Proverbs 24:10
Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
In Context
9The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner.
11If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter — thou keepest back.
Cross References
Job 4:5But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.
Jeremiah 51:46And lest your heart be tender, And ye be afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And come in a year hath the report, And after it in a year the report, And violence [is] in the land, ruler against ruler;
2 Corinthians 4:1Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,
Hebrews 12:3for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls — being faint.
Revelation 2:13I have known thy works, and where thou dost dwell — where the throne of the Adversary [is] — and thou dost hold fast my name, and thou didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas [was] my faithful witness, who was put to death beside you, where the Adversary doth dwell.
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 →