Proverbs 24:11

Deliver them that are drawn unto death; and those that are ready to be slain wilt thou forbear to rescue?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small indeed.

12If thou sayest: 'Behold, we knew not this', doth not He that weigheth the hearts 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?

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Cross References

Job 29:17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the fetters of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

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 →

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