Proverbs 22:27
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Cross-references
Proverbs 20:16 tells creditors to take a pledge — matching the consequence of losing your bed in 22:27.
Proverbs 11:15 similarly warns against putting up security for a stranger — reinforcing the same caution against surety.
Proverbs 17:18 also condemns giving a pledge as foolish — directly echoing the caution against surety here.
Proverbs 27:13 instructs taking a pledge from a guarantor — a related practical step following the warning about surety here.
Exodus 22:27 explains the garment is his only covering — directly echoing the 'bed from under you' concern in Proverbs.
Exodus 22:26 commands returning a garment taken in pledge by sunset — a legal protection against the loss described here.
2 Kings 4:1 narrates a creditor seizing a widow's sons for debt — a severe consequence of unpaid debt, similar to losing one's bed.
Psalm 119:122 asks God to be a surety — contrasting divine protection with the human risk of surety warned against here.