Proverbs 23:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:28 : 28 Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.
  • Zech 7:10 : 10 Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.
  • Deut 19:14 : 14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Deut 27:17 : 17 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.
  • Job 22:9 : 9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
  • Job 24:2-3 : 2 The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers. 3 They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
  • Job 31:21-23 : 21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges; 22 May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base. 23 For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.
  • Ps 94:6 : 6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
  • Jer 7:5 : 5 For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:27-28
    2 verses
    85%

    27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

    28 Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.

  • Deut 19:14
    81%

    14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Isa 10:2
    75%

    2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • Job 22:9
    75%

    9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Job 24:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.

    3 They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

  • Deut 24:17
    75%

    17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Deut 27:17
    75%

    17 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Prov 23:11
    75%

    11 For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

  • Exod 22:22
    74%

    22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

  • Prov 23:9
    73%

    9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Deut 24:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19 When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

    20 When you are shaking the fruit from your olive-trees, do not go over the branches a second time: let some be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

    21 When you are pulling the grapes from your vines, do not take up those which have been dropped; let them be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

  • Jer 7:6
    72%

    6 If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

  • Job 6:27
    72%

    27 Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

  • Prov 23:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

    23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

  • Exod 23:6
    72%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Jer 49:11
    72%

    11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

  • Job 31:21
    72%

    21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

  • Prov 1:15
    71%

    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 22:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

    23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

  • Ezek 22:7
    71%

    7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

  • Zech 7:10
    71%

    10 Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

  • Prov 5:7-10
    4 verses
    71%

    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

    8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

    9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

    10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

    15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

  • Job 24:9
    71%

    9 The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

  • Ps 10:14
    70%

    14 You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

  • Obad 1:13
    70%

    13 Do not go into the doors of my people on the day of their downfall; do not be looking on their trouble with pleasure on the day of their downfall, or put your hands on their goods on the day of their downfall.

  • Job 31:17
    70%

    17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

  • Job 22:15
    70%

    15 Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Prov 1:8
    70%

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Jer 22:3
    69%

    3 This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

  • Deut 27:19
    69%

    19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Ps 10:18
    69%

    18 To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

  • Jer 5:28
    69%

    28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

  • Ps 109:10
    69%

    10 Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

  • Prov 1:10
    69%

    10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Lev 19:10
    69%

    10 And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.

  • Prov 27:10
    69%

    10 Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

  • Ps 82:3
    69%

    3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.