Proverbs 6:1 (BSB)

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

From Proverbs 6. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 6:1

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 6:1-5: It is the excellency of the word of God that it teaches us not only divine wisdom for another world, but human prudence for this world, that we may order our affairs with discretion; and this is one good rule, To avoid suretiship, because by it poverty and ruin are often brought into families, which take away that comfort in relations which he had recommended in the foregoing chapter. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 6:1: My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,.... To another; hast engaged thyself by promise or bond, or both, to pay a debt for him, if he is not able, or if required; or hast laid thyself under obligation to any, to see the debt of another paid; if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger; or "to" him (b); whom thou knowest...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 6:1: He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. (n) Because he will not give ear to God's word and be admonished.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 6:1-5: Pro 6:1-5 The author warns against suretyship; or rather, he advises that if one has made himself surety, he should as quickly as possible withdraw from the snare. 1 My son, if thou hast become surety for thy neighbour, Hast given thy hand for another: 2 Thou art entangled in the words of thy mouth, Ensnared in the words of thy mouth.