Proverbs 22:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.
  • Exod 22:26-27 : 26 If you take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, 27 for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to 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 to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD: and the creditor has come to take my two sons to be slaves.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:26
    82%

    26Do not be one of those who shake hands, or of those who are sureties for debts.

  • Deut 24:10-13
    4 verses
    80%

    10When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

    11You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring out the pledge to you.

    12And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge:

    13In any case you shall return the pledge to him when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own clothing, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God.

  • Prov 22:28
    78%

    28Do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers have set.

  • Exod 22:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    25If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

    26If you take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,

  • Job 22:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquities infinite?

    6For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, 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 his garment when he is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a foreign woman.

  • Job 17:3
    75%

    3Put down now, give me a pledge with You; who is he that will strike hands with me?

  • Exod 22:11-15
    5 verses
    75%

    11then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both that he has not put his hand upon his neighbor's goods; and the owner shall accept this, and he shall not make restitution.

    12If it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner.

    13If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it as evidence, and he shall not make restitution for what was torn.

    14If a man borrows anything from his neighbor and it is broken or dies, with its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

    15But if its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hire.

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

    19Will he value your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

  • Lev 25:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36Take no usury from him, or increase; but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.

    37You shall not give him your money upon usury, nor lend him your food for increase.

  • Deut 24:6
    73%

    6No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone as a pledge: for he takes a man's life as a pledge.

  • Prov 6:1
    73%

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

  • Matt 18:25
    72%

    25But as he was not able 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 you are righteous, what do you give him? or what does he receive from your hand?

  • Exod 22:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen out of the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

    8If the thief is not found, then the owner of the house shall be brought to the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor's goods.

  • Deut 24:15
    72%

    15You shall give him his wages on the same day, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.

  • Prov 20:16
    72%

    16Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7And has not oppressed anyone, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

    8He that has not given out loans with interest, nor taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man,

  • Prov 3:27
    72%

    27Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

  • Jer 22:13
    71%

    13Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work;

  • Matt 5:26
    71%

    26Truly I say to you, you will by no means come out of there till you have paid the last penny.

  • Job 31:39
    71%

    39If I have eaten its fruits without payment, or caused the owners to lose their life;

  • Exod 22:3
    71%

    3If the sun has risen upon him, there shall be bloodshed for him, for he should make full restitution; if he has 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%

    17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:

  • Exod 21:30
    71%

    30If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life whatever is imposed on him.

  • Prov 6:3
    71%

    3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.

  • Prov 22:7
    71%

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

  • Luke 12:59
    71%

    59I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last penny.

  • Eccl 5:5
    71%

    5It is better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

  • Prov 17:18
    71%

    18A man lacking understanding shakes hands in a pledge, and becomes surety for his friend.

  • Job 6:22
    71%

    22Did I say, Bring to me? Or Give a reward for me of your substance?

  • Prov 22:22
    71%

    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

  • Exod 21:11
    71%

    11And if he does not do these three things for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.

  • Prov 11:15
    71%

    15He who is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it, and he who hates suretyship is secure.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.