Proverbs 24:10
If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
In Context
9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
Cross References
Job 4:5But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
Jeremiah 51:46Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
Hebrews 12:3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Revelation 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed 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 →