◄ Proverbs 22:28 ►
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Good News Translation
Never move an old property line that your ancestors established.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.

Contemporary English Version
Don't move a boundary marker set up by your ancestors.

New American Bible
Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.

remove

Proverbs 23:10 Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:

Deuteronomy 19:14 Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thy possession, which the Lord thy God will give thee in the land that thou shalt receive to possess.

Deuteronomy 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmarks: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Job 24:2 Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.

landmark or bound

Context
Thirty Sayings of the Wise
…27For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there that he should take the covering from thy bed? 28Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.29Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14
Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thy possession, which the Lord thy God will give thee in the land that thou shalt receive to possess.

Deuteronomy 27:17
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmarks: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Job 24:2
Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.

Proverbs 23:10
Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:

Proverbs 22:27
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