Proverbs 22:28 (WEB)
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.
Fathers and councils · 4
Origen
“In all these cases consider whether it would not be well to remember the words, “Thou shalt not remove the ancient landmarks which thy fathers have set.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxii. 28.
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John Damascene
“With these things let us be satisfied, and let us abide by them, not removing everlasting boundaries, nor overpassing the divine tradition.” — editor's note: Prov. xxii. 28.
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Basil the Great
“Because we incessantly move the ancient landmarks which our fathers have set.” — editor's note: cf. Prov. xxii. 28.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For it says: “Remove not the bounds which thy fathers have set.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxii. 28.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.1.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.1.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.