Proverbs 24:10
He shall be defiled in the evil day, and in the day of affliction, until he be utterly consumed.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
In Context
9The fool also dies in sins; and uncleanness attaches to a pestilent man.
Cross References
Job 4:5Yet now that pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled.
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 →