Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the old + 22:28 Gr. eternal.landmarks, which thy fathers placed.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
In Context
27For if those have not whence to give compensation, they will take the bed that is under thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not move the landmarks of thy neighbour, which thy fathers set in the inheritance, in which thou hast obtained a share in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.
Job 24:2while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
Proverbs 24:15Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.
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 →