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Proverbs 22:27

American Standard Version

If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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Proverbs 22:27 in other translations

If you don’t have means to pay,
why should he take away your bed from under you?

Proverbs 22:27 · World English Bible

Proverbs 22:27 in context

  1. 25Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
  2. 26Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
  3. 27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
  4. 28Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
  5. 29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.