Proverbs 22:28
אַל ־ תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבוֹתֶֽיךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
In Context
27אִם ־ אֵֽין ־ לְךָ לְשַׁלֵּם לָמָּה יִקַּח מִשְׁכָּבְךָ מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ ׃
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14לֹא תַסִּיג גְּבוּל רֵֽעֲךָ אֲשֶׁר גָּבְלוּ רִאשֹׁנִים בְּנַחֲלָֽתְךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּנְחַל בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ ׃ ס
Job 24:2גְּבֻלוֹת יַשִּׂיגוּ עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ ׃
Proverbs 24:15אַל ־ תֶּאֱרֹב רָשָׁע לִנְוֵה צַדִּיק אַֽל ־ תְּשַׁדֵּד רִבְצֽוֹ ׃
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 →