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Proverbs 24:11-12 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 24 · verses 11–12
11If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; 12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?Proverbs 24:11-12 · King James Version
Proverbs 24:11-12 in context
9The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
11If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
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Key words (Strong's)
- ponderethtâkanto balanceH8505 →
- considerbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- forbearchâsakto restrain or refrainH2820 →
- delivernâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337 →
- keepethnâtsarto guard, in a good sense or a bad oneH5341 →
- sayestʼâmarto sayH559 →
- rendershûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- drawnlâqachto takeH3947 →
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Here is, 1. A great duty required of us, and that is to appear for the relief of oppressed innocency. If we see the lives or livelihoods of any in danger of being taken away unjustly, we ought to bestir ourselves all we can to save them, by disproving the false accusations on which they are condemned and seeking out…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-12