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11If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

Proverbs 24:11

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 11-12)

Here is, 1. A great duty required of us, and that is to appear for the relief of oppressed innocency. If we see the lives or livelihoods of any in danger of being taken away unjustly, we ought to bestir ourselves all we can to save them, by disproving the false accusations on which they are condemned and seeking out proofs of their innocency. Though the persons be not such as we are under any part...

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