Proverbs 23:10
Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
In Context
9In the ears of a dullard, do not speak, for he will despise the good sense of thy words.
11For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:17Cursed, be he that moveth back the boundary of his neighbour. And all the people shall say—Amen.
Job 22:9Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.
Job 24:9Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;
Psalms 94:6The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
Jeremiah 7:5But, if ye shall thoroughly amend, your ways, and your doings,—Shall thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;
Jeremiah 22:3Thus, saith Yahweh,—Execute ye justice, and righteousness, And deliver the robbed out of the hand of the oppressor,—But the sojourner the fatherless, and the widow, do not oppress neither commit violence, And the blood of the innocent, do not ye shed, 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 →