Proverbs 6:2

2 you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.

Proverbs 6:2 in Other Translations

2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,

2 if you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you said—

2 If you've impulsively promised the shirt off your back and now find yourself shivering out in the cold,

2 you have been trapped by the words of your lips- ensnared by the words of your mouth.

Proverbs 6:2 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 6:2

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth
Got into a snare out of which an escape is not easy; art no longer free, and thine own man, but under obligation to pay the debt if required; by the verbal agreement made and confirmed by striking hands, and this before witnesses; thou art taken with the words of thy mouth;
as in a net, and held fast therein and thereby, and cannot get loose without paying the debt, if the debtor does not, or without the leave of the creditor.

Proverbs 6:2 In-Context

1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

2 you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.

3 So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion—and give your neighbor no rest!

4 Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.

5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.