Proverbs 24:10
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
In Context
9The thought of the foolish is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Cross References
Job 4:5But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Jeremiah 51:46And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; for a rumour shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:
Hebrews 12:3For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against themselves, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
Revelation 2:13I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s throne is: and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.
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 →