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Proverbs 22:28

Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set. Or, "the ancient border" or "boundary" (n); by which lands, estates, and inheritances, were marked, bounded, and distinguished; set by…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

A protest against the grasping covetousness Isa 5:8 which is regardless of the rights of the poor upon whose inheritance men encroach (compare the margin reference). The not uncommon reference of the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1. We are here taught not to invade another man's right, though we can find ways of doing it ever so secretly and plausibly, clandestinely and by fraud, without any open force. Let not property in…

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