Proverbs 24:10
If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
In Context
9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
Cross References
Job 4:5But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
Jeremiah 51:46Don’t let your heart faint. Don’t fear for the news that will be heard in the land. For news will come one year, and after that in another year news will come, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
Hebrews 12:3For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
Revelation 2:13“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed amongst you, where Satan dwells.
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 →