"If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?" — Proverbs 22:27

Proverbs 22:27 · KJV

“If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?”

— Proverbs 22:27

Verse 26

Be not thou {one} of them that strike hands, {or} of them that are sureties for debts.

Verse 28

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. {landmark: or, bound}

Proverbs 22 — Context

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Be not thou {one} of them that strike hands, {or} of them that are sureties for debts.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. {landmark: or, bound}

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean {men}. {mean...: Heb. obscure men}

Cross References

Proverbs 20:16

Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Exodus 22:26-27

If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

2 Kings 4:1

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.