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Proverbs 22:28
Proverbs 22:28 is verse 28 of Proverbs chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
King James Version
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
World English Bible
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.
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Proverbs 22:26–29 · Berean Standard Bible
26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 23:10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Deuteronomy 19:14You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
Deuteronomy 27:17‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Job 24:2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.