Proverbs 24:11-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:11-12

Here is, 1. A great duty required of us, and that is to appear for the relief of oppressed innocency. If we see the lives or livelihoods of any in danger of being taken away unjustly, we ought to bestir ourselves all we can to save them, by disproving the false accusations on which they are condemned and seeking out proofs of their innocency. Though the persons be not such as we are under any particular obligation to, we must help them, out of a general zeal for justice. If any be set upon by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:11

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death ,.... Or "taken for or unto death" F8 לקחים למות "captos ad mortem", Montanus. Piscator, Schultens. , in a violent way; who are taken by thieves and robbers, and used in a barbarous manner, as the man in the parable, whom the priest and Levite took no notice of, and was helped by the good Samaritan; or who are unjustly sentenced and appointed to death by the civil magistrate; if any know their innocency, it becomes them to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:12

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ,.... The danger the person was in; or the innocency of his cause; or what method to take to deliver him; or that it was in our power to do anything for him; so the Vulgate Latin version, "if thou sayest, strength is not sufficient": or "we knew him not" F11 לא ידענו זה , ουκ οιδα τουτον , Sept. "non noverimus istum", Gejerus; "non novimus hunc", Pagninus, Montanus, Michaelis. , who he was or what he was; had no knowledge of him, or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:11

If thou forbear to deliver - If thou seest the innocent taken by the hand of lawless power or superstitious zeal, and they are about to be put to death, thou shouldst rise up in their behalf, boldly plead for them, testify to their innocence when thou knowest it; and thus thou wilt not be guilty of blood; which thou wouldst be, if, through any pretense, thou shouldst neglect to save the life of a man unjustly condemned. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:10-15

The test of adversity We have all of us to expect— I. THE TESTING TIME THAT COMES TO ALL MEN . It is true that prosperity has its own perils, and makes its own demands on the human spirit. But when the sky is clear above us, when loving friends stand round us with protecting care, when privileges abound on every side, it is comparatively easy to maintain an equable and obedient mind. We can all row with the stream and sail with the favouring wind. But the hour must come... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:11

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death. The sentence is not conditional, אם in the second line being equivalent to לוּ , utinam , "oh that!" "would that!" So the first hemistich should be rendered, "Deliver them that are haled to death," and the second, "And those that are tottering to slaughter, oh, hold them back!" The sentence is somewhat obscure, but Cheyne well explains it thus: "Some victims of a miscarriage of justice are about to be dragged away to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:11-12

A hexastich, inculcating humanity on the ground of God's omniscience. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:11-12

Culpable negligence Following the Revised Version and the now generally accepted rendering of these verses, we will read the first as an exhortation to deliver men from death, and the second as a warning against neglecting this duty. I. THE EXHORTATION . "Deliver them that are carried away unto death, and those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back." Note first the grounds, and then the application, of this exhortation. 1 . The grounds of it . 2 . The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:11-12

Compassion for the wronged I. THE HEART AND HAND SHOULD EVER BE READY AT THE CALL OF DISTRESS . ( Proverbs 24:11 .) The picture seems to be placed before us of one arriving at the place of judgment, seeing an innocent sufferer yet, like the priest and the Levite in the parable, passing by "on the other side." "To see and sights moves more than hear them told; For then the eye interprets to the ear The heavy motion that it doth behold." To respond to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:11-12

Inexcusable indifference The principles contained in this passage are these— I. THAT ALL HUMAN NEED IS A CLAIM FOR HELP . God has so "fashioned our hearts alike," and has so bound together our lives and our interests, that we are under serious obligation to one another. No man is at liberty to live an isolated life; he owes too much to those that have gone before him, and is too closely related to those who are around him, to allow of such a course. To wish it is... read more

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