Enter not into the fields of the fatherless. Do not think to appropriate the fields of orphans, as if there were no our to defend their rights (comp. Proverbs 15:25).
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Proverbs 23:10
Proverbs 23:10
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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