Proverbs 24:10
If thou faint in the yom tzarah, 1 thy strength is small. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
In Context
9The scheme of folly is chattat (sin), 1 and the scoffer is a to'evah to adam (man). 1
11Save those who are drawn away toward mavet, 1 and hold back those stumbling toward slaughter. 1
Cross References
Job 4:5But atah (now) it is come upon thee, and thou art impatient; 1 it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 1
Jeremiah 51:46And lest your lev faint, 1 and ye fear at the rumor 1 that shall be heard in ha'aretz; 1 a rumor shall come one year, 1 and after that in another year shall come a rumor, 1 rumors of chamas in ha'aretz, 1 moshel (ruler) against moshel. 1
2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since it is by the chesed of Hashem that we have this Sherut avodas kodesh (ministry), we are undaunted. + 4:1 Ps 18:45; Isa 40:31
Hebrews 12:3Let your hitbonenut (meditation) be on the one who endured such opposition from chote'im (sinners), that you may not be weary in your neshamot, losing heart.
Revelation 2:13I have da'as of where you make your ma'on (residence), where the kes (throne) of HaSatan is, and you hold fast to ha-Shem of me and did not make hakhchashah (denial) of my + 2:13 Moshiachʼs emunah (faith), even in the days of Antipas my ed hane'eman (my faithful witness) who died al-kiddush ha-Shem, killed among you as a martyr where HaSatan makes his ma'on (residence).
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 →