Sprueche 6:1-8

1 Mein Kind, wirst du Bürge für deinen Nächsten und hast deine Hand bei einem Fremden verhaftet,
2 so bist du verknüpft durch die Rede deines Mundes und gefangen mit den Reden deines Mundes.
3 So tue doch, mein Kind, also und errette dich, denn du bist deinem Nächsten in die Hände gekommen: eile, dränge und treibe deinen Nächsten.
4 Laß deine Augen nicht schlafen, noch deinen Augenlider schlummern.
5 Errette dich wie ein Reh von der Hand und wie eine Vogel aus der Hand des Voglers.
6 Gehe hin zur Ameise, du Fauler; siehe ihre Weise an und lerne!
7 Ob sie wohl keinen Fürsten noch Hauptmann noch Herrn hat,
8 bereitet sie doch ihr Brot im Sommer und sammelt ihre Speise in der Ernte.

Sprueche 6:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 6

In this chapter the wise man dissuades from rash suretyship; exposes the sin of idleness; describes a wicked man; makes mention of seven things hateful to God; exhorts to attend to parental instructions and precepts, and cautions against adultery. Suretyship is described, Pr 6:1; and represented as a snare and a net, in which men are taken, Pr 6:2; and advice is given what to do in such a case, for safety in it, and deliverance from it, Pr 6:3-5; The sin of slothfulness is exposed, by observing the industry of the ant, Pr 6:6-8; by expostulating with the sluggard for his continuance in sloth, and by mimicking him, Pr 6:9,10; and by the poverty it brings upon him, Pr 6:11. Then a naughty wicked man is described, by his mouth, eyes, feet, fingers, and heart, whose ruin is sudden and inevitable, Pr 6:11-15. The seven things hateful to God are particularly named, Pr 6:16-19. And next the exhortation in some preceding chapters is reassumed, to attend to the instructions of parents; which will be found ornamental, pleasant, and useful, Pr 6:20-23. Especially to preserve from the lewd woman cautioned against, Pr 6:24,25; whose company is dissuaded from; on account of the extreme poverty and distress she brings persons to, and even danger of life, Pr 6:26; from the unavoidable ruin such come into, Pr 6:27-29; from the sin of uncleanness being greater than that of theft, Pr 6:30,31; from the folly the adulterer betrays; from the destruction of his soul, and the disgrace he brings on himself, Pr 6:32,33; and from the rage and irreconcilable offence of the husband of the adulteress, Pr 6:34,35.

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