KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 6:1–3
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Proverbs 6:1
1MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
1¶ My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Proverbs 6:2
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth.
Proverbs 6:3
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
3‖Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend.
- Or, so shalt thou preuaile with thy friend.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 6:1
A pledge, guarantee, or person who answers for another's debt or obligation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One joined to another by affection, goodwill, or alliance; to support or befriend.
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Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
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Joined or struck hands in making a pledge or becoming surety.
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The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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Proverbs 6:2
Entangled; unexpectedly involved in difficulty.
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Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Proverbs 6:3
To rescue, set free, hand over, give up, or bring forth, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One joined to another by affection, goodwill, or alliance; to support or befriend.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Lowly in mind or condition; free from pride; also to abase or bring low.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Certain, firm, secure, dependable, or firmly established.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 1
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Open the full verse study18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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Open the full verse study26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
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Open the full verse study15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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Open the full verse study16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Open the full verse study9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
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Open the full verse study32For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
33Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
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Open the full verse study22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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Open the full verse study3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
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Open the full verse study18If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
19I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
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Open the full verse study13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
From verse 2
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Open the full verse study7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
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Open the full verse study13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
From verse 3
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Open the full verse study10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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Open the full verse study14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
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Open the full verse study8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
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Open the full verse study5¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
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Open the full verse study12And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
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