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Proverbs 23:10

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Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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  1. Proverbs 22:28Rank 1 from verse 10
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    28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

  2. Zechariah 7:10Rank 2 from verse 10
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    10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

  3. Deuteronomy 27:17Rank 3 from verse 10
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    17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  4. James 1:27Rank 4 from verse 10
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    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.

  5. Jeremiah 22:3Rank 5 from verse 10
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    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.

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Proverbs 23:10

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remove

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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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old

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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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enter

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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.

10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

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11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

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