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Proverbs 24:11

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If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
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  1. Psalms 82:4Rank 1 from verse 11
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    4Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

  2. Isaiah 58:6–7Rank 2 from verse 11
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    6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

    7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

  3. 1 John 3:16–17Rank 3 from verse 11
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    16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

    17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

  4. Job 29:17Rank 4 from verse 11
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    17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

  5. 1 Samuel 26:8–9Rank 5 from verse 11
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    8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

    9And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?

  6. Luke 10:31–32Rank 6 from verse 11
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    31And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

    32And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

  7. Luke 23:23–25Rank 7 from verse 11
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    23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

    24And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

    25And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

  8. Acts 18:17Rank 8 from verse 11
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    17Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

  9. Acts 21:31–32Rank 9 from verse 11
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    31And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

    32Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.

  10. Acts 23:10Rank 10 from verse 11
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    10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

  11. Acts 23:23–35Rank 11 from verse 11
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    23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;

    24And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

    25And he wrote a letter after this manner:

    26Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.

    27This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

    28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

    29Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

    30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

    31Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

    32On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:

    33Who, when they came to Cæsarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.

    34And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

    35I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.

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Proverbs 24:11

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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forbear

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1. To refrain, cease, or leave something undone. 2. To restrain oneself, endure, or wait without acting.

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deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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drawn

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1. Pulled or dragged. 2. Brought, led, or attracted. 3. Taken out or extracted. 4. Marked out in a line.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ready

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Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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24:10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

24:11If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

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24:12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

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