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?

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.