Proverbs 22:27
if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
In context
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, 25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; 27 if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.
29 Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 22:27 in the KJV
If thou hast nothing to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 22:27 in the ESV
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?