Proverbs 22:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.”
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BSBPD
“Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 22:28 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Proverbs 23:10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
- Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
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