12 if you say, "Look, we did not know this"- does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it? And will he not repay all according to their deeds?

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 24:12

Commentary on Proverbs 24:11-12

(Read 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?