Focused Passage

Proverbs 24:11-12

Wisdom Builds the House: Justice, Courage, Diligence, Enemies, and the Future of the Righteous

The chapter moves from warnings against envying the wicked, to wisdom as constructive strength, to courageous rescue, to future hope, to restraint toward enemies, to public justice and honest speech, and finally to ordered labor and the severe warning of the sluggard's ruined field.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

11 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?

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References and Original Words

Verse 11

Cross-references

Psalms 82:4 Classic cross-references Isaiah 58:6 Classic cross-references Proverbs 31:8 Classic cross-references 1 John 3:16 Classic cross-references Ecclesiastes 3:7 Classic cross-references

Original words

Rescue הַ֭צֵּל H5337 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular those being led away לְקֻחִ֣ים H3947 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural to death לַמָּ֑וֶת H4194 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular and restrain תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ׃ H2820 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular those stumbling וּמָטִ֥ים H4131 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural toward the slaughter לַ֝הֶ֗רֶג H2027 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . אִם־ H518 Conjunction

Verse 12

Cross-references

Proverbs 21:2 Classic cross-references Proverbs 16:2 Classic cross-references Matthew 16:27 Classic cross-references Job 34:11 Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 2:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

If כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction you say תֹאמַ֗ר H559 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Behold הֵן֮ H2005 Interjection we did not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle know יָדַ֪עְנ֫וּ H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural about this זֶ֥ה H2088 Pronoun - masculine singular does not הֲ‍ֽלֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle He הֽוּא־ H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular who weighs תֹ֘כֵ֤ן H8505 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular hearts לִבּ֨וֹת׀ H3826 Noun - masculine plural consider it יָבִ֗ין H995 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Does not the One ה֣וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular who guards וְנֹצֵ֣ר H5341 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular your life נַ֭פְשְׁךָ H5315 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular know יֵדָ֑ע H3045 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Will He not repay וְהֵשִׁ֖יב H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular a man לְאָדָ֣ם H120 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular according to his deeds כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃ H6467 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

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