Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the gevul olam (ancient landmark), 1 which avoteicha have set. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not remove thy neighborʼs landmark, which they of old time have set in thine nachalah, which thou shalt inherit in the eretz that Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee to possess it.
Job 24:2Some move the boundary stones; 1 they steal edar, and pasture them. 1
Proverbs 24:15Lay not in wait, O rasha, against the naveh (dwelling) of the tzaddik; 1 assault not his resting place; 1
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 →