Proverbs 23:10
Do not move an ancient boundary stone 1 or encroach on the fields of orphans, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
In Context
9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, 1 for he will despise the wisdom of your words. 1
11for their Redeemer is strong 1 and he will plead their case against you. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:17'May the man be cursed who removes his neighbor's landmark.' Then all the people must say, 'Amen.'
Job 22:9You have sent widows away empty; 1 the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 1
Job 24:9There are wicked people who pluck orphans from their mothers' breast, 1 and wicked people who take children as security from poor people. 1
Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, 1 and they murder the fatherless. 1
Jeremiah 7:5For if you actually make your ways and practices good; if you completely execute justice between a man and his neighbor—
Jeremiah 22:3Yahweh says this, “Perform justice and righteousness, and anyone who has been robbed—rescue him from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat any foreigner in your land, or any orphan or widow. Do not commit violence or pour out 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 →