“ Remove not the old landmark;b and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: ”
It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what...
old landmark . ancient boundary. Compare Proverbs 22:28 . fields. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "field" (singular) fatherless. Put by Figure of speech Sy...
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: Remove not the old landmark - See Proverbs 22:28 (note). Enter not into the fields of the fatherless - Take nothing th...
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: Enter not into the fields of the fatherless (in order to appropriate their property, as thinking they have none t...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Remove not the old landmark. — See above, on Proverbs 22:28 .
CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction fro...
At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plea...
Remove not the old landmark ,.... Proverbs 22:28 ; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless ; to carry off the increase of them, to reap their wheat, or mow their grass, or turn in cattle...
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: Ver. 10. Remove not the ancient landmark. ] See Trapp on " Pro 22:28 "
Enter not into the fields of the fatherless Either to take away their goods, or rather, to possess their lands, as this phrase is used, 2 Samuel 5:6 . For their Redeemer is mighty Hebrew, גאלם,...
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. Note, 1. The fatherless ar...
Either to take away their goods; or rather, to possess their lands, as this phrase is used, 2 Samuel 5:6 .
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:11 . Their Redeemer . Their Goel , or Avenger. In the Hebrew law this word is applied to the nearest kinsman. (See Ruth 3:12 .) MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 23:10...
Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. How many have stai...
Their Redeemer is mighty. Social injustice I. Social injustice indicated. “Remove not the old landmarks.” What are the landmarks? The rights of man as man. 1. Every man has a right to person...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the gue...
v. 10. Remove not the old landmark, the boundary which was placed when the land was first divided to the several families, and enter not into the fields of the fatherless, for the purpose of chan...
Deuteronomy 19:14 ; Deuteronomy 27:17 ; James 1:27 ; Jeremiah 22:3 ; Jeremiah 7:5 ; Job 22:9 ; Job 24:2 ; Job 24:3 ; Job 24:9 ; Job 31:21-23 ; Job 6:27 ; Malachi 3:5 ; Proverbs 22:28 ;...
Enter not — To possess their lands.