Proverbs 24:11

Rescue those who are being led away to death! 2 Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter! 1

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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 you falter in the time of trouble, 2 your strength is small. 1

12If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this;” 2 does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? 1 He who keeps your soul, does not he know it? 2 Surely he shall render to every man according to his work. + 24:12. Quoted in Rom 2:6; 2 Tim 4:14 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 58:6“Is not this the fast that I have chosen: 2 to release the bonds of ethical wickednes, 2 to undo the straps of the yoke, 2 to let the oppressed go free, + 58:6. Quoted in Luke 4:18 2 and that you break every yoke? 1

Luke 23:23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be put to death on the stake. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

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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