Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have made.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
In Context
27When thou hast nothing to pay, Why should thy bed be taken from under thee?
Cross References
Job 24:2They remove landmarks; They take away flocks by violence, and pasture them.
Proverbs 24:15Plot not, O wicked man! against the habitation 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 →