Proverbs 22:28

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-e.g., the Pauline test of a standing or falling church, justification by faith only. Impatience of restraint, self-willed independence of spirit and lawless resistance of the authority of divine things are characteristic of the last days (2 Timothy 3:1; 2 Timothy 4:3). Romish traditions are a removing of the ancient landmarks which the Scripture has set up....

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 his _field_ that thou mayest _enlarge thy own_. Take not what is not _thy_ _own_ in any case. Let all ancient _divisions_, and the _usages_ connected with them, be held sacred. Bring in no new _dogmas_, nor _rites_, nor _ceremonies_, into _religion_, or the worship of God, that are not clearly laid down in the _sacred writings_. "Stand in the way; and see, and ask for the old paths, which is the good way, and walk therein; and ye shall find rest for your souls;" Jeremiah 6:16. But if any _Church_ have lost sight of the genuine doctrin...

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 the words to the “landmarks” of thought or custom, however, natural and legitimate, is foreign to the mind of the writer....

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 the Hebrew, which is simply שֵׁם (_shem_)_, _"name." But this word carried with it the notion of good repute, as in Ecclesiastes 7:1; for being well known implied honour and reputation, while being nameless (Job 30:8) signified not only obscurity, but ignominy and discredit. Hence the versions have ὄνομα καλόν_, nomen bonum, _and Ecclesiasticus 41:12, "Have regard to thy name (περὶ ὀνόματος)_, _for that shall continue with thee above a thousan

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 ancestors in agreement with their neighbours; which to remove was contrary to a law, and a curse is denounced upon those that did it, Deuteronomy 19:14; and was always reckoned a very heinous crime in early times; Job 24:2. This was so sacred a thing among the Romans, that they had a deity which presided over those bounds, and had its name from them. Some apply this, in a political sense, to laws of long standing, and customs of long prescription; and others interpret it, in a theological sense, of doctrines and practices settled by the fathers of the church; which, if understood of Christ and his apostle

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 honorable than the poor man who has a name and good reputation. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon says: “A good name is better than precious ointment” Ecclesiastes 7:11). The third verse has a wise message: “The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.” The Lord has revealed in His Word the evil which is in store for the sinner and the impenitent. He also has prepared a hiding place, an ark of safety, in His Son, our Lord. The prudent believeth the Word and flees to the refuge; the simple, the unbelieving, pass on and suffer for it when the evil comes. Humility and the fear of the Lord has a reward, while thorns and snares are in the way of the

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. 24. Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: 25. Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul. 26. Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts. 27. If thou has not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 28. Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall stand before mean men. STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 22:22-29