Proverbs 23:10
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
In Context
9Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
11for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Job 22:9Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 24:9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
Psalms 94:6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
Jeremiah 7:5But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour,
Jeremiah 22:3Thus saith Jehovah: Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:10
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. We are here directed not to cast pearls before swine ( Matt. vii. 6 ) and not to expose things sacred to the contempt and ridicule of profane scoffers. It is our duty to take all fit occasions to speak of divine things; but, 1. There are some that will make a jest of every thing, though it be ever so prudently and pertinently spoken, that will not only despise a wise man's words, but despise even the wisdom of them, that in them which… Read the whole commentary →