10 Don't stealthily move back the boundary lines or cheat orphans out of their property, 11 For they have a powerful Advocate who will go to bat for them.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 23:10-11
Commentary on Proverbs 23:10-11
(Read Proverbs 23:10-11)
The fatherless are taken under God's special protection. He is their Redeemer, who will take their part; and he is mighty, almighty.