Proverbs 22:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.
  • Exod 22:26-27 : 26 if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him: 27 for it alone is his covering, it `is' his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I `am' gracious.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, `Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.'

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    26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.

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    10`When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;

    11at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting `it' up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.

    12`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

    13thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.

  • Prov 22:28
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    28Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

  • Exod 22:25-26
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    25`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

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  • Job 22:5-7
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    5Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.

    6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

    7Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

  • Prov 27:13
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    13Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

  • Job 17:3
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    3Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

  • Exod 22:11-15
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    11an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

    12but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;

    13if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in -- a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

    14`And when a man doth ask `anything' from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died -- its owner not being with it -- he doth certainly repay;

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  • Job 36:18-19
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    18Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

    19Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

  • Lev 25:36-37
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    36thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;

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    6`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it `is' he is taking in pledge.

  • Prov 6:1
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    1My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

  • Matt 18:25
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    25and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.

  • Job 35:7
    72%

    7If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

  • Exod 22:7-8
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    7`When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double.

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    15in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

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    16Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
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  • Prov 3:27
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    27Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand `is' toward God to do `it'.

  • Jer 22:13
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    13Wo to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.

  • Matt 5:26
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    26verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.

  • Job 31:39
    71%

    39If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,

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    20For shorter hath been the bed Than to stretch one's self out in, And the covering hath been narrower Than to wrap one's self up in.

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    3Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

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    7The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant `is' the borrower to the lender.

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    59I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

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    18A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

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    22Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

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    11and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.

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    15Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

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    17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated `with' thee, and have hated thee.