Proverbs 24:10 “If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!”

Proverbs 24:10

If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

World English Bible

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

American Standard Version

If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

Geneva Bible 1599

If thou bee faint in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.

Darby Translation

[If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,

Bible in Basic English

If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

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Cross references

“thou”

Isaiah 40:28–31 Ephesians 3:13 1 Samuel 27:1 Hebrews 12:3–5 Job 4:5 2 Corinthians 4:1

Isaiah 40:28–31 · BSB

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Ephesians 3:13 · BSB

So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

1 Samuel 27:1 · BSB

David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all ove…

Hebrews 12:3–5 · BSB

Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Job 4:5 · BSB

But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

2 Corinthians 4:1 · BSB

Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Also

Jeremiah 51:46

Jeremiah 51:46 · BSB

Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.

11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

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