Proverbs 22:27

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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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.

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  • Prov 22:26
    82%

    26Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.

  • Deut 24:10-13
    4 verses
    80%

    10When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

    11Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.

    12And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

    13thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.

  • Prov 22:28
    78%

    28Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

  • Exod 22:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    25If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

    26If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

  • Job 22:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

    6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

    7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

  • Prov 27:13
    75%

    13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.

  • Job 17:3
    75%

    3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

  • Exod 22:11-15
    5 verses
    75%

    11the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

    12But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

    13If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.

    14And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

    15If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

    19Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?

  • Lev 25:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

    37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

  • Deut 24:6
    73%

    6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.

  • Prov 6:1
    73%

    1My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

  • Matt 18:25
    72%

    25But forasmuch as he had not [wherewith] to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

  • Job 35:7
    72%

    7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?

  • Exod 22:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double.

    8If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, [to see] whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.

  • Deut 24:15
    72%

    15in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

  • Prov 20:16
    72%

    16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

    8he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,

  • Prov 3:27
    72%

    27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

  • Jer 22:13
    71%

    13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

  • Matt 5:26
    71%

    26Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.

  • Job 31:39
    71%

    39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

  • Exod 22:3
    71%

    3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

  • Isa 28:20
    71%

    20For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

  • Deut 24:17
    71%

    17Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;

  • Exod 21:30
    71%

    30If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

  • Prov 6:3
    71%

    3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

  • Prov 22:7
    71%

    7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Luke 12:59
    71%

    59I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.

  • Eccl 5:5
    71%

    5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

  • Prov 17:18
    71%

    18A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Job 6:22
    71%

    22Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?

  • Prov 22:22
    71%

    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • Exod 21:11
    71%

    11And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.

  • Prov 11:15
    71%

    15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.