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Proverbs 24:11Prov.24.11

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

KJV

Hebrew original

הַ֭צֵּל לְקֻחִ֣ים לַ/מָּ֑וֶת וּ/מָטִ֥ים לַ֝/הֶ֗רֶג אִם תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Délivre ceux qu'on traîne à la mort, Ceux qu'on va égorger, sauve-les!

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    lgate]. Therefore it is also lawful for the accused to resist. Objection 3: Further, it is written ( Prov. 24:11 ): "Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver." Now a man is under greater obligation to himself than to another. Th…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    is written ( Ps. 81:4 ): "Rescue the poor, and deliver the needy from the hand of the sinner"; and ( Prov. 24:11 ): "Deliver them that are led to death"; and ( Rom. 1:32 ): "They are worthy of death, not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them," on…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    or his neighbor, chiefly in respect of things pertaining to the well-being of the body, according to Prov. 24:11, "Deliver them that are led to death": secondarily as regards avoiding damage to one's property, according to Dt. 22:1, "Thou shalt not pass by if thou seest thy broth…

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