Proverbs 22:28
Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set.
In context
25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
26 Be not one of those who give pledges, who put 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 the ancient landmark that your fathers have set.
29 Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 22:28 in the KJV
Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 22:28 in the NIV
Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.