Proverbs 22:28
Thou shalt not remooue the ancient bounds which thy fathers haue made.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
In Context
27If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherite in the lande, which ye Lord thy God giueth thee to possesse it.
Job 24:2Some remoue the land marks, that rob the flockes and feede thereof.
Proverbs 24:15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle 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 →