Proverbs 24:10
If you become weak with fear in the day of trouble, 1 then your strength is small. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
In Context
9A foolish plan is sin 1 and men despise a mocker. 1
Cross References
Job 4:5But now trouble has come to you, and you are weary; 1 it touches you, and you are troubled. 1
Jeremiah 51:46Do not let your hearts be timid or fear the news that is heard in the land, 1 for the news will come one year. After it in the next year there will be news, 1 and violence will be in the land. Ruler will be against ruler. 1
2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, because we have this ministry, and just as we have received mercy, we do not become discouraged.
Hebrews 12:3So think about him, the one who has endured such opposition from sinners against himself, so that you do not become weary in your hearts and give up.
Revelation 2:13“I know where you live, there where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold on tightly to my name. I know that you did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, there where Satan lives.
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 →