Pro 23:10-11 | KingComments | STEP | Again the wise teacher points out to respect the rights of others to their property ( ; ). This time he warns against moving “the ancient boundary” that demarcates the territory of the fatherless orphan. He who moves them violates his property. Not to “go into the fields of the fatherless” means that no one should come into those fields with hostile intentions, that is with the intention to move the boundary and thus rob some of their fields. makes it clear why it is wise not to commit land grabbing and certainly not from the defenseless orphans. For he who does so will have to deal with Someone Who stands up for those who have no earthly father on whom they can lean and who stands up for them. They have a “Redeemer” Who is “strong” ( ). He takes their case to Himself and will deal with the transgressor by taking him to court and condemning him. He is Goel, the Savior, the Helper ( ), for those who can count on no man for help ( ). Widows and orphans, as defenseless, are under the direct care of God ( ; ).

‏ Proverbs 23:10-11

Honoring the Property of the Powerless

Again the wise teacher points out to respect the rights of others to their property (Pro 23:10; Pro 22:28). This time he warns against moving “the ancient boundary” that demarcates the territory of the fatherless orphan. He who moves them violates his property. Not to “go into the fields of the fatherless” means that no one should come into those fields with hostile intentions, that is with the intention to move the boundary and thus rob some of their fields.

Pro 23:11 makes it clear why it is wise not to commit land grabbing and certainly not from the defenseless orphans. For he who does so will have to deal with Someone Who stands up for those who have no earthly father on whom they can lean and who stands up for them. They have a “Redeemer” Who is “strong” (Jer 50:34). He takes their case to Himself and will deal with the transgressor by taking him to court and condemning him. He is Goel, the Savior, the Helper (Psa 10:14), for those who can count on no man for help (Job 19:25). Widows and orphans, as defenseless, are under the direct care of God (Psa 68:5 ; Psa 82:3 ; Psa 146:9; Hos 14:4).