Sprueche 6:1-10

1 Mein Sohn, wenn du Bürge geworden bist für deinen Nächsten, für einen anderen deine Hand eingeschlagen hast;

2 bist du verstrickt durch die Worte deines Mundes, gefangen durch die Worte deines Mundes:

3 tue denn dieses, mein Sohn, und reiße dich los, da du in deines Nächsten Hand gekommen bist; geh hin, wirf dich nieder, und bestürme deinen Nächsten;

4 gestatte deinen Augen keinen Schlaf, und keinen Schlummer deinen Wimpern;

5 reiße dich los wie eine Gazelle aus der Hand, und wie ein Vogel aus der Hand des Vogelstellers.

6 Geh hin zur Ameise, du Fauler, sieh ihre Wege und werde weise.

7 Sie, die keinen Richter, Vorsteher und Gebieter hat,

8 sie bereitet im Sommer ihr Brot, hat in der Ernte ihre Nahrung eingesammelt.

9 Bis wann willst du liegen, du Fauler? Wann willst du von deinem Schlafe aufstehen?

10 Ein wenig Schlaf, ein wenig Schlummer, ein wenig Händefalten, um auszuruhen:

Sprueche 6:1-10 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.