Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
King James Version
In Context
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Job 24:2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Proverbs 24:15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not 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 →