Proverbs 24:11 Cross References - NSB

¹¹ If you do not deliver those who are condemned to death,

⁸ Abishai said to David: »God put your enemy in your power tonight. Let me plunge his own spear through him and pin him to the ground. I will do it with just one blow. I will not have to strike twice!« ⁹ But David said: »Do not harm him! Jehovah will certainly punish whoever harms his chosen king.«

¹⁷ »I broke the fangs of the unrighteous. I made them drop their prey from their teeth.

⁴ »Rescue the weak and needy. Help them escape the power of the wicked.«

⁶ »Is this not the fast I choose to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free and break every yoke? ⁷ »Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into the house? When you see the naked, should you cover him and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

³¹ »A priest traveled on that road. When he saw him he passed by on the other side. ³² »When a Levite came to the place he saw the man and passed by on the other side.

²³ But they were insistent and spoke in loud voices asking him to impale him. And they prevailed. ²⁴ Pilate pronounced a sentence that what they asked for should be done. ²⁵ He released the man who was in prison for insurrection and murder and he delivered Jesus to their will.

¹⁷ They all grabbed Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the court. Gallio did not care about this.

³¹ They were seeking to kill him when tidings came to the military commander of the band that all Jerusalem was in confusion. ³² At once he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the military commander and the soldiers they quit beating Paul.

¹⁰ The dispute became so violent the commander was afraid they would pull Paul to pieces. He commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him from among them by force, and to bring him into the barracks.

²³ He called two centurions, saying, »Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea. Also prepare seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night. ²⁴ Provide some horses for Paul to ride and get him safely through to Governor Felix. ²⁵ Then the commander wrote a letter that went like this: ²⁶ »Claudius Lysias to His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings. ²⁷ »The Jews seized this man and were about to kill him. I learned that he is a Roman citizen, so I went with my soldiers and rescued him. ²⁸ »I took him to their council to find out of what they accused him. ²⁹ »I found that he did not do a thing for which he deserved to die or be put in prison. The accusation against him had to do with questions about their own law. ³⁰ »When I was informed that there was a plot against him, I decided to send him to you. I told his accusers to make their charges against him before you.« ³¹ The soldiers carried out their orders. That night they took Paul as far as Antipatris. ³² The next day the foot soldiers returned to the fort and left the horsemen to go on with him. ³³ They took him to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor. Then they turned Paul over to him. ³⁴ The governor read the letter and asked Paul what province he was from. When he found out that he was from Cilicia, ³⁵ he said, »I will hear you fully when your accusers arrive.« He commanded him to be kept in the praetorian of Herod.

¹⁶ By this we know love, because he (Jesus) gave his life for us. We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. ¹⁷ Whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God dwell in him?