Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those who are being taken away to death 1 and hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 you become weak with fear in the day of trouble, 1 then your strength is small. 1
Cross References
Job 29:17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous man; 1 I plucked the victim out from between his teeth. 1
Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I choose: 1 To release wicked bonds, to undo the ropes of the yoke, 1 to set the crushed ones free, and to break every yoke? 1
Luke 23:23But they were insistent with loud voices, demanding for him to be crucified. Their voices convinced Pilate.
Acts 18:17So they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio did not care what they did.
Acts 23:10When there arose a great argument, the chief captain feared that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, so he commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among the council members, and bring him into the fortress.
1 John 3:16By this we know love, because Christ laid down his life for us. We also ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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 →