Proverbs 6:2

2 [if] you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, [if] you are caught by the sayings 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 child, if you have pledged to your neighbor, [if] you have bound {yourself} to the stranger,

2 [if] you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, [if] you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,

3 do this, then, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into {the palm of your neighbor's hand}: Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.

4 Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids.

5 Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.