Proverbs 24:11
Deliver thou those who are dragged to death, And those who totter to the slaughter,—O keep them back!
Noyes Bible
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 thy spirit faint in the day of adversity, Faint will be thy strength.
Cross References
Job 29:17And I broke the teeth of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his jaws.
Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I approve,—To loose the bands of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And to break in pieces every yoke?
Luke 23:23But they were urgent with loud voices, demanding that he should he crucified; and their voices prevailed.
Acts 18:17But they all laid hold of Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat; and Gallio cared for none of these things.
Acts 23:10And a great dissension arising, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, ordered the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.
1 John 3:16Herein we know love, in that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives 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 →