Proverbs 23:10
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10 Do not remove the ancient [a]landmark,
Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
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- Proverbs 23:10 boundary
Proverbs 22:28
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- Proverbs 22:28 boundary
Zechariah 7:10
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10 (A)Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
The alien or the poor.
(B)Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.’
Deuteronomy 27:17
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17 (A)‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
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James 1:27
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27 (A)Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: (B)to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, (C)and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
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Jeremiah 22:3
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3 Thus says the Lord: (A)“Execute[a] judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the (B)fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
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- Jeremiah 22:3 Dispense justice
Deuteronomy 19:14
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Property Boundaries
14 (A)“You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
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Malachi 3:5
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5 And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
(A)Against perjurers,
Against those who (B)exploit wage earners and (C)widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 7:5
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5 “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly (A)execute [a]judgment between a man and his neighbor,
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- Jeremiah 7:5 justice
Psalm 94:6
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6 They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.
Job 31:21-23
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21 If I have raised my hand (A)against the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;
22 Then let my arm fall from my shoulder,
Let my arm be torn from the socket.
23 For (B)destruction from God is a terror to me,
And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.
Job 24:2-3
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2 “Some remove (A)landmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They (B)take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
Job 22:9
New King James Version
9 You have sent widows away empty,
And the [a]strength of the fatherless was crushed.
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- Job 22:9 Lit. arms
Job 6:27
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27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,
And you (A)undermine your friend.
Job 24:9
New King James Version
9 “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.
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