Social Injustice
Proverbs 23:10-11
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:…


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 personal freedom.

2. To the produce of his own labour.

3. To freedom in religion.

II. SOCIAL INJUSTICE PERPETRATED ON THE HELPLESS. "Enter not into the fields of the fatherless." Orphans have their rights. There are villains in society who perpetrate outrages on orphans.

1. This is cowardly.

2. This is cruel.

3. This is common.

III. SOCIAL INJUSTICE JUDICIALLY REGARDED BY GOD. "Their Redeemer is mighty." Redeemer here means "next of kin." The mighty God is the protector of the helpless.

(D. Thomas, D.D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

WEB: Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:




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