Proverbs 22:28
Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.
In context
25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; 27 if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.
29 Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 22:28 in the KJV
Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 22:28 in the ESV
Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set.