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Proverbs 22

Prov. 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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Prov. 20:16• 16Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangers. (Prov. 20:16)
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Ex. 22:26‑27• 26--If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;
 27for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin: on what shall he lie down? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. (Ex. 22:26‑27)
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2 Kings 4:1• 1And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen. (2 Kings 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?