Proverbs 22:27 · KJV
"If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?"
King James Version
What does Proverbs 22:27 mean? →Passage Context
25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
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