Proverbs 6:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Do this now [at once and earnestly], my son, and deliver yourself when you have put yourself into the power of your neighbor; go, bestir and humble yourself, and beg your neighbor [to pay his debt and thereby release you].

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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;

Common English Bible

³ Do this, my son, to get out of it, for you have come under the control of your neighbor. So go, humble yourself, and pester your neighbor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Therefore, my son, do what I say, and free yourself, for you have fallen into the hand of your neighbor. Run, hurry, awaken your friend.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Do therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend:

Proverbs 6:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 24:14

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

2 Chronicles 12:5

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

2 Chronicles 36:12

and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.

Psalm 31:8

And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.

Exodus 10:3

And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Proverbs 6:2

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Proverbs 6:4

Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.