Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
General references
Bible References
Landmarks
Deuteronomy 19:14
“You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the forefathers [who first divided the territory] have set, in the land which you will inherit in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
Deuteronomy 27:17
‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary mark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Proverbs 22:28
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
Which your fathers have set.
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
Which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 23:10
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
And do not go into the fields of the fatherless [to take what is theirs],
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
And do not go into the fields of the fatherless [to take what is theirs],
Hosea 5:10
The princes of Judah are like those whomove a boundary marker;
I will pour out My wrath on them like [an unrestrained flood of] water.
The princes of Judah are like those who
I will pour out My wrath on them like [an unrestrained flood of] water.
Violently
Job 1:15
and the Sabeans attacked and swooped down on them and took away the animals. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Job 5:5
“The hungry devour his harvest
And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns;
The trap opens for [his] wealth.
“The hungry devour his harvest
And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns;
The trap opens for [his] wealth.
General references
Proverbs 1:13
We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,
We will fill our houses with spoil;