Proverbs 22:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.
  • Exod 22:26-27 : 26 If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down, 27 for it is his only covering– it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying,“Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the LORD. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

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  • Prov 22:26
    82%

    26Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.

  • Deut 24:10-13
    4 verses
    80%

    10When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.

    11You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.

    12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

    13You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the LORD your God.

  • Prov 22:28
    78%

    28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.

  • Exod 22:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

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

    26If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,

  • Job 22:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

    6“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Prov 27:13
    75%

    13Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.

  • Job 17:3
    75%

    3Set my pledge beside you. Who else will put up security for me?

  • Exod 22:11-15
    5 verses
    75%

    11then there will be an oath to the LORD between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay.

    12But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner.

    13If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.

    14“If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.

    15If its owner was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it.

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

    19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

  • Lev 25:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

    37You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.

  • Deut 24:6
    73%

    6One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.

  • Prov 6:1
    73%

    1Admonitions and Warnings against Dangerous and Destructive Acts My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, if you have become a guarantor for a stranger,

  • Matt 18:25
    72%

    25Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

  • Job 35:7
    72%

    7If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?

  • Exod 22:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7“If a man gives his neighbor money or articles for safekeeping, and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is caught, he must repay double.

    8If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods.

  • Deut 24:15
    72%

    15You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Prov 20:16
    72%

    16Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

    8does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,

  • Prov 3:27
    72%

    27Wisdom Demonstrated in Relationships with People Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

  • Jer 22:13
    71%

    13Judgment on Jehoiakim“‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.

  • Matt 5:26
    71%

    26I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!

  • Job 31:39
    71%

    39if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,

  • Exod 22:3
    71%

    3If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.

  • Isa 28:20
    71%

    20For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.

  • Deut 24:17
    71%

    17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

  • Exod 21:30
    71%

    30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

  • Prov 6:3
    71%

    3then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

  • Prov 22:7
    71%

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

  • Luke 12:59
    71%

    59I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!”

  • Eccl 5:5
    71%

    5It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.

  • Prov 17:18
    71%

    18The one who lacks sense strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.

  • Job 6:22
    71%

    22Friends’ Fears“Have I ever said,‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?

  • Prov 22:22
    71%

    22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

  • Exod 21:11
    71%

    11If he does not provide her with these three things, then she will go out free, without paying money.

  • Prov 11:15
    71%

    15The one who has put up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands is secure.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.