Proverbs 24:10
If you falter in the time of trouble,your strength is small.
New Heart English Bible
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 is come to you, and you faint.It touches you, and you are troubled.
Jeremiah 51:46Do not let your heart faint, neither fear for the news that shall be heard in the land; for news shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come news, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we do not faint.
Hebrews 12:3For consider him who has endured such hostility from sinners against himself, that you do not grow weary, fainting in your souls.
Revelation 2:13"I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and did not deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among 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 →