Proverbs 24:11
Deliuer them that are drawen vnto death, and ceasse not to preserue them that are led to be slayne:
Bible (Bishops')
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 thou be faynt in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:6Doth not this fasting rather please me, That thou lose the wicked bands, that thou take of the ouer heauie burthens, that thou let the oppressed go free, and breake all maner of yoke?
Luke 23:23And they were instant with loude voyces, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voyces of them, and of the hye priestes preuayled.
1 John 3:16Hereby perceaue we loue, because he layde downe his lyfe for vs, & we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren.
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 →