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Proverbs 6:2

Listen to 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

King James Version (KJV)
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
English Standard Version (ESV)
2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,
New Living Translation (NLT)
2 if you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you said—
The Message Bible (MSG)
2 If you've impulsively promised the shirt off your back and now find yourself shivering out in the cold,
American Standard Version (ASV)
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
2 you are trapped by the words of your own mouth, caught by your own promise.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
2 you have been trapped by the words of your lips- ensnared by the words of your mouth.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
2 Don't be trapped by what you have said. Don't be caught 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.

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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.
Scripture quoted by permission.  Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.  NIV®.  Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica.  All rights reserved worldwide.

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