Proverbs 24:11
הַצֵּל לְקֻחִים לַמָּוֶת וּמָטִים לַהֶרֶג אִם ־ תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
10הִתְרַפִּיתָ בְּיוֹם צָרָה צַר כֹּחֶֽכָה ׃
Cross References
Job 29:17וָֽאֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּעוֹת עַוָּל וּמִשִּׁנָּיו אַשְׁלִיךְ טָֽרֶף ׃
Isaiah 58:6הֲלוֹא זֶה צוֹם אֶבְחָרֵהוּ פַּתֵּחַ חַרְצֻבּוֹת רֶשַׁע הַתֵּר אֲגֻדּוֹת מוֹטָה וְשַׁלַּח רְצוּצִים חָפְשִׁים וְכָל ־ מוֹטָה תְּנַתֵּֽקוּ ׃
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 →