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Proverbs 22:27 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? "

Proverbs 22:27

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25 lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.

26 Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

27 If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

28 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.

29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

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