26 Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties 'for' burdens. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

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.