Proverbs 24:11

Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.

Psalm 82:4

Rescue the poor and needy;
save them from the power of the wicked.”

Isaiah 58:6-7

Isn’t the fast I choose:
To break the chains of wickedness,
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?

1 Samuel 26:8-9

Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice!”

Job 29:17

I shattered the fangs of the unjust
and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Luke 10:31-32

A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Luke 23:23-25

But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices won out.

Acts 18:17

Then they all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judge’s bench. But none of these things concerned Gallio.

Acts 21:31-32

As they were trying to kill him, word went up to the commander of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in chaos.

Acts 23:10

When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, rescue him from them, and bring him into the barracks.

Acts 23:23-35

He summoned two of his centurions and said, “Get 200 soldiers ready with 70 cavalry and 200 spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.

1 John 3:16-17

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.

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Summary

Proverbs 24:11

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

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