Proverbs 24:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 24:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 24:11 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 24:11 — KJV
“If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;”
— Proverbs 24:11 (KJV)
Proverbs 24:11 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 24:11
“There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. discharge: or, casting off weapons”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 24:11: deliver, death, those
“Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. pour...: Heb. pour them out”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 24:11: deliver, death, slain
“But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 24:11: death, those
“And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 24:11: deliver, death
“And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 24:11: drawn, slain
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