Proverbs 23:10
Remove not the gevul olam (ancient landmark); 1 and enter not into the sadot of the yetomim (fatherless ones, orphans), 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 oznayim of a kesil (fool), 1 for he will despise the seichel of thy words. 1
11For their Go'el is chazak (strong); 1 He shall plead their cause against thee. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:17Arur (cursed) be he that moveth his neighborʼs boundary marker. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein.
Job 22:9Thou hast sent almanot away empty, 1 and the arms of the yetomim have been broken. 1
Job 24:9They pluck the yatom from the breast, 1 and seize the oni for debt. 1
Psalms 94:6They slay the almanah and the ger, 1 and murder the yetomim (fatherless, orphans). 1
Jeremiah 7:5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your deeds; if ye throughly dispense mishpat between an ish and his re'a (neighbor);
Jeremiah 22:3Thus saith Hashem; Execute ye mishpat (justice) and tzedakah (righteousness), and save the plundered out of the yad of the oshek (oppressor); and do no wrong, do no violence to the ger (alien), the yatom (orphan), nor the almanah (widow), neither shed dahm naki (innocent blood) in this makom (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 →