic law was instituted, commerce had not been taken up by the Israelites, and the lending of money on interest for its employment in trade was a thing unknown. The only occasion for loans would be to supply the immediate necessities of... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 6:6-11

A Secular Sermon on Foresight Pro 6:6-11 Creation is full of teachers. There are indeed "sermons in stones, and books in the running brooks." It is a mistake to imagine that men can learn only from the highest; there is learning in the lowest as well. "Praise" may be found even in the mouth of the "suckling." God has written a lesson upon the minutest works of his hands. Everything represents thought. The infinite variety of his creations is but the expression of the infinite aspects of his... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 6:6-11

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. These are beautiful scriptures in which the Lord sends his people to gather... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 6:6-11

6-11 Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more diligent than slothful men. We may learn wisdom from the meanest insects, and be shamed by them. Habits of indolence and indulgence grow upon people. Thus life runs to waste; and poverty, though at first at a distance, gradually draws near, like a traveller; and when it arrives, is like an armed man, too... 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 6:6-11

A Warning To The Lazy (Proverbs 6:6-11 ). The urgency required of the surety in dealing with his problem in Proverbs 6:1-5, and the possibility that he might be slack in doing so, may well have raised in Solomon’s mind the dangers of laziness. For whereas the ants are also urgent, the sluggard is the very opposite. He puts off his problems and goes to sleep. And the consequence will be that instead of having food stored up for the winter he will be in poverty and need. So as he will not... read more

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 6:1-35

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 6:6-11

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 6:6-11

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 6:6-11

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

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

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

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

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 6:6-11

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