26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts: 27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 22:26-27

Commentary on Proverbs 22:26-27

(Read Proverbs 22:26-27)

Every man ought to be just to himself, and his family; those are not so, who, by folly or other carelessness, waste what they have.