Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Fatherless
General references
Bible References
Remove
Proverbs 22:28
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.
Deuteronomy 19:14
You must not encroach on your neighbor's property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 27:17
Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
Job 24:2
Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.
Fatherless
Job 6:27
Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.
Job 22:9
you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
Job 24:3
They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as a pledge.
Job 31:21
if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,
Psalm 94:6
They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.
Jeremiah 7:5
You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.
Jeremiah 22:3
The Lord says, "Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.
Zechariah 7:10
You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow human being.'
Malachi 3:5
"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
General references
Deuteronomy 27:17
Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
Psalm 136:24
and snatched us away from our enemies, for his loyal love endures,