Proverbs 23:10 (BSB)

Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

From Proverbs 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 23:10

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 23:10-11: Note, 1. The fatherless are taken under God's special protection; with him they not only find mercy shown to them (Hos 14:3) but justice done for them. He is their Redeemer, their Goel, their near kinsman, that will take their part and stand up for them with jealousy, as taking himself affronted in the injuries done to them.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 23:10: Remove not the old landmark,.... See Gill on Pro 22:28; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless; to carry off the increase of them, to reap their wheat, or mow their grass, or turn in cattle to eat it; or to encroach upon them, take in any part of them, or join the whole to their own; for if there is a woe...
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 23:10-11: Pro 23:10-11 The following proverb forms a new whole from component parts of Pro 22:28 and Pro 22:22.: 10 Remove not ancient landmarks; And into the fields of orphans enter thou not. 11 For their Saviour is a mighty one; He will conduct their cause against thee.