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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Proverbs 24:11

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 Proverbs 24:10. The structure and meaning are both somewhat obscure; but the sentence is complete in itself, and is not a mere hypothesis concluded in the following verses.

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See also Proverbs 24:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 24 V1 Do not be jealous of evil men. Do not try to meet them. V2

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IF THOU FORBEAR... — Rather, _Deliver those that are taken to death, and those that are tottering to the slaughter, stop them! _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַ֭צֵּל לְקֻחִ֣ים לַ † מָּ֑וֶת וּ מָטִ֥ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 24:11 Deliver H5337 (H8685) drawn H3947 (H8803) death H4194 back H2820 (H8799) stumbling H4131 ...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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, _...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 3:16; 1 John 3:17; 1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Samuel 26:9; Acts 18:17;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Deliver — When it is in thy power. Drawn — By the violence of lawless men....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    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...

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