Proverbs 6:2 (BSB)

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

From Proverbs 6. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 6:2

• 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 6:2: Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,.... Got into a snare out of which an escape is not easy; art no longer free, and thine own man, but under obligation to pay the debt if required; by the verbal agreement made and confirmed by striking hands, and this before witnesses; thou art taken with the words of thy mouth; as in a net...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 6:2: Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. (a) He forbids us not to become surety one for another, according to the rule of charity, but that we consider for whom and after what sort, so that the creditor may not be defrauded.
• 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.