Proverbs 22:27
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:
28Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father’s made.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:1Now, a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets, made outcry unto Elisha, saying—Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and, thou, knowest that, thy servant, was one who revered Yahweh,—now, the creditor, hath come to take my two boys to himself as 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 →