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Proverbs 22:28

Proverbs chapter 22 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

Context

v.27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

v.28This passage

v.29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 19:14

    Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

  • Proverbs 23:10

    Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

  • Deuteronomy 27:17

    Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Job 24:2

    There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.