Proverbs 24:11

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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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Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.