Proverbs 24:12
If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, end he shall render to a man according to his works.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver.
13Fat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat:
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
Job 34:11For he will render to a man his work, and according to the ways of every one he will reward them.
Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.
Psalms 62:12God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power belongeth to God,
Psalms 121:3What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 5:21The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:12-13
Pleasure and Advantages of Wisdom. 11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? Here is, 1. A great duty required of us, and that is to appear for the relief of oppressed innocency. If we see the lives or livelihoods of any in danger of being taken away… Read the whole commentary →