Proverbs 22:27
If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 of them that touch the hand, nor among them that are suretie for debts.
28Thou shalt not remooue the ancient bounds which thy fathers haue made.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:1And one of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets cryed vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant mine husband is dead, and thou knowest, that thy seruant did feare the Lord: and the creditour is come to take my two sonnes to bee his bondmen.
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 →