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Proverbs 23:10
10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Proverbs 23:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
- New International Version (NIV)Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
Context of Proverbs 23:10
8You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words. 9Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, 11for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you. 12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:10 word by word
אַל־תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עוֹלָ֑ם וּבִשְׂדֵ֥י יְ֝תוֹמִ֗ים אַל־תָּבֹֽא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:10
- Proverbs 22:28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
- Deuteronomy 19:14You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
- Deuteronomy 27:17‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Job 24:2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
- Job 6:27You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
- Job 22:9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- Job 24:3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
- Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
- Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
- Jeremiah 7:5For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
- Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
- Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Commentaries on Proverbs 23:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Remove not the old landmark - See Proverbs 22:28; (note). Enter not into the fields of the fatherless - Take nothing that belongs to an orphan. The heaviest curse of God will fall upon them that do so.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-11Verses 10-11 The fatherless are taken under God's special protection. He is their Redeemer, who will take their part; and he is mighty, almighty.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Saying 10: Wise people avoid unfair business practices and illegitimate gains (see Proverbs 22:28), knowing that the Lord will judge wrongdoing. Redeemer: The New Living Translation is likely correct in capitalizing the word Redeemer and identifying it with God, although it might refer to a human redeemer.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. (Compare Pr 22:22, 23).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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