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Proverbs 24

Proverbs 24:10

[If] thou (b) faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small. (b) Man has no trial of his strength till he is in trouble.... [ Continue Reading ]

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

Proverbs 24:13

My son, eat thou (d) honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: (d) As honey is sweet and pleasant to the taste, so wisdom is to the soul.... [ Continue Reading ]

Proverbs 24:16

For a just [man] (e) falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. (e) He is subject to many perils, but God delivers him.... [ Continue Reading ]

Proverbs 24:22

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them (g) both? (g) Meaning, either of the wicked and seditious, as in (Proverbs 24:19; Proverbs 24:21) or of them who do not fear God or obey their king.... [ Continue Reading ]

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare thy work outside, and make it fit for thyself in the field; (h) and afterwards build thy house. (h) Be sure of the means how to compass it, before you take any enterprise in hand.... [ Continue Reading ]

Proverbs 24:29

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I (i) will render to the man according to his work. (i) He shows what is the nature of the wicked, to revenge wrong for wrong.... [ Continue Reading ]

Proverbs 24:32

Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received (k) instruction. (k) That I might learn by another man's fault.... [ Continue Reading ]

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