Proverbs 6:20-7:27 NIV

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Proverbs 6:20-23

An Appeal to Children of Godly Parents A sermon (No. 2406) intended for reading on Lord's Day, March 31st, 1895, delivered by C. H. Spurgeon at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, on Lord's Day evening, March 27th, 1887. “My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 6:1-35

Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened by the phrase:My son, if you be surety for thy friend, or if you have stricken hands with a stranger, you've become snared with the words of your mouth, you've been taken with the words of your mouth. Now do this, and deliver yourself, my son, when you've come to the hand of your friend; go, and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 6:1-35

Proverbs 6:1 . If thou be surety for thy friend. If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending without hope: but to bind one’s self in cases of speculation may incur a serious loss, without real advantage to another. Proverbs 6:3 . When thou art come into the hand of thy friend. The sense is intricate. The LXX read, When thou art come into the hands of rigorous men for thy friend; go,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 6:20

Proverbs 6:20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother.Words of counsel to schoolboysWhile your recollections of home are fresh I am anxious to direct your thoughts to one or two matters to which those recollections may possibly give a weight and a force which they might not otherwise possess.I. Cherish home ties as among your most sacred possessions. One of the dangers of public school-life is learning to disparage feelings of affection for the home. It is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 6:20

Pro 6:20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Ver. 20. My son, keep thy father’s commandment.] The commandments of religious parents are the very commandments of God himself, and are therefore to be as carefully kept "as the apple of a man’s eye." Pro 7:2 See Trapp on " Pro 1:8 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 6:20

Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 1:9, Proverbs 7:1-Numbers :, Proverbs 23:22, Proverbs 30:11, Deuteronomy 21:18, Deuteronomy 27:16, Ephesians 6:1 Reciprocal: Genesis 18:19 - command Genesis 39:8 - refused Genesis 49:2 - hearken Exodus 13:9 - a sign Leviticus 19:3 - fear Deuteronomy 11:18 - ye lay up Psalms 119:9 - shall Psalms 119:24 - my counsellors Proverbs 4:1 - ye Proverbs 4:20 - General Proverbs 31:1 - his Jeremiah 35:8 - General 1 Corinthians 15:2 - keep in memory Colossians 3:20 - obey read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:The law — The word of God, which thy parents delivered to thee. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 6:20

EXHORTATION TO FILIAL OBEDIENCE, AND ADDITIONAL CAUTIONS AGAINST LEWDNESS, Proverbs 6:20-35. 20. My son, etc. See Proverbs 1:8 for substantially the same formula. Compare, also, Proverbs 3:3. read more