Proverbs 6:3 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 6:3

then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

BSB

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ASV

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

KJV

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 3, Chapter 4 (604)

For whosoever is put over others for an example of life is admonished not only to keep watch himself, but also to arouse his friend. For it is not enough for him to keep watch in living well, if he do not also sever him when he is set over from the torpor of sin. For it is well said, "Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor let thine eyelids slumber." For indeed to give sleep to the eyes is to cease from earnestness, so as to neglect altogether the care of our subordinates.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Better, “Do this now, O my son, and free thyself when thou hast come into thy friend’s house; go, how thyself down (perhaps “stamp with thy foot,” or “hasten”), press hotly upon thy friend. By persuasion, and if need be, by threats, get back the bond which thou hast been entrapped into signing:” The “friend” is, as before, the companion, not the creditor.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֲשֵׂ֨ה	'a.Seh	do	H6213 →
זֹ֥את	zot	this	H2063 →
אֵפ֪וֹא׀	'e.Fo'	then	H645 →
בְּנִ֡י	be.Ni	O son my	H1121 →
וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל	ve.hi.na.Tzel	and deliver yourself	H5337 →
כִּ֘י	ki	for	H3588 →
בָ֤אתָ	Va.ta	you have come	H935 →
בְכַף־	ve.khaf-	in [the] palm of	H3709 →
רֵעֶ֑ךָ	re.'E.kha	neighbor your	H7453 →
לֵ֥ךְ	lekh	go	H1980 →
הִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗ס	hit.ra.Pes	humble yourself	H7511 →
וּרְהַ֥ב	u.re.Hav	and importune	H7292 →
רֵעֶֽיךָ׃	re.'Ei.kha	neighbor your	H7453 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:6
  Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 147:6
  The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
- Matthew 23:12
  For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Luke 14:11
  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- James 4:6–7
  But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Through
Psalms 31:8
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
leads to
- Job 36:16
  Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
  How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
Through
2 Samuel 24:14
David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
leads to
- Psalms 119:156
  Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Proverbs

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Proverbs