Proverbs 24:10
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
In Context
9The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
11Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain.
Cross References
Job 4:5But now it comes to thee, and thou faint. It touches thee, and thou are troubled.
Jeremiah 51:46And let not your heart faint. Neither fear ye for the news that shall be heard in the land. For news shall come one year, and after that in another year, news, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
2 Corinthians 4:1Because of this (having this ministry), in as much as we received mercy, we do not become discouraged.
Hebrews 12:3For consider the man who endured such hostility against him by sinners, so that ye may not be weary in your souls, being disheartened.
Revelation 2:13I know thy works, and where thou dwell, where Satan's throne is. And thou hold firm my name, and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:8-10
The Malicious and the Scornful. 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. Here is the description, 1. Of a weak man: Wisdom is too high for him; he thinks it so, and therefore, despairing to attain it, he will take no pains in the pursuit of it, but sit down content without it. And really it is so; he has not capacity for it, and therefore… Read the whole commentary →