Proverbs 22:27

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Ver. 27. If thou hast nothing to pay.] And yet art gotten into the usurer's furnace, he will leave thee at last neither metal nor matter.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 22:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He - i. e., The man to whom the surety has been given. The practice of distraining for payment of a debt, seems, though prohibited Exodus 22:27...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he: i.e. the usurer.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? If thou hast nothing to pay - Should any man give security for more tha...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? Why should he take away thy bed? - why should you involve yours...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

These proverbs are very unlike the preceding in tone, and style. The author's own personality is brought distinctly into view ( Proverbs 22:17-21 ;...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

If the debtor has failed to meet his obligation and the unlucky surety has no money, the creditors will seize the poor man's scanty belongings, even...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? — If the mantle was taken in pledge, it had to be restored before sundown for the poor man to slee...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHANNEL 23 THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR "The rich and the needy meet together; The Lord is the maker of them all."- Proverbs 22:2 "He that hath a...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 22:2 . The question that naturally arises on reading this is, Where do they meet together? This proverb is often used as having refer...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. Bow down thine ear, and hear the words...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If thou hast nothing to pay ,.... When the debtor this, and the creditor demands the debt of the surety: it is weakness in a man to be a surety for...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be not of them that are sureties for debts Namely, rashly or unnecessarily. Why should he take away thy bed , &c. Why wilt thou put thyself in...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he tak...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Why wilt thou put thyself into the hands of such a man, who will exact the debt from thee without any compassion? For though God did not allow this p...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 22:26-27 SURETYSHIP AND ITS DANGERS I. A command to avoid a perilous habit . We cannot, in the light of the spirit...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 22:1 . A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. When a man lives revered for his piety, it is better than to be feared for h...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches . It will be observed that "good" in the Authorized Version...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 27. If thou hast nothing to pay, being called upon to make good his pledge, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? the bed having be...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 4:1 ; Exodus 22:26 ; Exodus 22:27 ; Proverbs 20:16

²⁷ If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 22:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 22:27