Proverbs 22:27
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Additional Resources
Referenced Verses
- Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Exod 22:26-27 : 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment 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 the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- 82%
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
- Deut 24:10-134 verses80%
10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
- 78%
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
- Exod 22:25-262 verses77%
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
- Job 22:5-73 verses76%
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
- 75%
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- 75%
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
- Exod 22:11-155 verses75%
11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
- Job 36:18-192 verses74%
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
- Lev 25:36-372 verses74%
36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
- 73%
6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
- 73%
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
- 72%
25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
- 72%
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
- Exod 22:7-82 verses72%
7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
- 72%
15 At 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 the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
- 72%
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Ezek 18:7-82 verses72%
7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
- 72%
27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
- 71%
13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
- 71%
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
- 71%
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
- 71%
3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
- 71%
20 For 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.
- 71%
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
- 71%
30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
- 71%
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
- 71%
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
- 71%
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
- 71%
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
- 71%
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
- 71%
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
- 71%
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
- 71%
11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
- 71%
15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
- 70%
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.