Deliver Yourself as a Roe - Proverbs 6:5

In the book of Proverbs Solomon said, “My son, if you be surety for your friend, if you have stricken your hand with a stranger, you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth. Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend. Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids”, and in chapter six and verse five of Proverbs Solomon said to his son, “deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter” where we read,

Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fouler.

The verse begins, “Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, ...”. Solomon began with the words, “deliver yourself” or “rescue, save and liberate your own self, Solomon's son” “as a roe” which means “in likeness and similar to a pleasant roebuck or gazelle” “from the hand of the hunter” or “separate and apart from the hand of power, might and authority belonging to the one who hunts the pleasant roebuck or gazelle for prey”. Solomon told his son to rescue himself from the commitment with his companion in way that is similar to how a gazelle escapes from the power of one who hunts for prey.

The verse continues, “... and as a bird from the hand of the fouler.” Solomon added the words, “and as a bird” or “and similar and in likeness to a little fowl or sparrow” “from the hand” which means “separate and apart from the hand of power, might and authority” “of the fouler” or “belonging to the bait-layer or trapper”. Solomon said his son should escape from the agreement with his companion similar to the way a little fowl or sparrow separates itself from the trapper.

When we meditate upon the words in this verse, we learn how Solomon wanted his son to attempt to be separated from his companion similar to the way a pleasant roebuck removes itself from the one who hunts it and the way a flying fowl escapes the trapper. In other words, get away from the deal as quickly as possible. God knows we make mistakes, and our best action when we realize it is to recover from them rapidly. God sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross for all our sins, errors and wrongs, and when we yield our lives to Him as our personal “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and teach us to remove ourselves from our wrongs and mistakes as quickly as possible.

Next time Solomon says to his son, “go to the ant, you sluggard”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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