John Gill
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, Proverbs 6:1; and represented as a snare and a net, in which men are taken, Proverbs 6:2; and...
John Gill
A false witness [that] speaketh lies,.... Or, "that speaketh lies, [even] a false witness" (f); and so this is distinguished from a lying tongue, the second of these evils: this is the sin of bearing false witness against one's neighbour, a breach of the eighth command. It may be rendered, "he that bloweth lies" (g); that raises lies, and spreads them abroad, and swears to them, to the damage of...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. A caution against rash suretiship, ver. 1-5. II. A rebuke to slothfulness, ver. 6-11. III. The character and fate of a malicious mischievous man, ver. 12-15. IV. An account of seven things which God hates, ver. 16-19. V. An exhortation to make the word of God familiar to us, ver. 20-23. VI. A repeated warning of the pernicious consequences of the sin of whoredom, ver....