Proverbs 24:11
Deliver those that are taken unto death, and those that are moved away to the slaughter hold back.
Leeser Tanakh
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 despond on the day of distress, thy strength is small.
Cross References
Job 29:17And I broke the cutting-teeth of the wrong-doer, and out of his teeth I cast down his prey.
Isaiah 58:6Is not this [rather] the fast that I will choose? to open the snares of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye should break asunder 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 →