Proverbs 22:27
If thou have not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
In Context
26Be thou not one of those who strike hands, [or] of those who are sureties for debts.
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:1Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou know that thy servant feared LORD, and the creditor has come to take my two children to him to be bo
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:27-28
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? We have here, as often before, a caution against suretiship, as a thing both imprudent and unjust. 1. We must not associate ourselves, nor contract an intimacy, with men of broken fortunes, and reputations, who need and will urge their friends to be bound for them, that they may cheat their neighbours to feed their lusts, and by keeping up a little… Read the whole commentary →