Proverbs 22:27

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If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take a garment as security from one who guarantees a stranger's debt; hold it in pledge if it is for a foreign woman.
  • Exod 22:26-27 : 26 For it is his only covering, the cloak for his body. What else can he sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am gracious. 27 Do not blaspheme God or curse the leader of your people.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 A certain woman, the wife of one of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. Now the creditor has come to take my two sons as slaves."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:26
    82%

    26Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge, or who puts up security for debts.

  • Deut 24:10-13
    4 verses
    80%

    10When you lend your neighbor anything, do not enter their house to take what is offered as a pledge.

    11You must wait outside while the person to whom you are lending brings the pledge out to you.

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

    13Return their pledge by sunset so that they may sleep in their own garment and bless you; this will be considered a righteous act before the LORD your God.

  • Prov 22:28
    78%

    28Do not remove the ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.

  • Exod 22:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

    26For it is his only covering, the cloak for his body. What else can he sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.

  • Job 22:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5Is not your wickedness great and your iniquities without end?

    6For you have taken pledges from your brothers without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Prov 27:13
    75%

    13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.

  • Job 17:3
    75%

    3Put me in your pledge, O God; who else will strike hands with me in agreement?

  • Exod 22:11-15
    5 verses
    75%

    11But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner.

    12If it was attacked and torn apart by a wild animal, the neighbor must provide evidence of this, but does not need to pay restitution for the torn animal.

    13If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies when its owner is not present, he must make restitution.

    14If the owner is with the animal, the borrower does not need to pay. If it was rented, the payment covers the loss.

    15If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride price for her and make her his wife.

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing, and let a great ransom not turn you aside.

    19Will your cry for help set things in order in distress, or will your exertions of strength suffice?

  • Lev 25:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36Do not take interest or profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.

    37You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food for profit.

  • Deut 24:6
    73%

    6Do not take a pair of millstones, not even the upper one, as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person's livelihood as a pledge.

  • Prov 6:1
    73%

    1My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge with a stranger,

  • Matt 18:25
    72%

    25Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

  • Job 35:7
    72%

    7If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

  • Exod 22:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must present himself before God to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.

    8In all cases of dishonest dealings, whether involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything lost that someone claims to be theirs, both parties must present their cases before God. The one whom God condemns must pay back double to the other.

  • Deut 24:15
    72%

    15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Prov 20:16
    72%

    16Take a garment as security from one who guarantees a stranger's debt; hold it in pledge if it is for a foreign woman.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7He does not oppress anyone, but restores a pledge for a loan; he does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked.

    8He does not lend at interest or take a profit; he withholds his hand from injustice and judges fairly between parties.

  • Prov 3:27
    72%

    27Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is within your power to act.

  • Jer 22:13
    71%

    13Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, making his neighbor work for nothing and not paying him for his labor.

  • Matt 5:26
    71%

    26Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

  • Job 31:39
    71%

    39if I have eaten its produce without payment and caused the death of its owners,

  • Exod 22:3
    71%

    3If what was stolen is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox, a donkey, or a sheep, he must pay back double.

  • Isa 28:20
    71%

    20The bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

  • Deut 24:17
    71%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Exod 21:30
    71%

    30However, if a ransom is imposed on him, he must pay whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life.

  • Prov 6:3
    71%

    3So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have come into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your case with your neighbor.

  • Prov 22:7
    71%

    7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Luke 12:59
    71%

    59I tell you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.

  • Eccl 5:5
    71%

    5Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell God’s messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your words and destroy the work of your hands?

  • Prov 17:18
    71%

    18A person who lacks sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for their neighbor.

  • Job 6:22
    71%

    22Have I said, ‘Give to me,’ or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?

  • Prov 22:22
    71%

    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.

  • Exod 21:11
    71%

    11If he does not provide these three things for her, she is to go free, without any payment.

  • Prov 11:15
    71%

    15Whoever puts up security for a stranger will suffer harm, but whoever hates striking hands in pledge is secure.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.