Proverbs 22:28
Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
In Context
27If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
Job 24:2The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
Proverbs 24:15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:27-28
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? We have here, as often before, a caution against suretiship, as a thing both imprudent and unjust. 1. We must not associate ourselves, nor contract an intimacy, with men of broken fortunes, and reputations, who need and will urge their friends to be bound for them, that they may cheat their neighbours to feed their lusts, and by keeping up a little… Read the whole commentary →