Proverbs 24:10
If you despair, being weary in the day of anguish, your strength will be diminished.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
In Context
9The intention of the foolish is sin. And the detractor is an abomination among men.
Cross References
Job 4:5But now the scourge has overcome you, and you falter. It has touched you, and you are disturbed.
Jeremiah 51:46For otherwise, your heart may faint, and you may be afraid at the news that is heard in the land. And the news will arrive within a year, and after that year more news will arrive. And iniquity will be in the land, and one ruler will be over another ruler.
2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since we have this ministry, and in as much as we have obtained mercy for ourselves, we are not inadequate.
Hebrews 12:3So then, meditate upon him who endured such adversity from sinners against himself, so that you may not become weary, failing in your souls.
Revelation 2:13I know where you dwell, where the seat of Satan is, and that you hold to my name and have not denied my faith, even in those days when Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain 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 →