Proverbs 22:27

Easy To Read Version

If you can’t pay his debt, then you will lose everything you have. Why should you lose the bed you sleep on?

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

A man from the group of prophets [22] had a wife. {This man died.} His wife cried out to Elisha, “My husband was like a servant to you. Now my husband is dead! You know he honored the Lord. But he owed money to a man. And now that man is coming to take my two boys and make them his slaves!”

Proverbs 20:16

You will lose your shirt if you make yourself responsible for another man’s debts.