Proverbs 24:11
Deliver them that are carried away unto death, and those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
Revised Version 1895
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 thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Cross References
Job 29:17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Luke 23:23But they were instant with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
Acts 18:17And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.
Acts 23:10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.
1 John 3:16Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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 →