Proverbs 22:28
Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father’s made.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
In Context
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first,—in thine inheritance which thou shall receive in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.
Job 24:2Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous,—neither destroy thou his place of rest;
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 →