Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those who are led away to death. And do not cease from delivering those who are dragged away to a violent death.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
In Context
10If you despair, being weary in the day of anguish, your strength will be diminished.
Cross References
Job 29:17I crushed the jaws of the impious, and I took away prey from his teeth.
Isaiah 58:6Is not this, instead, the kind of fast that I have chosen? Release the constraints of impiety; relieve the burdens that oppress; freely forgive those who are broken; and break apart every burden.
Luke 23:23But they persisted, with loud voices, in demanding that he be crucified. And their voices increased in intensity.
Acts 18:17But they, apprehending Sosthenes, a leader of the synagogue, beat him in front of the tribunal. And Gallio showed no concern for these things.
Acts 23:10And since a great dissension had been made, the tribune, fearing that Paul might be torn apart by them, ordered the soldiers to descend and to seize him from their midst, and to bring him into the fortress.
1 John 3:16We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:11
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Note, 1. In the day of adversity we are apt to faint, to droop and be discouraged, to desist from our work, and to despair of relief. Our spirits sink, and then our hands hang down and our knees grow feeble, and we become unfit for anything. And often those that are most cheerful when they are well droop most, and are most dejected, when any thing ails them. 2. This is an evidence that our strength is small, and is a means of weakening it more. "It… Read the whole commentary →