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11 ·Save [Rescue; T Deliver] those who are being led to their death;
    ·rescue [L don’t restrain yourself from] those who ·are about [L tottering off] to be killed.
12 If you say, “We don’t know anything about this,”
    God, who ·knows what’s in your mind [evaluates motives; L weighs hearts], ·will notice [L doesn’t he know?].
He ·is watching you [protects/guards your life], and he will know.
    He will reward each person for what he has done.

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11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to the slaughter, Oh hold them back!
12 If you say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He (B)who weighs the hearts not (C)consider it?
And (D)does He who (E)watches over your soul not know it?
And will He not [a](F)repay a person according to his work?

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  1. Proverbs 24:12 Lit bring back to

·Rulers [or Poor people] who ·mistreat [oppress] the poor
are like a hard rain that ·destroys the crops [washes away the food].

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A (A)poor man who oppresses the helpless
Is like a driving rain [a]which leaves no food.

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  1. Proverbs 28:3 Lit and there is no bread

27 Whoever gives to the poor will ·have everything he needs [L lack nothing],
but the one who ·ignores [turns a blind eye to] the poor will receive many curses.

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27 One who (A)gives to the poor will never lack anything,
But one who [a]shuts his eyes will have many curses.

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  1. Proverbs 28:27 Lit hides

“·Speak up [L Open your mouth] for those who cannot speak for themselves;
    defend the rights of ·all those who have nothing [vulnerable/fragile people].
·Speak up [L Open your mouth] and judge ·fairly [with righteousness],
    and defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

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(A)Open your mouth for the people who cannot speak,
For the [a]rights of all the [b]unfortunate.
Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
And [c]defend the (C)rights of the poor and needy.

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  1. Proverbs 31:8 Lit judgment
  2. Proverbs 31:8 Lit sons of passing away
  3. Proverbs 31:9 Lit judge the afflicted