Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark Whereby the lands of several possessors were distinguished and divided. Do not enrich thyself with the injury of other men: do not invade the rights of others.
Remove not the ancient landmark Whereby the lands of several possessors were distinguished and divided. Do not enrich thyself with the injury of other men: do not invade the rights of others.
Verse Proverbs 22:28. _REMOVE NOT THE ANCIENT LANDMARK_] Do not take the advantage, in ploughing or breaking up a field contiguous to that of thy neighbour, to set the dividing stones _farther_ into...
A protest against the grasping covetousness Isaiah 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 t...
CHAPTER 22 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Better than great riches, better than silver and gold is a name and loving favor. If a person has riches and a bad name and is not well thought of, he is less honorab...
ANCIENT. age-long. LANDMARK. boundary stone....
Comp. Proverbs 23:10; Deuteronomy 19:14....
REMOVE NOT THE ANCIENT LAND-MARK— The plain meaning of this seems to be, "Be content with thy paternal estate, and endeavour not to increase it by unjust means." See chap. Proverbs 23:10....
TEXT Proverbs 22:22-29 22. Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23. For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them....
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. REMOVE NOT THE ANCIENT LANDMARK, WHICH THY FATHERS HAVE SET. So spiritually, Do not irreverently displace the ancient landmarks of faith...
These proverbs are very unlike the preceding in tone, and style. The author's own personality is brought distinctly into view (Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 23:15); he had a high opinion of the value of hi...
Landmarks were of extreme importance when there were no fences: see on Ruth 2:22....
Perhaps your boundary is ancient. Perhaps your family agreed the boundary with your neighbour’s family, many years ago. But perhaps now, you need more land. And your neighbour will not sell his land....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 22 V1 It is better to be a responsible person than to have great wealth. It is better that people trust you than for you to receive silver and...
REMOVE NOT THE ANCIENT LANDMARK. — The stones marking the boundaries of the fields: evidently a not uncommon crime, from the earnestness with which it is forbidden. (Comp. Proverbs 23:10; Deuteronomy...
אַל ־תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עֹולָ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עָשׂ֣וּ...
CHANNEL 23 THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR "The rich and the needy meet together; The Lord is the maker of them all."- Proverbs 22:2 "He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his b...
Verse Proverbs 22:2. The question that naturally arises on reading this is, Where do they meet together? This proverb is often used as having reference to the sanctuary or house of prayer; but a very...
_Set. The pagans made a god of Terminus, to prevent disputes. (Ovid, Fast. ii.) --- If it be unlawful to disturb land-marks, how much more so is it to give way to novelty in religion? (Deuteronomy xix...
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowled...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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 ancesto...
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. Ver. 28. _Remove not the ancient landmark._] Unless ye covet a curse. Deu 27:17 Let levellers look to it, and know that property is God's...
V. 28. REMOVE NOT THE ANCIENT LANDMARK, set to mark the boundaries, WHICH THY FATHERS HAVE SET. Cf Proverbs 15:25....
landmark: Or, bound...
LANDMARK, whereby the lands of several possessors were distinguished and divided. Do not enrich thyself with the injury of other men; do not invade the rights of others....
Proverbs 22:28 remove H5253 (H8686) ancient H5769 landmark H1366 fathers H1 set H6213 (H8804) remove -...
Proverbs 22:28 It cannot but be perplexing in the extreme, to devout and moderately thoughtful minds, to find how constantly we catch new theories of what we had once felt to be fixed and immutable tr...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Those who walk humbly with God in obedience to the commands of His Word and in submission to the disposals of His providenc...
Proverbs 22:1. _A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches._ When a man lives revered for his piety, it is better than to be feared for his power. Proverbs 22:2. _The rich and the poor meet...
_Remove not the ancient landmarks._ THE OLD LANDMARKS The wisdom of the Mosaic code is nowhere more manifest than in its provisions touching the tenure of land. Every man in Israel was a landowner, a...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 22:28 The LANDMARK was the boundary stone for a piece of property (Deuteronomy 19:14). To move it was to steal a man’s land as well a
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 22:26_ SURETYSHIP AND ITS DANGERS I. A COMMAND TO AVOID A PERILOUS HABIT. We cannot, in the light of the spirit of Bible teaching—especially that of the New Testament—reg...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 22:1 A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES. It will be observed that "good" in the Authorized Version is in italics, showing that the epithet is not expressed in th...
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold (Proverbs 22:1). The good name, so important, so valuable. Good reputation, so important. "Rather to...
Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Job 24:2; Proverbs 23:10...