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Proverbs 22

Pr. 22:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If thou hast nothing to pay
shalam (Hebrew #7999)
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Pronounce: shaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
, why should he take away
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
thy bed
mishkab (Hebrew #4904)
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV usage: bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Pronounce: mish-kawb'
Origin: from 7901
from under thee?

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Bed; Bedstead

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Pr. 20:16• 16Quítale su ropa al que salió por fiador del extraño; Y tómale prenda al que fía la extraña. (Pr. 20:16)
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Éx. 22:26‑27• 26Si tomares en prenda el vestido de tu prójimo, á puestas del sol se lo volverás:
 27Porque sólo aquello es su cubierta, es aquel el vestido para cubrir sus carnes, en el que ha de dormir: y será que cuando él á mí clamare, yo entonces le oiré, porque soy misericordioso. (Éx. 22:26‑27)
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2 R. 4:1• 1Una mujer, de las mujeres de los hijos de los profetas, clamó á Eliseo, diciendo: Tu siervo mi marido es muerto; y tú sabes que tu siervo era temeroso de Jehová: y ha venido el acreedor para tomarse dos hijos míos por siervos. (2 R. 4:1)
• When grace was reigning, they who “had nothing to pay” were frankly forgiven all their debt (Luke 7:40-43); but when stern justice has to be dispensed, he who has not the means to meet his self-imposed obligation is in danger of losing his very bed from under him. (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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