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Proverbs 22:28

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Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
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  1. Deuteronomy 19:14Rank 1 from verse 28
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    14¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

  2. Deuteronomy 27:17Rank 2 from verse 28
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    17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  3. Proverbs 23:10Rank 3 from verse 28
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    10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

  4. Job 24:2Rank 4 from verse 28
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    2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

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Proverbs 22:28

COMBINED MEANING

remove

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To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.

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COMBINED MEANING

ancient

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1. Belonging to very early or former times; very old or long established. 2. An aged or senior person. 3. As part of the title Ancient of days, the one enthroned in judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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

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29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

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