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Proverbs 22:27

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If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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  1. Proverbs 20:16Rank 1 from verse 27
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    16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  2. 2 Kings 4:1Rank 2 from verse 27
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    1NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

  3. Exodus 22:26–27Rank 3 from verse 27
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    26If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

    27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

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Proverbs 22:27

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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pay

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To discharge a debt or obligation; to render what is due, fulfill a promise, reward, or recompense.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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bed

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Sense 1: A place for rest or sleep. Sense 2: The marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

22:27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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22:28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

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