Proverbs 23:10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
*‖Remoue not the old landmarke; and enter not into the fields of the fatherlesse.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, bound.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 22.28. deut. 19 14. and 27.17.
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- Proverbs 22:28Rank 1 from verse 10
- Zechariah 7:10Rank 2 from verse 10
- Deuteronomy 27:17Rank 3 from verse 10
- James 1:27Rank 4 from verse 10
27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
27Pure religion and vndefiled before God and the Father, is this, to visit the fatherlesse and widowes in their affliction, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted from the world.
- Jeremiah 22:3Rank 5 from verse 10
3Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye 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, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
3*Thus saith the LORD, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnesse, and deliuer the spoiler out of the hand of the oppressour: and doe no wrong, doe no violence to the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
- Deuteronomy 19:14Rank 6 from verse 10
14¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
14¶ Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours land-marke, which they of old time haue set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherite, in the land that the LORD thy God giueth thee to possesse it.
- Job 24:2–3Rank 7 from verse 10
2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
2 Some remooue the *land-markes; they violently take away flocks, and ‖feed thereof.
3They driue away the asse of the fatherlesse, they take the widowes oxe for a pledge.
- Jeremiah 7:5Rank 8 from verse 10
- Job 31:21–23Rank 10 from verse 10
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
21If I haue lift vp my hand against the fatherlesse, when I saw my helpe in the gate:
22 Then let mine arme fall from my shoulder-blade, and mine arme be broken from the ‖bone.
23For destruction from God was a terrour to mee: and by reason of his highnesse, I could not endure.
- Malachi 3:5Rank 12 from verse 10
5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
5‖And I will come neere to you to iudgement, and I will bee a swift witnesse against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppresse the hireling in his wages, the widowe, and the fatherlesse, and that turne aside the stranger from his right, and feare not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Psalms 94:6Rank 13 from verse 10
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Proverbs 23:10
To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.
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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.
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A fixed mark showing the boundary of land.
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To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.
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9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisedome of thy words.
10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
10*‖Remoue not the old landmarke; and enter not into the fields of the fatherlesse.
Selected passage11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
11*For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.