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11 Rescue those who are led away to the death
    and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,
12 if you say, “Look, we do not know this,”
    does not he who weighs hearts perceive it?
    And he who keeps your soul,[a]
    he knows and will repay humankind according to his deeds.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:12 Or “life,” or “inner self”

11 Rescue those being taken off to death;
    and from those staggering to the slaughter, don’t hold back.
12 If you say, “Look, we didn’t know about it,”
    the one who weighs hearts—doesn’t he understand?
    The one who protects your life—he knows.
    He makes people pay for their actions.

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