Proverbs 22:28
Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
In Context
27If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14'Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Job 24:2The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
Proverbs 24:15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil 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 →