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Proverbs 24:11

Mercy and compassionJusticeServing others

9 A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.

10 If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

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BSB
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
KJV
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
WEB
Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
ASV
Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
DARBY
Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
BLB
Deliver those being led away to death, and those stumbling to the slaughter, if only you would hold back.
ÅB
Frels dem som hentes til døden, og hold tilbake dem som føres skjelvende bort til retterstedet!
OTB
Redd dem som føres til døden; hold tilbake dem som vakler mot slakt.
B1930
Frels dem som hentes til døden, og hold tilbake dem som føres skjelvende bort til retterstedet!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 82:4

    Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

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  • Isaiah 58:6–7

    Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

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  • 1 John 3:16–17

    By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

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  • Job 29:17

    I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

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  • Luke 10:31–32

    Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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  • 1 Samuel 26:8–9

    Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

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  • Luke 23:23–25

    But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.

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  • Acts 18:17

    At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.

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