Proverbs 24:11

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

Literal

Deliver those being led away to death, and those stumbling to the slaughter, if only you would hold back.

Latin

Erue eos qui ducuntur ad mortem, et qui trahuntur ad interitum, liberare ne cesses.

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English

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

Notes

Proverbs 24:11–12

Saying 25: Wise people try to stop injustice and suffering (for example, Job 29:12–17).

Proverbs 22:17–24:22

This section is attributed to a group known as the wise, but their identity is unknown. There is a mention of thirty sayings (Proverbs 22:20). The wisdom sayings that follow can be divided into thirty sections. These sections are similar to an Egyptian work called the Instruction of Amenemope, which is also divided into thirty chapters.

Related verses

Psalm 82:4
Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
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?
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.
Job 29:17
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
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!”
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.
Luke 23:23–25
But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
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.
Acts 21:31–32
While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
Acts 23:23–35
Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
Acts 23:10
The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.

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