Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 24:11
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'...
You should not pretend that you do not see someone else’s troubles. Help that person! Perhaps you can save him. God knows your actions. God will be your judge. See Ezekiel 33:1-9. God told Ezekiel to...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 24 V1 Do not be jealous of evil men. Do not try to meet them. V2
IF THOU FORBEAR... — Rather, _Deliver those that are taken to death, and those that are tottering to the slaughter, stop them! _...
הַ֭צֵּל לְקֻחִ֣ים לַ † מָּ֑וֶת וּ מָטִ֥ים...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Proverbs 24:11 Deliver H5337 (H8685) drawn H3947 (H8803) death H4194 back H2820 (H8799) stumbling H4131 ...
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,...
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...
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
_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...
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....
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, _...
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....
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...
1 John 3:16; 1 John 3:17; 1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Samuel 26:9; Acts 18:17;...
Deliver — When it is in thy power. Drawn — By the violence of lawless men....
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...