Proverbs 6:2

2 you will be trapped by your words; you will be caught by your words.

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 guarantee a loan for your neighbor or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,

2 you will be trapped by your words; you will be caught by your words.

3 Do this, my son, to get out of it, for you have come under the control of your neighbor. So go, humble yourself, and pester your neighbor.

4 Don't give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

5 Get yourself free like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from the hand of a fowler.