Proverbs 24:12
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Proverbs 24:12 in other translations
| BSB | If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds? |
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| WEB | If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not give to every man according to his work? |
| ASV | If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work? |
| YLT | When thou sayest, ‘Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work. |
| DARBY | If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work. |
| BBE | If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work? |
| Webster | If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and will not he render to every man according to his works? |
What does Proverbs 24:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 24:11-12
11-12. Neglect of known duty is sin (Jas 4:17). ready--literally, "bowing down" to be slain--that is, unjustly. God's retributive justice cannot be avoided by professed ignorance.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 24:11-12
If a man know that his neighbour is in danger by any unjust proceeding, he is bound to do all in his power to deliver him. And what is it to suffer immortal souls to perish, when our persuasions and example may be the means of preventing it?
Proverbs 24:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 24:12
- Job 34:11
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
- Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
- Romans 2:6
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
- 1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
- Psalms 121:8
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
- Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
- Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
- Hebrews 4:12-13
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
- Psalms 17:3
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
- Daniel 5:23
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5:21; 21:2; 1Sa 16:7; Ps 7:9; 17:3; 44:21; Ec 5:8; Jer 17:10; Ro 2:16
1Co 4:5; Heb 4:12,13; Re 2:18,23
that keepeth.
1Sa 2:6; 25:29; Ps 66:9; 121:3,8; Da 5:23; Ac 17:28; Re 1:18
and shall.
Job 34:11; Ps 62:12; Jer 32:19; Mt 16:27; Ro 2:6; 2Co 5:10; Re 2:23
Re 20:12-15; 22:12
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Context
- Proverbs 24:11
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
- Proverbs 24:12
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
- Proverbs 24:13
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Proverbs 24:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si dijeres: Ciertamente no lo supimos; ¿no lo entenderá el que pesa los corazones? El que mira por tu alma, él lo conocerá, y dará al hombre según sus obras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tu dis: Voici, nous n’en savions rien; celui qui pèse les cœurs, lui ne le considérera-t-il pas? et celui qui garde ton âme, lui le sait; et il rend à l’homme selon son œuvre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn du sprichst: Siehe, wir wußten nichts davon-wird nicht er, der die Herzen wägt, es merken? Und er, der auf deine Seele achthat, es wissen? und er wird dem Menschen vergelten nach seinem Tun. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si dixeris: Vires non suppetunt; qui inspector est cordis ipse intelligit: et servatorem animæ tuæ nihil fallit, reddetque homini juxta opera sua. |