Proverbs 22:27
For if those have not whence to give compensation, 1 They will take the bed that is under thee. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
In Context
26Become not surety from respect of a man’s person. 1
28Remove not the old landmarks, which thy fathers placed. 1
Cross References
2 Kings 4:1And one of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the Lord: and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his 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 →