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Verse Proverbs 24:11. _IF THOU FORBEAR TO DELIVER_] If thou seest the
innocent taken by the hand of lawless power or superstitious zeal, and
they are about to be put to death, thou shouldst rise up i...
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Literally:
“Deliver those that are drawn unto death,
And those who totter to the slaughter - if
Thou withdraw ...”
i. e., “O withdraw them,” save them from their doom; in contrast
to...
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CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED
In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description
of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk
mischief. This theme is repea...
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PROVERBS 24:7 A. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a
change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made
of an obviously corrupt stanza.
Proverbs 24:9. thought: the wor...
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IF THOU FORBEAR. This is counsel for. ruler or judge, and is FOR
Solomon. See the Structure (p. 891). Illustrations: Doeg (1 Samuel
22:18); Pilate (Luke 23:22).
DELIVER. snatch, or rescue.
DRAWN, &C...
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_drawn unto death … ready to be slain_ whether by unjust judgement,
or by violence. In the first case you may deliver a soul by giving
true witness (Proverbs 14:25), in the second, by not passing by l...
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DISCOURSE: 807
THE FOLLY OF VAIN EXCUSES
Proverbs 24:11. _If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto
death, and those that are ready to be slain; if thou sayest, Behold,
we knew it not; doth...
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IF THOU FORBEAR, &C.— _Do not delay to deliver those who are led
unto death, and who are now about to be slain._ Houbigant. Or,
_Deliver them who are drawn unto death, and those who are ready to be
sl...
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CHAPTER 24
TEXT Proverbs 24:1-12
1.
Be not thou envious against evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
2.
For their heart studieth oppression,
And their lips talk of mischief.
3.
Through wi...
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If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those
that are ready to be slain;
IF THOU FORBEAR TO DELIVER (THEM THAT ARE) DRAWN UNTO DEATH, AND
(THOSE THAT ARE) READY TO BE (LITER...
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5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge
than a man of strength.'...
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IF THOU FORBEAR... — Rather, _Deliver those that are taken to death,
and those that are tottering to the slaughter, stop them!
_...
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הַ֭צֵּל לְקֻחִ֣ים לַ † מָּ֑וֶת וּ
מָטִ֥ים...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to hi...
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Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil
companionships, against excess in passion, against all false
exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest
endeavor to...
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If thou refraineth to deliver [them that are] drawn to (c) death, and
[those that are] ready to be slain;
(c) No one can be excused, if he does not help the innocent when he is
in danger....
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_Deliver. The Jews often put people to death without any formal trial,
pretending zeal, as they did St. Stephen, &c. Our Saviour rescued the
adulteress from such a situation, as Daniel had done Susann...
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If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those
that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not;
doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that k...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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IF THOU FORBEAR TO DELIVER [THEM THAT ARE] DRAWN UNTO DEATH,.... Or
"taken for or unto death" h, in a violent way; who are taken by
thieves and robbers, and used in a barbarous manner, as the man in t...
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If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and
[those that are] ready to be slain;
Ver. 11. _If thou forbear to deliver them, &c._] That is, That are
wrongfully butchered. Here, not...
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_If thou forbear to deliver_ When it is in thy power to do it
lawfully; _them that are drawn unto death_ Namely, unjustly, or by the
violence of lawless men; _and those that are ready to be slain_ Tha...
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V. 11. IF THOU FORBEAR TO DELIVER THEM THAT ARE DRAWN UNTO DEATH,
rather, "Deliver those who are taken to death," AND THOSE THAT ARE
READY TO BE SLAIN, the appeal being directed particularly to such a...
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TO DELIVER THEM, when it is in thy power to do it lawfully. DRAWN UNTO
DEATH, to wit, unjustly, or by the violence of lawless men. THAT ARE
READY TO BE SLAIN; that are in present danger of death or de...
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Proverbs 24:11 Deliver H5337 (H8685) drawn H3947 (H8803) death H4194
back H2820 (H8799) stumbling H4131 ...
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Proverbs 24:11
I. Groundless excuses can be of no avail as made to God, because, in
the first place, He is a Being who considers everything. If God
considers, if He be a God who searcheth the spirits,...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do
as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...
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Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts
occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the
wicked? We are all g
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_If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death._
THE CLAIM OF OUR BROTHER’S NEED
1. It is supposed that there is an allusion here to what is understood
to have been a custom among the Jew...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:11 The one who embraces wisdom can
never be content with merely seeking the well-being of himself or his
family; he will seek justice as widely as he can....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 24:11. Literally, “_Deliver them who are dragged forth unto
death, and them that totter to the slaughter, oh, rescue them_.”
PROVERBS 24:12. HE THAT PONDERETH, literally, _...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 24:1
We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU
ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar
warning is given, and comp....
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Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in
couplets or in phrases.
Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For
their heart studies destruction, and their...
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1 John 3:16; 1 John 3:17; 1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Samuel 26:9; Acts 18:17;...
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Deliver — When it is in thy power. Drawn — By the violence of
lawless men....
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Does this verse justify breaking the law to stop abortions?
PROBLEM: Solomon urged here that we “Deliver those who are drawn
toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.” Does
this j...