Verse 27

If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.
  • Exod 22:26-27 : 26 If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down: 27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.