Proverbs 22:27
For if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from vnder thee.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
In Context
26Be not thou one of them that binde their hande vpon promise, and are suretie for waightie causes:
28Thou shalt not remoue the auncient lande marke, whiche thy fore elders haue set.
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 →