Proverbs 22:27
If thou have nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Leeser Tanakh
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 one of those that pledge their hand, or of those that are sureties for debts.
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have established.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:1And a certain woman, of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried unto Elisha', saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou well knowest that thy servant was one who feared the Lord: and now the creditor is come to take my two sons unto himself for servants.
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 →