Proverbs 24:11-12
Revised Standard Version
11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not requite man according to his work?
Proverbs 24:11-12
American Standard Version
11 Deliver them that are carried away unto death,
And those that are [a]ready to be slain [b]see that thou hold back.
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not [c]this;
Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it?
And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it?
And shall not he render to every man according to his work?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:11 Hebrew tottering to the slaughter.
- Proverbs 24:11 Or, forbear thou not to deliver
- Proverbs 24:12 Or, this man
Proverbs 24:20
Revised Standard Version
20 for the evil man has no future;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Proverbs 24:20
American Standard Version
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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