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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

11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

12If 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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Verse 11

Cross-references

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

Original words

Rescueהַ֭צֵּלH5337Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularthose being led awayלְקֻחִ֣יםH3947Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine pluralto deathלַמָּ֑וֶתH4194Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularand restrainתַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ׃H2820Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularthose stumblingוּמָטִ֥יםH4131Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluraltoward the slaughterלַ֝הֶ֗רֶגH2027Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular. . .אִם־H518Conjunction

Verse 12

Cross-references

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

Original words

Ifכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionyou sayתֹאמַ֗רH559Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularBeholdהֵן֮H2005Interjectionwe did notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleknowיָדַ֪עְנ֫וּH3045Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common pluralabout thisזֶ֥הH2088Pronoun - masculine singulardoes notהֲ‍ֽלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleHeהֽוּא־H1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularwho weighsתֹ֘כֵ֤ןH8505Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularheartsלִבּ֨וֹת׀H3826Noun - masculine pluralconsider itיָבִ֗יןH995Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularDoes not the Oneה֣וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularwho guardsוְנֹצֵ֣רH5341Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularyour lifeנַ֭פְשְׁךָH5315Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularknowיֵדָ֑עH3045Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularWill He not repayוְהֵשִׁ֖יבH7725Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singulara manלְאָדָ֣םH120Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularaccording to his deedsכְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃H6467Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

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