Proverbs 23:10

Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 23

“Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:”Proverbs 23:10

What Does Proverbs 23:10 Mean?

Proverbs 23:10 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 23, verse 10 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Proverbs 23:10 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Psalms 140:12“I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.”Proverbs 22:28“Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.”Zechariah 7:10“And 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.”Job 24:2“Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.”Proverbs 15:25“The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.”Malachi 3:5“And 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.”Deuteronomy 27:17“Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.”Jeremiah 22:3“Thus 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.”James 1:27“Pure 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.”Deuteronomy 19:14“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.”Proverbs 22:22“Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:”Deuteronomy 24:15“At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.”Job 6:27“Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.”Job 22:9“Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.”Job 31:21“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”Psalms 94:6“They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.”Jeremiah 7:5“For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;”Jeremiah 49:11“Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.”Exodus 22:23“If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;”Psalms 146:7“Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:”

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