Proverbs 24:10 · KJV
“{If} thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength {is} small. {small: Heb. narrow}”
— Proverbs 24:10
The thought of foolishness {is} sin: and the scorner {is} an abomination to men.
If thou forbear to deliver {them that are} drawn unto death, and {those that are} ready to be slain;
Proverbs 24 — Context
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
9The thought of foolishness {is} sin: and the scorner {is} an abomination to men.
10{If} thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength {is} small. {small: Heb. narrow}
11If thou forbear to deliver {them that are} drawn unto death, and {those that are} ready to be slain;
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?
Cross References
Isaiah 40:28-31
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, {that} the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? {there is} no searching of his understanding.
Ephesians 3:13
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Jeremiah 51:46
And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come {one} year, and after that in {another} year {shall come} a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. {lest: or, let not}
Hebrews 12:3-5
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
1 Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: {there is} nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. {perish: Heb. be consumed}
Job 4:5
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Revelation 2:3
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.